The leader of Canada’s most populous province of Ontario said Friday that he will be calling an election next week because he needs a mandate to fight U. S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
Conservative Premier Doug Ford said he will call an early election Wednesday. As premier, he is the equivalent of a U.
Costco shareholders rejected a proposal urging the wholesale club operator to evaluate any risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
According to preliminary results shared by Costco executives at its annual meeting late Thursday, more than 98% of shares voted against the proposal.
The National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank based in Washington, had submitted the proposal, arguing that Costco’s DEI initiatives hold “litigation, reputational and financial risks to the company, and therefore financial risks to shareholders.”
The think tank has made a similar proposal to Apple, and like some American companies that already scaled back or retreated from their diversity policies, cited a U.
The beloved landmark southwest of Austin dates back to the late 1930s but has sat in ruin since a 2017 fire completely destroyed it. Now, developers are aiming to build a boutique hotel, a restaurant and a small gourmet grocery store at the site.
Kansas City-based Dobies Health Marketing — acquired, rebranded and folded into Onspire Health Marketing — is playing a big role in growing the national health care marketing firm.
Metro Denver’s apartment market experienced its biggest quarterly rent decline on record as a massive wave of new supply swamped demand, causing vacancy rates to rise in every market, according to an update Thursday from the Apartment Association of Metro Denver.
The region added nearly 20,000 new apartments last year, about double the typical pace seen in recent years. And while demand rose to the occasion, with 14,082 additional units leased, that absorption turned negative in the final three months of the year, causing worried landlords to cut rents to remain competitive.
“So we’ve been talking about winter is coming, like the TV series (“Game of Thrones”) for a while.