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Want to crush your debt? Financial experts suggest trying a money crash diet

Want to crush your debt? Financial experts suggest trying a money crash diet

Crash diets are extreme and unhealthy, but the financial version might actually make sense. Scott Terrio recommends them to his clients sometimes, as manager of consumer insolvency for Hoyes, Michalos & Associates Licensed Insolvency Trustees.
OPEC secretary-general takes aim at net-zero targets 'detached from reality'

OPEC secretary-general takes aim at net-zero targets 'detached from reality'

CALGARY — There's no peak in global oil demand on the horizon and it will take trillions in investment in the coming decades to meet that need, the secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday.
Credit rating agency says Manitoba's recent tax changes outweigh affordability offers

Credit rating agency says Manitoba's recent tax changes outweigh affordability offers

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is expected to use more "revenue levers," similar to its recent income and property tax changes, as part of its plan to reduce the deficit, a credit-rating agency report says.
Saskatchewan to join Alberta in buying American booze, months after tariff war pause

Saskatchewan to join Alberta in buying American booze, months after tariff war pause

REGINA — Saskatchewan's liquor board says it will start buying and distributing American booze to retailers, months after Premier Scott Moe announced it would stop doing so.
Number of Canadians returning from U.S. trips down again in May: StatCan

Number of Canadians returning from U.S. trips down again in May: StatCan

OTTAWA — Canadians continued to avoid making trips to the U.S. in May, according to preliminary data from Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada said Tuesday return trips by Canadian residents by air from the U.S. in May fell 24.
Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast to 2.3%

Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades global economic growth forecast to 2.3%

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world, the World Bank forecast Tuesday.
ADF Group reports Q1 profit, revenue falls from year ago amid tariff uncertainty

ADF Group reports Q1 profit, revenue falls from year ago amid tariff uncertainty

TERREBONNE — ADF Group Inc., a maker of steel superstructures, reported a first-quarter profit of $8.7 million as its revenue plunged compared with a year earlier due to the uncertainty related to U.S. tariffs. Revenue for the quarter totalled $55.
Apple underwhelms at WWDC with incremental AI changes, new software name and 'liquid glass' design

Apple underwhelms at WWDC with incremental AI changes, new software name and 'liquid glass' design

CUPERTINO, Calif.
EU seeks to lower a price cap on Russian oil and discourage Nord Stream pipeline investors

EU seeks to lower a price cap on Russian oil and discourage Nord Stream pipeline investors

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants to lower a cap on the price of Russian oil to deprive the Kremlin of extra profits to fund its war in Ukraine as part of a new raft of sanctions aimed at forcing Moscow to the negotiating table, senior officia
Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades forecast for global economic growth to 2.3%

Citing trade wars, the World Bank sharply downgrades forecast for global economic growth to 2.3%

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world, the World Bank forecast Tuesday.
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