Consumer confidence loses a little of its summer glow
Quebec leads the country while Ontario quietly claws its way back

Quebec leads the country while Ontario quietly claws its way back

The US Department of Defense is seeking to purchase up to US$300 million of battery-grade lithium carbonate over the next five years as part of escalating Washington’s strategy to insulate defense and commercial supply chains from global shocks. According to a procurement solicitation published July 2 (Thursday), the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) — the division…
Goldman Sachs Group has updated its personal trading policy to ban employees from trading on event contracts related to specific companies, election outcomes or the performance of any financial market, Bloomberg reported Thursday (July 9). The policy also bans trading on event contracts having to do with the dates of ceasefires in conflicts, the price…
Nvidia (NVDA 1.97%) has become one of the key winners of this artificial intelligence (AI) revolution — this is thanks to the company’s early entry into the market with the fastest chips around and its focus on innovation. Nvidia makes graphics processing units (GPUs), the chips that power essential AI tasks like the training and…
25 June 2026 Portfolios of non-financial corporate credit claims to be integrated into general collateral framework Implementation planned for November 2027 at the earliest Changes are final step in discontinuing temporary crisis-era collateral easing measures The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided today on the eligibility criteria and risk control framework…
The combination of rising demand alongside rising caution, suggests that institutional investors aren’t backing away from risk assets, but they’re pricing in the likelihood of a rougher patch ahead and building in more selectivity before it arrives. Macro anxiety hasn’t dented conviction The survey’s risk rankings also double as a barometer of what’s keeping large…
Even business leaders can stumble in job interviews. Matthew Siegel, a principal in Korn Ferry’s executive search practice, told Business Insider he sees the same interview missteps fairly often. Also a former C-suite executive himself, he interviews multiple candidates a day for top jobs at companies ranging from private-equity-backed businesses to Fortune 50 corporations. Here…