National Business News

World trade body to rule on US, China anti-dumping spat

GENEVA — A World Trade Organization arbitrator will step into a years-old dispute brought by China over U.S. anti-dumping measures. A trade official said Friday the arbitration was triggered automatically after the U.S.

Sep 21, 2018 11:30 AM Read more >

Finance minister challenges past government's budget numbers

TORONTO — Ontario's finance minister challenged the previous government's budgets on Friday, saying an independent commission has concluded that the recently defeated Liberal government ran a deficit in the last fiscal year rather than balancing the

Sep 21, 2018 9:48 AM Read more >

Mass tourism threatens Croatia's 'Game of Thrones' town

DUBROVNIK, Croatia — Marc van Bloemen has lived in the old town of Dubrovnik, a Croatian citadel widely praised as the jewel of the Adriatic, for decades, since he was a child. He says it used to be a privilege. Now it's a nightmare.

Sep 21, 2018 9:32 AM Read more >

Eerily empty condo-style retail mall in Calgary postpones grand opening

CALGARY — The developer of a nearly empty new mall just north of Calgary says he's confident it will become the bustling Asian-style bazaar it is meant to be despite having to delay its late-October grand opening until sometime next year.

Sep 21, 2018 9:16 AM Read more >

Iran's domestic car market stalls as nuclear deal falters

TEHRAN, Iran — Across Iran's capital, rush-hour traffic always grinds to a halt, a sea of boxy Renault four-doors and Peugeot coupes all idling their way through the streets of Tehran.

Sep 21, 2018 8:19 AM Read more >

California makes people ask for straws, sodas with kid meals

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — If you want a straw with your drink or a soda with a kids' meal at a California restaurant, you'll need to ask for them starting next year. A law signed Thursday by Gov.

Sep 21, 2018 8:05 AM Read more >

4 dead, including suspect, after Maryland warehouse shooting

ABERDEEN, Md. — A woman working a temporary job at a drugstore warehouse in Maryland got into an argument at work Thursday morning and began shooting colleagues, killing three before fatally turning the gun on herself, authorities and witnesses said.

Sep 20, 2018 9:35 PM Read more >

The Latest: More than a dozen arrested on looting charges

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Latest on Florence (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Authorities cracking down on looting and break-ins in one North Carolina county impacted by Florence say they've arrested more than a dozen people.

Sep 20, 2018 7:14 PM Read more >

AT&T fires back in bid to preserve its deal with Time Warner

WASHINGTON — Fighting to defend its $81 billion takeover of Time Warner from a government challenge, AT&T is arguing the Trump Justice Department has failed to show that the merger will raise prices for pay-TV programming and for the consumers wh

Sep 20, 2018 7:13 PM Read more >

Will American Airlines bar customers from changing a ticket?

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is threatening to prohibit customers from making changes to nonrefundable tickets if Congress makes good on a proposal to crack down on what critics call unreasonable airline fees.

Sep 20, 2018 7:12 PM Read more >