Operations
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Manufacturing sales slipped 1.4 per cent in October: StatsCan
Sales down in six provinces, though decrease was concentrated in Ontario, agency says
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Chamber of Commerce calling on feds to help Ontario’s economy
Report claims federal policies acting as barriers, calls for reforms across the board
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Right to work law gives Michigan unions new task: persuading members to continue paying fees
Unions legally required to represent all employees of a business equally, whether members or not
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Canadian aerospace profits expected to drop: Conference Board
Think-tank expects industry profits will decline 30 per cent by end of 2013
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Canam Group wins $55 million in new steel contracts in Canada, US
Nearly half the value tied to a port dock being built in Quebec, two bridges in Wisconsin, Massachusetts
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Industrial operators in Labrador to be hit with major energy rate hike
Some industrial customers in region currently buying electricity at rates established in 1960s
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Natural Resources minister tours refinery, touts west-east pipeline
Toured Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., before promoting proposal to city’s board of trade
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Protesters mass on Michigan capitol grounds as law limiting union rights nears approval
Vote on so-called right-to-work law dealing with private sector workers anticipated shortly
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Exports up, imports down, trade deficit reduced in October
StatsCan says imports fell to $38.3-billion, down 5.7 per cent from record high reached in June
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German vice chancellor criticizes GM over Opel factory move, but says no government aid
Philipp Roesler, who’s also economy minister, claims homemade problems were chief culprit
