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B.C.-based gambling company Gateway Casinos plans New York stock listing

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment, one of Canada's largest gaming companies, has agreed to a deal that will create a new firm valued at about $1.1 billion including debt.

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Washington farmers, hurt by tariffs, are helped by federal bailout

Like their counterparts elsewhere, farmers in Washington state have benefited from a federal bailout intended to help producers hurt by the trade wars.

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Huawei announces record revenue despite U.S. efforts to undermine it

In a year in which the United States mounted an unprecedented effort to undermine China’s largest telecommunications company, Huawei made sure it got the last word. The firm announced Tuesday that its...

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Trump says U.S. and China will sign trade deal in January

The signing would cement the first phase of an agreement that took nearly two years to negotiate and would formalize a trade truce between the world’s two largest economies.

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Carlos Ghosn has tales to tell and scores to settle | Analysis

Carlos Ghosn has spent more than a year trapped in a Japanese legal odyssey that’s transfixed the automotive world and thrown his life into chaos. Now, having pulled off a daring escape from Japan to...

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America’s marijuana growers are the best in the world, but federal laws are...

The U.S. marijuana business has the potential to grow into a global industry, challenging Canadian cannabis growers.

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Turkey detains seven people over escaped Nissan executive Ghosn’s ‘illegal...

TOKYO — Turkish police detained seven people Thursday, including four pilots, on suspicion of having helped former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn escape Japan and transit through Istanbul on his way to...

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Turkey Questions Pilots About Carlos Ghosn’s Escape From Japan

Turkish authorities on Thursday questioned seven people, including four pilots, about the role they may have played helping Carlos Ghosn make his escape from Tokyo to Beirut, offering new clues to his...

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Oil prices jump after U.S. kills Iranian military leader

Analysts warned that the airstrike on an Iranian commander raised the prospect of volatility in Iran and Iraq, two major oil producers.

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France and EU ready to respond to US threat of new tariffs

PARIS (AP) — France has warned it will retaliate with the full backing of the European Union if the United States imposes tariffs on up to $2.4 billion worth of French products, including Champagne,...

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US trade deficit falls 8.2% to $43.1 billion in November

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit fell in November to the lowest level in more than three years as U.S. exports rose while imports declined, putting the country on track to see the first annual...

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US-China pact signing to ease tension but leaves much undone

WASHINGTON (AP) — After 18 months of economic combat, the United States and China are set to take a step toward peace Wednesday. At least for now. President Donald Trump and China’s chief negotiator,...

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U.S.-China trade deal: What’s in (and not in) the agreement

President Donald Trump’s long-awaited trade deal with China includes some significant changes to the economic relationship between the world’s largest economies. The agreement signed Wednesday includes...

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Boeing orders from China could resume now that trade deal is signed

For more than two years, the Chinese government has blocked transactions, reserving the prospect of large jet orders as a card to play in the trade talks.

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Why the U.S.-China trade deal targets corporate secrets

China has long denied that it forces foreign companies to give up technology. They do it willingly, Beijing asserts, to get access to China’s vast and growing market. Still, Chinese officials say they...

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For some major US shippers, 2019 ended on a sour note

For major shipping companies dealing with trade wars and slowing global growth, conditions appear to have deteriorated for some as 2019 came to a close. Global shipping and logistics provider...

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Huawei executive, facing extradition to the United States, argues the...

The extradition hearing of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, whose detention by Canadian authorities at the behest of the United States 13 months ago has left Canada caught in a conflict...

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Railroads are slashing workers, cheered on by Wall Street to stay profitable...

President Donald Trump’s trade war has hit agricultural and manufacturing hard, lowering demand for companies that move freight. But railroad stocks soared in 2019 after rail executives embraced...

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Trump’s China tariffs have not caused Americans to pay $1,000 more a year....

U.S. companies absorbed most of the costs of Trump's tariffs, which is why consumers haven’t seen excessive sticker shock at stores.

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France says U.S. talks could produce agreement on digital taxes

The announcement, by France’s finance minister, came a day after the two countries appeared to strike a temporary truce in a trans-Atlantic spat.

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