Ex-Quiksilver employees seeking $7 million in severance settle for $132,000
Roughly two dozen former employees with Quiksilver will get pennies on the dollar in a settlement with the Huntington Beach-based retailer over severance pay.The...
Stocks fall, dollar poised for weekly loss as Trump rally pauses
London: Bond market jitters spilt over into stocks on Friday, pulling European indexes lower for a third straight session, and the dollar was poised...
Plans for downtown an issue in Lake Zurich board race
Downtown redevelopment is one of the key issues confronting four candidates competing for three open seats on the Lake Zurich village board.Newcomer Mary Beth...
Sears cutting 130 jobs
Sears Holdings Corp. cut 130 jobs Thursday as it continues to reduce expenses and streamline operations to keep the struggling retailer afloat.The layoffs were...
Europe’s olive shortage could affect some local retailers
When Rick Petrocelly, owner of The Olive Tap in Long Grove, heard about the olive shortage in Europe, he knew it could lead to...
Fully-enclosed IRIS eTrike is an electric assist velomobile with a 50-mile range
What looks like a cross between a bike helmet and a high-heeled shoe could help usher in another wave of personal electric...
It’s a bike lane, not a construction loading area
Where I live, in Toronto, Canada, there is a construction boom going on that affects almost every major street in the City....
France offers €200 subsidy on electric bike purchases
In a bid to get more people on their bikes, and to boost alternative transport methods, France is offering its citizens a...
MOKE is a powerful electric fat tire utility bike that seats two
It's like the crossover of e-bikes, with room for two and a capacity of almost 400 pounds.With electric bikes breaking out all...
Metro rescinds policy to sell corporate naming rights to rail lines, stations
LOS ANGELES >> In an about face, Metro rescinded its short-lived corporate naming rights policy for train lines, street stations and buildings...
Investors still fleeing hedge funds — just not as quickly
Investors are still fleeing hedge Aresbet funds, but not as quickly as they were this time last year.Investors yanked $5.2 billion from the $3...
Apple probes iPhone 7 Plus explosion
Apple is looking into an incident in which an Arizona teen’s iPhone 7 Plus “blew up” while she was charging the smartphone, according to...
Open homes north of Seattle from $350K
CaptionCloseThe first home, at 23014 29th Ave. W., is listed for $350,000. The home is in Brier.The two-bedroom, one-bathroom home is 988 square feet...
Oil pipeline camp cleared of protesters
CaptionCloseCannon Ball, N.D.Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline had gathered for the better part of...
Nordstrom belt-tightening pays off | Toronto Star
Nordstrom Inc., coping with the Ivanka Trump controversy and a persistent department-store slump, is turning to cost cuts and e-commerce to keep investors happy.The...
Canadarm maker MDA eyes move to U.S. | Toronto Star
Canada’s leader in space technology, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., may end up moving its head office to the United States within two years,...
Netflix aiming to reinvent reality TV | Toronto Star
On an elaborate set in Southern California, just hours from Netflix Inc.’s headquarters, mixed martial artist Anderson Silva and comedian Rafinha Bastos cheer as two...
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Tragic Mass Shooting in Kentucky Leaves 4 Dead, Multiple Victims Critical
Early Saturday morning, a tragic mass shooting occurred in Kentucky, leaving at least four people dead and multiple victims critically injured. The Florence Police...
