Wall Street drifts as Target tumbles

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index finished Wednesday virtually unchanged after erasing a loss of 1% from the morning. Above, the illuminated facade of the New York Stock Exchange. (Peter Morgan / Associated Press) U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Wednesday, though the modest moves for indexes masked some thrashing underneath the surface. … Read more

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani indicted over alleged bribery, hiding scheme from US investors

Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, US prosecutors said Wednesday. Authorities charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250 million in bribes … Read more

Montreal budget 2025: Legault needs to ‘get upset’ about homelessness, Rabouin says

“We’re doing the most we can,” Mayor Valérie Plante said while presenting Montreal’s 2025 budget, but noted homelessness is a shared responsibility with the provincial and federal governments. Montreal executive committee chair Luc Rabouin urged Premier François Legault to prioritize the issue of homelessness as he helped present the city’s 2025 budget on Wednesday, November … Read more

L.A. hotel owners warn minimum wage hike would scuttle Olympics room deal

Members of Unite Here Local 11, a union representing hospitality workers at hotels, stadiums, convention centers and airport concessions, protest outside Los Angeles International Airport in 2021. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday postponed a vote on a major boost to wages for hotel and airport workers, voicing … Read more

Plante’s final city budget ends years of significant increases in property taxes and expenses

The $7.28-billion budget will increase the average residential tax bill by 2.2 per cent, and it contains about $100 million in measures to alleviate the housing crisis. Mayor Valerie Plante is flanked by Luc Rabouin, left, executive committee president, and Benoit Dagenais, director general of the city of Montreal, as she arrives to present her … Read more

Santé Québec bows to pressure, extends one-year lifeline for workers clocking extra hours

The decision follows a report by The Gazette revealing that Santé Québec planned to slash these workers’ hours by Dec. 1. “I am committed to avoiding wall-to-wall approaches,” says Santé Québec president Geneviève Biron. “In recent days, I have heard the heartfelt cry of many employees in dual employment situations.”Photo by CarlosDavid.org /Getty Images Québec’s … Read more

Commentary: Hannah Gadsby’s “Woof!” barks a new message in queer stand-up “our comedy is for us”

Hannah Gadsby’s new show “Woof!” comes to L.A.’s United Theater on Broadway this Sunday (David Urbanke) Sitting in front of me is Hannah Gadsby. On my computer. It’s very disconcerting. For both of us. We are here to talk about “Woof!”— their new comedy show, which lands in L.A., for one night only this Sunday … Read more

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