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VANCOUVER — Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s founder has criticized the Vancouver-based apparel company's diversity efforts in a new interview.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week as the labor market continues to show resilience despite elevated interest rates. Jobless claims fell to 202,000 for the week ending Dec.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A customer has filed a negligence lawsuit against Dunkin', claiming he was injured by an exploding toilet at one of the coffee chain's locations in central Florida.

TORONTO — Barclays says it has appointed Ryan Voegeli as its head of investment banking for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. Voegeli comes to the bank from CIBC Capital Markets where he was head of global diversified industries in the investment banking group.

The Canadian economy will return to growth in the second half of 2024, with interest rate cuts as early as this spring, according to a new forecast by Deloitte sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says production for 2023 at its Quebrada Blanca mine fell short of its guidance due to reliability and consistency issues in the fourth quarter.

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. — Walmart sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ says it is abandoning plans to open a new fulfilment centre in Quebec. The U.S. retail giant was due to spend $100 million on the facility slated for the Montreal-area municipality of Vaudreuil-Dorion.

The champagne is gone, the ball has been dropped, and the holiday bills are starting to roll in. That means there's no time like the present to make a New Year's resolution — especially one that might help take some of the sting out of those bills.

MARKHAM, Ont. — Business software company Enghouse Systems Ltd. says it has signed a deal with Sonic Foundry Inc. to buy its Mediasite business for US$15.5 million in cash.

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says it has closed its previously announced deal to sell minority interests in its steelmaking coal business to Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. and South Korean steelmaker Posco.