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Honda to build electric vehicles and battery plant in Ontario, sources say

Honda to build electric vehicles and battery plant in Ontario, sources say

TORONTO — Honda Canada is set to build an electric vehicle battery plant near its auto manufacturing facility in Alliston, Ont., where it also plans to produce fully electric vehicles, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Critics question Liberals' falling cellphone price claims, budget promises

Critics question Liberals' falling cellphone price claims, budget promises

As the federal government touts measures meant to curb the cost of Canadians' cellphone bills, some say there is a disconnect between what consumers are paying and the rhetoric surrounding price declines.
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Autoworkers union celebrates breakthrough win in Tennessee and takes aim at more plants in the South

Autoworkers union celebrates breakthrough win in Tennessee and takes aim at more plants in the South

DALLAS (AP) — The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country.
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Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories.
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What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it

What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it

It was a common scam that ended with an uncommon outcome, tragically in an Ohio driveway. William J.
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Idaho group says it is exploring a ballot initiative for abortion rights and reproductive care

Idaho group says it is exploring a ballot initiative for abortion rights and reproductive care

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A new Idaho organization says it will ask voters to restore abortion access and other reproductive health care rights in the state after lawmakers let a second legislative session end without modifying strict abortion bans that ha
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Stock market today: Wall Street limps toward its longest weekly losing streak since September

Stock market today: Wall Street limps toward its longest weekly losing streak since September

HONG KONG — Wall Street’s latest losing week looks to be coming to a relatively quiet close. U.S. stocks are drifting in early trading Friday, and oil prices are easing after briefly jumping overnight. The S&P 500 was 0.
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Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Japan’s Nikkei down 3.5%, as Mideast tensions flare

Stock market today: Asian markets sink, with Japan’s Nikkei down 3.5%, as Mideast tensions flare

HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks tumbled Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 3.5% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights. Tensions in the Middle East were weighing on sentiment across the region, and U.S.
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Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government

Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government

Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war , further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
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Tesla shares tumble below $150 per share, giving up all gains made over the past year

Tesla shares tumble below $150 per share, giving up all gains made over the past year

Tesla's stock tumbled below $150 per share, giving up all of the gains made over the past year as the electric vehicle maker reels from falling sales and steep discounts intended to lure more buyers.
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