Express Mondor is taking the SmartWay

Express Mondor is taking the SmartWay

LANORAIE, QC – Express Mondor is taking the smart path to environmental protection. The Canadian fleet has been certified as a SmartWay program transportation company. The program, created by the Environmental Protection Agency and managed in Canada by Natural Resources Canada, recognizes companies that operate truck fleets while reducing fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions. ...Read the rest of this story

Amazon deal for Whole Foods wins regulatory, shareholder approvals

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc and Whole Foods Market Inc on Wednesday cleared two major hurdles needed to close Amazon's $13.7 billion acquisition of the natural grocery chain, with approvals from a U.S. competition regulator and Whole Foods shareholders. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in clearing the planned acquisition, said in a statement that it opted not to pursue its investigation further after reviewing whether the deal would substantially lessen competition or constituted an unfair method of competition. Also on Wednesday, Whole Foods shareholders approved the proposed sale to Amazon.


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Uber second-quarter bookings increase, loss narrows

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Wednesday reported a 16 percent increase in quarterly bookings and a smaller loss than the previous period as the ride-services company showed signs of inching towards profitability. The shrinking losses reflect Uber's efforts to rein in massive spending on subsidies for both drivers and customers even as it battles rivals in tough markets like South Asia. The San Francisco-based company said it lost $645 million in the second quarter, 9 percent less than the $708 million loss in the first quarter and 35 percent less than the $991 million loss in the fourth quarter of last year.


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Fellow Republicans rebuke Trump over government shutdown threat

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Aug 23 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans rebuked him on Wednesday after his threat to shut down the U.S. government over funding for a border wall rattled markets and cast a shadow over congressional efforts to raise the country's debt ceiling and pass spending bills. "I don't think anyone's interested in having a shutdown," the top Republican in Congress, House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, told reporters on Wednesday in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he visited an Intel factory.


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