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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

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Riggio’s reign at Barnes & Noble began in 1971 when he used a $1.2 million loan to purchase the company’s name and its flagship...

NFL owners newly endorse private equity stakes of up to 10% in teams by league-approved firms

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NFL owners put in place a new rule that lets certain league-sanctioned firms buy up a stake of up to 10% in the 32...

In history of Canadian rail shutdowns, echoes of some current sticking points

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MONTREAL — The shutdown at Canada's two major railways last week was not the first time a simultaneous work stoppage brought trains to a...

Canada to hit China with tariffs on electric vehicles, aluminum, steel

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HALIFAX — Canada is moving to match the United States with new tariffs on electric vehicles made in China in a bid to keep...

Opinion: Canada’s treatment of internationally trained physicians exacerbates the health-care crisis

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Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has recently come under intense scrutiny, with a new United Nations report by a Special Rapporteur characterizing it as...

‘Enough is enough’: Grocery store employees protest potential Kroger, Albertsons merger

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Major supermarket chains Albertsons and Kroger were in a Portland federal court Monday, defending their plan to merge against a...

Shari’s Restaurants faces financial problems: Unpaid bills, taxes, eviction notices

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Shari’s first opened in Hermiston in 1978 and has more than 60 locations across Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Wyoming. PORTLAND, Oregon —...

Affordable homes, food bank, coffee shop coming to Wilsonville — all in one building

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Around 121 affordable homes plan to replace the vacant lot next door to the Wilsonville Transit Station. PORTLAND, Ore. — A unique affordable...

Kroger and Albertsons defend merger plan in federal court against US regulators’ objections

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A lawyer for Albertsons told a federal judge that the company might have to lay off workers and close stores if its merger with...

Portland business owners worried about police’s decision to move property crime detectives to other units

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Three detectives in the property crimes unit were reassigned. Property crime cases will now be assigned to a detective working at each of the...

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