U.S.-bound freight demand is still holding even as key transpacific spot rates remain expensive. The latest Descartes Global Shipping Report said U.S. containerized imports reached 2,546,261 TEUs in September 2026. …
Statistics Canada reported on Oct. 6 that merchandise exports rose 2.5 per cent in August, while imports fell 2.0 per cent. That widened Canada’s global merchandise trade surplus from C$787 …
LNG freight rates are weakening again, even as gas buyers prepare for winter. Spark Commodities said on Oct. 8 that its Spark30S Atlantic spot assessment for a modern 174,000-cubic-metre two-stroke …
Artificial intelligence is moving into ordinary electronics, and the cost is no longer limited to cloud companies building massive data centres. PCs, phones, tablets, and other connected devices are being …
Funding gets easier to compare when you stop asking where to get money and start asking what the money needs to do. Before you fill out an application, write one …
Ship-to-ship crude transfers in the Gulf of Oman have reached their limits amid a surge of rerouted Saudi exports, Reuters reported, citing trade sources and analysts. Saudi Arabia leaned more …
Holiday parcel surcharges have begun at UPS and FedEx, but the first cost increase does not hit every U.S. package equally. Carrier schedules available October 1 show UPS demand surcharges …
Microsoft 365 Copilot has crossed 30 million paid seats. Microsoft reported the figure with its fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter results for the period ended June 30, 2026. The company also reported …
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said its long-term Business Barometer index dropped nearly 10 points to 47.9 in September. The index measures 12-month expectations on a scale from 0 …
Tracked commodity-vessel movement through the Strait of Hormuz fell back toward a standstill at the start of the week, with no tracked commodity transits on Sunday, September 27, and only …
Health Canada is proposing to cut several federal cannabis reporting obligations, a change the department estimates would create about $19.0 million in annualized net benefits across affected reporting parties. The …
Recent immigration enforcement across southwest Kansas and neighboring cattle states has turned into a production problem for the U.S. beef industry, with livestock groups reporting worker absences, delayed cattle shipments …
U.S. diesel prices have slipped below US$6.50 per gallon after reaching a record earlier in September. AAA’s national average stood at US$6.4709 per U.S. gallon on September 27, 2026, down …
Drewry’s World Container Index fell 1% to US$4,468 per 40-foot container in its September 24, 2026 assessment, while the Shanghai–Los Angeles rate rose 2% to US$7,838. Shanghai–New York remained broadly …
Canada’s proposed Productivity Mega Deduction is now a timing issue, not just an Ottawa policy headline. The measure is not enacted law as of September 26, 2026. The key date …
For discount retailers, weak ocean shipping reliability is no longer just a procurement headache. Pepco Group is a current case study. Reuters reported on September 21 that the Warsaw-listed discount …
Tanker freight has become one of the clearest signals of stress in energy markets. The latest Baltic Exchange weekly tanker report, published September 25, put the daily round-trip time-charter equivalent …
Canada’s proposed labour-dispute rules are now a live political fight inside Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, an omnibus bill introduced in the House of Commons on September 21, …
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem warned that new U.S. tariffs could slow Canada’s recovery and push fourth-quarter economic growth below 1% if they remain in place. Speaking to the …
Peak-season freight cost pressure is moving from forecast to invoice. UPS, FedEx and USPS have published holiday price programs that begin in late September or early October, while ocean, air …
Paramount Skydance’s settlement with a 12-state coalition has moved its planned Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition closer to closing, but the deal is not final yet. California Attorney General Rob Bonta …
Google has been fined €403 million, about US$463 million, by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission after a GDPR inquiry into how Google processed location data across several account and Android features. …
ChangXin Memory Technologies, better known as CXMT, said its fifth-generation DRAM technology platform has entered mass production, giving China’s largest DRAM producer another step toward competing with Samsung Electronics, SK …
AI cloud compute pricing is moving higher again, adding fresh pressure to organizations that rely on rented GPUs for model training, inference, simulation, and other accelerated workloads. On Sept. 17, …
B.C. businesses preparing for new provincial sales tax obligations on Oct. 1 have a sudden reprieve. The Province of British Columbia said Sept. 18, 2026, that it is pausing the …
Saudi Arabia is expanding a complicated oil workaround through Oman after attacks forced the shutdown of its East-West Pipeline, turning a backup export route into a live test of how …
Canada’s first Canada Investment Summit ended with headline commitments approaching C$500 billion. For smaller firms, the practical signal is more specific: targeted financing for defence, dual-use technologies, AI, infrastructure and …
Record diesel refining margins are turning a market signal into a wider cost problem for logistics-heavy industries. The issue is not only the price of crude oil. Diesel crack spreads …
Canada’s proposed Productivity Mega Deduction could alter the timing of business investment in software, computers, equipment and other capital assets across the country. The federal government announced the measure on …
Rail fuel surcharges on grain shipments are sitting at record-high levels, tightening freight math during the opening stretch of fall harvest and adding another cost pressure to farm margins. The …
Canada has moved one part of its investment pitch from conference-stage messaging into administrative process. On September 14, 2026, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced that the Canada Revenue Agency will …
Bell Canada’s proposed Saskatchewan AI expansion is large enough to move the story beyond data centres and into the province’s broader infrastructure economy. On Sept. 14, 2026, Bell Canada and …
Commodity-vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell again at the start of the week, with preliminary Kpler data reported by Reuters showing four tracked transits on Monday, September 14, …
Saudi Arabia shut its East-West Pipeline after multiple attacks, putting pressure on one of the few routes built to move Gulf crude around the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia’s East-West …
VLCC rates from the Gulf of Oman to China have jumped to about Worldscale 450, giving energy buyers and supply-chain teams a clearer warning than oil prices alone. Oil-market risk …
Two of the world’s most influential creative economies just put serious money behind a statement: AI should not replace the people who make art, film, and content. On September 7, …
Brent crude touched $99.46 a barrel on September 8. A widening Middle East conflict is the main driver, and the Strait of Hormuz sits at the center of it. On …
AI has been doing useful work for people for years, across writing, coding, research, analysis, support, SEO, design, and operations. What is changing is the capability and reliability of the …
Google says its AI search opt-out has reached all websites, but Brussels is asking publishers whether the control gives them usable leverage or just a new way to lose visibility. …
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is still moving, but confidence in the route has weakened again after fresh tanker incidents near one of the world’s highest-volume energy chokepoints. The …
Canada’s newest counter-tariffs are not just a trade headline. For some small businesses, they are about to become a paperwork problem. As of September 3, the federal government says new …
Statistics Canada’s June payroll data looks calm at first glance. Payroll employment rose by 4,800 positions, which rounds to almost no change nationally, after a stronger gain of 45,000 in …
On August 25, 2026, The Maritime Executive reported that SK Gas paid $5.3 million for a single Panama Canal transit slot. The ship, an LPG carrier called G. Spirit, needed …
Canada’s federal government is trying to make public contracts less hostile to small businesses. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, the federal government awarded $66.9 billion in contracts for goods, services, …
The newest warning sign for the games industry is not another console price announcement. It is what happened after the price increases started landing. Circana’s July U.S. games report showed …
The Gordie Howe International Bridge opening is old news now. The better business signal came two weeks later, when the first traffic data showed commercial trucks were not waiting on …