Business and Economic News

Canadians rally around retaliatory tariffs aimed at the U.S.
Among the items targeted in retaliatory tariffs: ketchup, powerboats, dishwashing liquid, steel and aluminum. And gherkins. Canadian businesses have flooded a Canadian pickle business with new orders.
A spokeswoman for Polaris Industries said on Friday that it is considering moving production of some motorcycles out of the country because of European tariffs, just days after Harley-Davidson announced a similar move.
'This isn't the end,' Enbridge and pipeline opponents agree
A day after state regulators granted a critical approval for a new pipeline across northern Minnesota, both supporters and opponents of Enbridge Energy's Line 3 are preparing for months of continuing debate before ground is broken on the project.
Trump's new IRS 'postcard' is not so simple and not really a postcard
President Trump and Congressional Republicans promised taxpayers could file their returns on a postcard, but the new IRS effort isn't quite that.
New details emerge about deadly shootings in Capital Gazette newsroom
A man who police say opened fire at a Maryland newspaper office Thursday, killing five and injuring two others, had a long, acrimonious history with the newspaper, including a lawsuit and years of harassment of its journalists on Twitter.
Capital Gazette shooting victims: The 5 killed in attack on Maryland newspaper
A gunman entered the offices of The Capital newspaper in Annapolis Thursday and opened fire, killing four of the paper's journalists and a sales assistant. We have profiles of the victims.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota, charges that Hormel, Tyson and the other meat packers jointly limited production to boost prices.
Wisconsin hopes Foxconn will make it a digital hub, but skepticism abounds
State officials hope the enormous Foxconn electronics plant will help turn the region into the next Silicon Valley. But the $10 billion plant faces continuing skepticism over the nearly $4 billion package of incentives that state and local officials paid out to lure the company.
State prepares for decision on Line 3
After four days of oral arguments and intense questioning of both supporters and opponents of the proposed Line 3 oil pipeline over the past two weeks, Minnesota utility regulators are set to begin deliberations over whether or not to approve the contentious project.