Builders in the U.S. probably broke ground on about the same number of houses in June, preserving the previous month’s surge and indicating the industry’s slump is easing, economists said before a government report today.

MONTREAL–Bombardier Aerospace says a lack of new orders will force it to lay off an additional 715 workers at its Montreal-area facilities next year as it reduces production of its CRJ regional jets. Thursday’s announcement came two weeks after...

All three working-age generations – Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y – agree that the youngest ones are more difficult to manage than other generations, a Conference Board of Canada analysis has revealed. The two older generations, the...

Porsche SE is headed for a second consecutive annual loss in the billions of euros, as the hangover lingers from ex-Chief Executive Wendelin Wiedeking’s failed takeover of Volkswagen AG. The indebted automotive holding company created as a vehicle for...

Big St. Louis hotels that depend on corporate meetings and charity events for much of their business will face a lean winter and are unlikely to recover fully until 2011, a hotel analyst said Monday. Among them is the Chase Park Plaza, the Central...

Current valuations of waste managers such as Waste Connections Inc, Waste Management Inc and Republic Services Inc give the company’s shares a lot of room to rise, according to a Barron’s story. In its November 23 edition, Barron’s said Waste...