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Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers,officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.
Google faces off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case

Google faces off with US government in attempt to break up company in search monopoly case

WASHINGTON (AP) — Google is confronting an existential threat as the U.S. government tries to break up the company as punishment for turning its revolutionary search engine into an illegal monopoly.
Costs, chaos rising as metal tariffs pile up with no end in sight

Costs, chaos rising as metal tariffs pile up with no end in sight

TORONTO — The costs and chaos being caused by metal tariffs are starting to build up after a month in effect, and there's little hope they'll be removed in the foreseeable future. U.S.
Hudson's Bay artifacts won't be an easy buy for cash-strapped institutions: experts

Hudson's Bay artifacts won't be an easy buy for cash-strapped institutions: experts

TORONTO — Museums, galleries and other archival institutions will likely need some help, if they want to buy Hudson’s Bay art or artifacts.
Edmonton Fringe festival's porta-potty fundraising campaign flushed with donors

Edmonton Fringe festival's porta-potty fundraising campaign flushed with donors

EDMONTON — One of North America’s largest Fringe festivals says a new fundraising campaign that lets donors "adopt" and then name a portable toilet has helped prevent the event from getting dumped.
Vance arrives in India for a 4-day visit that includes personal engagements and talks on trade

Vance arrives in India for a 4-day visit that includes personal engagements and talks on trade

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in India on Monday for a four-day visit as New Delhi looks to avoid U.S. tariffs and negotiate a bilateral trade deal with Washington.
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Rogers results Rogers Communications Inc.
Canada in robot trucking vanguard, with one driverless semi already here

Canada in robot trucking vanguard, with one driverless semi already here

MONTREAL — If it’s daytime, odds are a lone box truck is cruising the streets between Toronto and Brampton, Ont., with no one behind the wheel.
No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors

No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors

BEIJING (AP) — In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday. The bipedal robots of various makes and sizes navigated the 21.
US and Iran say talks over Tehran's nuclear program make progress and set plans for more

US and Iran say talks over Tehran's nuclear program make progress and set plans for more

ROME (AP) — Iran and the United States plan to meet over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program again next week, after both sides said they made progress in their talks Saturday in Rome. A U.S.
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