SAUK CITY, Wis.—Dairy farmers, take note: the key to turning your dairy cow into a cash cow is udder happiness.
Give her a bigger stall, increase air circulation, and provide some shelter to prevent overheating.
That's according to a University of Wisconsin initiative that focuses on making dairy cows happier so they provide more milk.
TOKYO — Members of a Pacific Rim trade initiative rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump are to hold working-level talks Wednesday in the Japanese mountain resort town of Hakone, west of Tokyo.
OTTAWA — The federal banking regulator is proposing a new stress test for all uninsured mortgages as part of efforts to tighten lending rules.
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recommended the measure as part of draft changes that it has published for public consultations.
BISMARCK, N.D. — The end of the line may be in sight for a North Dakota safety program aimed at lowering the risk of disastrous train derailments involving the state’s crude oil.
SAN FRANCISCO — A former StarKist tuna company executive has pleaded guilty in federal court to price-fixing packaged seafood sold in the United States.
Stephen Hodge, a former senior vice-president for sales at StarKist Co., entered his plea Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. He is scheduled to be sentenced in March.
TORONTO — InnVest Hotels LP is acquiring the luxury hotel formerly known as Toronto’s Trump International Hotel and Tower from JCF Capital for an undisclosed amount.
As part of the deal, the 65-storey facility will get a significant renovation and be renamed the St. Regis Toronto once the revamp is done.
BEIJING — The world’s biggest coal users China, the United States and India have boosted coal mining in 2017, in an abrupt departure from last year’s record global decline for the heavily polluting fuel and a setback to efforts to rein in climate change emissions.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Typewriter enthusiasts gather at an Albuquerque restaurant to experiment with vintage Smith Coronas.
Fans in Boston kneel in a city square and type stories about their lives during a pro-immigration demonstration.
A documentary on typewriters featuring Tom Hanks and musician John Mayer is set for release this summer.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Fast-food chain McDonald’s has ended its Olympic sponsorship deal three years early.
The International Olympic Committee says confidential financial terms of the immediate separation were agreed to.
IOC marketing director Timo Lumme says “we understand that McDonald’s is looking to focus on different business priorities.”
TORONTO — Canadian merchants may soon start charging customers extra to pay with certain credit cards thanks to a settlement agreement in a class action suit.
