Air Transat continues suspending flights as strike deadline looms

TORONTO — Air Transat passengers face a second day of uncertainty, as the airline could suspend all flights by the end of the day as it prepares for a possible…

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: Transat contract talks Travellers heading out on an Air Transat flight this week face…

Quantifying human-AI synergy

From Christoph Riedl and Ben Weidmann: We introduce a novel Bayesian Item Response Theory framework to quantify human–AI synergy, separating individual and collaborative ability while controlling for task difficulty in…

IMF approves $1.2 billion for Pakistan from bailout, citing progress on economic and climate reforms

The bailout, approved in 2024, aims to rebuild Pakistan’s reserves, strengthen its tax system and reform loss-making state-owned companies, especially in the energy sector. The climate facility, approved earlier this…

BHP Spurs Infrastructure Selloff as Miners Adjust Spending Plans

Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — BHP Group is selling a $2 billion stake in the power network that supplies its vast iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western…

US stocks hang near records ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting this week on interest rates

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are hanging at the edge of their record heights as Wall Street waits to hear from the Federal Reserve later this week on what…

Thyssenkrupp Forecasts Loss With High Cash Burn, Costs Ahead

Thyssenkrupp is contending with subdued demand from Europe’s carmakers — with production still below pre-pandemic levels — as well as elevated energy costs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Once a…

Interactive Brokers Expands Market Access with United Arab Emirates Equities

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR) is a member of the S&P 500. Its affiliates provide automated trade execution and custody of securities, commodities, foreign exchange, and forecast contracts around…

Ford Madox Ford on Joseph Conrad

And, above all things else, as the writer has somewhere pointed out, Conrad was a politician. He loved the contemplation of humanity pulling away at the tangled skeins of parties…