Amazon is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month and said it will push for an increase in the federally mandated minimum wage, which now stands at $7.25 per hour.

The company, whose value topped $1 trillion briefly in September, was facing political and economic pressure to raise pay for thousands of employees.

Canadian shoppers who like to buy products from the U.S. online have reason to rejoice about the revised NAFTA deal, but some homegrown retailers could be in for a struggle, say experts.

By introducing the first independent Grand Seiko subsidiary, Seiko Japan makes its push into the U.S. luxury watch segment clear.

Britain’s unions aren’t too impressed by Amazon’s pay rise – and are urging the company to improve working conditions too.

Facebook has named Adam Mosseri, a 10-year veteran at the company, as the head of Instagram.

After less than two years and declines on several fronts at General Electric, John Flannery has been ousted as the leader of the century-old company.

The loonie soared higher in the wake of news that Canada has reached a deal to join the United States and Mexico in a new North American trade agreement.

Canadian dairy farmers have panned the renegotiated trade pact between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, saying the new deal will undercut the industry by limiting exports and opening up the market to more American products.

It won’t be an easy job.

The Hartley family sells their mushrooms to restaurants and at local farmers’ markets

Rocky Hartley remembers picking up a magazine at a fuel stop near Parry Sound and reading an article all about mushroom farming.