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Brookfield Business Partners to buy DexKo Global for US$3.4 billion

Brookfield Business Partners to buy DexKo Global for US$3.4 billion

TORONTO — Brookfield Business Partners LP has signed a deal to buy DexKo Global Inc., a maker of components for trailer, recreational vehicle and towable equipment providers, for US$3.4 billion. The company is buying DexKo from KPS Capital Partners.
Blast at Thai factory shakes Bangkok airport, area evacuated

Blast at Thai factory shakes Bangkok airport, area evacuated

BANGKOK (AP) — A massive explosion at a factory on the outskirts of Bangkok early Monday shook an airport terminal serving Thailand's capital, injured at least 11 people and prompted the evacuation of residents from the area, authorities said.
Met Opera reaches agreement with locked out stagehands

Met Opera reaches agreement with locked out stagehands

NEW YORK (AP) — The Metropolitan Opera reached an agreement on a labor contract with its locked out stagehands, the second of three major deals needed to resume performances in September following the pandemic.
Cameco says workers will head back to Saskatchewan mine after wildfire risk drops

Cameco says workers will head back to Saskatchewan mine after wildfire risk drops

SASKATOON — Cameco says its workers will return to the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan now that the risk from a wildfire in the vicinity has subsided.
Universal takes top three spots at domestic box office

Universal takes top three spots at domestic box office

Although the box office has yet to fully recover from the pandemic, at least one studio has good reason to celebrate this Fourth of July weekend.
Pope Francis goes to Rome hospital for intestinal surgery

Pope Francis goes to Rome hospital for intestinal surgery

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis went Sunday to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of the large intestine, the Vatican said.
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: Home sales: Real estate boards for some of Canada's largest cities are expected to report June home sales this week.
IPOs booming as Canadian companies refuse to let crisis deter them from going public

IPOs booming as Canadian companies refuse to let crisis deter them from going public

TORONTO — Shortly after the first COVID-19 lockdown measures came into effect in March 2020, Ali Khan Lalani found himself in a grocery store aisle in a vain search for frozen pizza. "The grocery store owner said, 'I can't keep them on the shelf.
Vatican indicts 10 people, including a cardinal, in UK deal

Vatican indicts 10 people, including a cardinal, in UK deal

ROME (AP) — A Vatican judge on Saturday indicted 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal, on charges including embezzlement, abuse of office, extortion and fraud in connection with the Secretariat of State’s 350 million-euro investment in a Lon
Cannabis farmers forced to react as heat, wildfires take their toll on crops

Cannabis farmers forced to react as heat, wildfires take their toll on crops

It used to be common to see Tyler Rumi and his B.C. cannabis farm staff out watering their plants until the recent heat wave hit.