Foreign buyers inch back into Vancouver housing market Foreign buyers inch back into Vancouver housing market: Foreign nationals were behind 5 percent of home purchases in Metro Vancouver in September, up from about 0.9 percent in August 2016, the month the 15 percent levy was enacted in response to offshore […]

SoftBank Deutsche Telekom hit wall in Sprint T-Mobile talk SoftBank Deutsche Telekom hit wall in Sprint T-Mobile talk: In a board meeting at Japan’s SoftBank on Friday, several directors expressed doubts about giving up control of Sprint in any deal, the sources said, the latest twist in on-and-off talks to […]

GE Board did not know about CEOs extra plane GE Board did not know about CEOs extra plane: General Electric Co (GE.N) executives did not tell the multinational conglomerate’s board until October about a spare business jet that routinely flew for its now-retired chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported […]

U.S. wants to remove unnecessary barriers to self-driving vehicles U.S. wants to remove unnecessary barriers to self-driving vehicles: The auto safety agency said in a report that it wants to find any “unnecessary regulatory barriers” to self-driving cars “particularly those that are not equipped with controls for a human driver.” […]

Dow S&P gain but Nasdaq dips as healthcare lags Dow S&P gain but Nasdaq dips as healthcare lags: DowDuPont (DWDP.N) was up 2.8 percent as the biggest boost to the S&P 500. It forecast third-quarter profit well above Wall Street’s expectations ahead of the combined company’s first earnings report next […]

Euro tumbles against dollar Treasury yields up Euro tumbles against dollar Treasury yields up: The dollar index .DXY rose 0.99 percent, with the euro EUR= down 1.35 percent to $1.1653 after the ECB said it would cut its bond purchases in half to 30 billion euros a month from January. […]