Francis VachonDanny Ayotte prepares maple syrup for pasteurization. The authorities are trying to recover six million pounds of stolen syrup. OTTAWA — It was an inside job of sorts. Thieves with access to a warehouse and a careful plan loaded up trucks and, over time, made off with $18 million of a valuable commodity. The question is what was more unusual: that the commodity in question was...
Start-Ups Take on Special Tasks for Small Business
Label: TechnologyPeter DaSilva for The New York TimesLeah Busque, right, founder of TaskRabbit, with Lauren Sherman, a marketing manager, in San Francisco. Small-business owners are like Swiss Army knives: expected to handle dozens of specialized tasks without falling apart. But even the sharpest entrepreneurs have it tough this time of year — inevitably, some will outsource part of their workload to other enterprising...
Europe Proposes New Tobacco Rules
Label: LifestyleBRUSSELS — Health warnings should cover 75 percent of cigarette packs but governments should also have leeway to require plain packaging, the European Commission said Wednesday. Yves Logghe/Associated PressEuropean Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Tonio Borg held up a mock package of cigarettes during a news conference on proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive,...
Europe Proposes New Tobacco Rules
Label: HealthBRUSSELS — Health warnings should cover 75 percent of cigarette packs but governments should also have leeway to require plain packaging, the European Commission said Wednesday. Yves Logghe/Associated PressEuropean Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy Tonio Borg held up a mock package of cigarettes during a news conference on proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive,...
Challenging France to Do Business Differently
Label: BusinessPool photo by Bertrand LangloisPresident François Hollande must find a way to make palatable a shift in French labor practices. PARIS — Louis Gallois, one of France’s most influential industrialists, knew he was about to make waves for the country’s Socialist president. It was late October, and President François Hollande, faced with an alarming deterioration in the economy, had turned to...
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For Modernizing Thais, Monastic Life Loses Allure
Label: WorldYoung monks rehearsed an evening candlelight ceremony at the Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The country’s Buddhist temples are as much a part of the landscape as rice paddies and palm trees. But many temples in rural Thailand have fallen qui...
Oracle’s Profit Climbs 18%
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oracle, the business software maker, said Tuesday that its profit rose 18 percent in its most recent quarter because companies spent more on software and other technology as the year was winding down. The results were an improvement from Oracle’s previous quarter, when its revenue fell slightly from a year earlier. The latest quarter spanned September through November....
Church Officials Call on Filipinos to Campaign Against Birth Control Law
Label: LifestyleMANILA — After losing a battle to stop the passage of a contentious birth control law, Roman Catholic Church officials on Tuesday dug in and instructed their millions of followers to campaign against the measure in communities, schools and homes. “Let us intensify the moral spiritual education of our youth and children so that they can stand strong against the threats to their moral fiber,”...
Church Officials Call on Filipinos to Campaign Against Birth Control Law
Label: HealthMANILA — After losing a battle to stop the passage of a contentious birth control law, Roman Catholic Church officials on Tuesday dug in and instructed their millions of followers to campaign against the measure in communities, schools and homes. “Let us intensify the moral spiritual education of our youth and children so that they can stand strong against the threats to their moral fiber,”...
DealBook: As Unit Pleads Guilty, UBS Pays $1.5 Billion Over Rate Rigging
Label: BusinessUBS, the Swiss banking giant, announced a record settlement with global authorities on Wednesday, agreeing to a combined $1.5 billion in fines for its role in a multiyear scheme to manipulate interest rates.In a sign that officials are increasingly taking a hard line against financial wrongdoing, the Justice Department also secured a guilty plea from the bank’s Japanese subsidiary, sending a warning...
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