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    Yahoo Finance

    Hollywood writers reach tentative deal with studios to end historic strike

    A deal would put an end to some of the uncertainty media stocks have been facing amid Hollywood's double strike.

  • Business
    The Canadian Press

    Unifor's narrow vote of support for Ford contract shows challenges ahead: experts

    TORONTO — The narrow vote of support by Unifor members for the proposed contract with Ford Motor Co. has experts saying that reaching deals with General Motors and Stellantis could prove more challenging. Unifor members at Ford voted 54 per cent in favour of a new three-year collective agreement over the weekend, a sharp contrast to the 81 per cent support their last contract received. The union has said the deal will set the pattern for contract talks at GM and Stellantis, but Steven Tufts, a l

  • Sports
    The Canadian Press

    With the future of AM unclear, a look back at the powerful role radio plays in baseball history

    NEW YORK (AP) — Growing up in the Boston suburbs, Suzyn Waldman fell madly in love with two things: baseball and Broadway shows. During the 1950s and '60s, the long arm of AM radio brought both into her home. “I can still hear Ned Martin of the Red Sox reciting poetry about the mountains in Anaheim,” said Waldman, the pioneer announcer and former star of musical stage who's been calling New York Yankees games for decades. "I can still hear Curt Gowdy with that Wyoming twang. “Not everyone can re

  • Business
    The Canadian Press

    Stock market today: Wall Street drifts as the pressure keeps mounting from the bond market

    NEW YORK (AP) — A sluggish day for stocks on Monday is keeping September on track to be the worst month of the year for Wall Street. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in midday trading, coming off its worst week in six months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 99 points, or 0.3%, at 33,864, as of 11:11 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher. Stocks have struggled recently as the realization sinks in that the Federal Reserve will likely keep interest rates high well