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3M agrees to pay US$6-billion in U.S. military earplug lawsuit settlement
FILE PHOTO: The 3M logo is seen at its global headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. on March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo
international business
3M raises full-year profit forecast as cost-cut measures pay off
FILE PHOTO: The logo of 3M is seen at the 3M Tilloy plant in Tilloy-Lez-Cambrai, France, August 18, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
international business
3M to cut about 6,000 positions globally in bid to improve cash flow
FILE PHOTO: The 3M logo is seen at its global headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. on March 4, 2020. Picture taken March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo
u.s. business
3M to spin off healthcare business into new public company
FILE PHOTO: The logo of 3M is seen at the 3M Tilloy plant in Tilloy-Lez-Cambrai, France, August 18, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
u.s. business
3M ordered to pay $77.5-million to veteran in latest earplug trial
FILE PHOTO: The 3M logo is seen at its global headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. on March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
international business
Industrial giant 3M lowers profit outlook on supply chain woes
FILE PHOTO: The 3M Global Headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. is photographed on March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo
u.s. business
3M cutting 2,900 jobs in global restructuring effort
The 3M Global Headquarters in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. is photographed on March 4, 2020. The company has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak. Picture taken March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi
canada
Trudeau, Ford announce deal to produce N95 masks at 3M plant in Brockville, Ont.
3M brand N95 particulate respirators are displayed on a table in a July 28, 2020, file photo.
report on business
Ottawa, Ford government reach agreement with 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville, Ont.
SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 28: 3M brand N95 particulate respirators are displayed on a table on July 28, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. 3M reported second quarter earnings that fell short of analyst expectations and showed overall sales falling 12.2 percent to $7.18 billion despite a ramp-up in sales of N95 face masks due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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The 2020 BMW M8 Cabriolet is a gloriously unsubtle monster you could still run errands with
2020 BMW M8 Cabriolet Competition
inside the market
Market movers: Stocks that saw action on Tuesday - and why
Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
u.s. business
3M profit misses expectations as coronavirus hammers sales
The 3M logo is pictured on products at an Orchard Supply Hardware store in Pasadena, California U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files
canada
Tories ask auditor general to probe ‘outsourcing’ of $900M student aid program
Tories ask auditor general to probe ‘outsourcing’ of $900M student aid program
u.s. business
3M wins injunction against mask seller accused of price gouging
FILE PHOTO: Various N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M, that has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak, in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. March 4, 2020. Picture taken March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo
politics
Inside Ontario’s desperate scramble for N95 masks
Lucia Janerio applies a face shield, along with full personal protective equipment, before cleaning a negative pressure room at the ER of North York General Hospital, on March 2, 2020.
u.s. business
3M profit jumps on sales of N95 masks
N95 respiration masks sit in a 3M lab in Maplewood, Minn., on March 4, 2020.
alberta
Alberta rolls back cuts to rural doctor fees, tops up other fees in $81M plan
Alberta rolls back cuts to rural doctor fees, tops up other fees in $81M plan
report on business
U.S. giant 3M launches lawsuits in Ontario, several U.S. states to stop price gouging of masks
FILE PHOTO: Various N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M, that has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak, in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo
canada
3M files lawsuit against Ontario company accused of price-gouging on N95 face masks
A N95 face mask is shown in Mississauga, Ont., on April 3, 2020.
international business
3M sues distributor for alleged price gouging of N95 respirators in New York
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 25, 2011, the 3M headquarters in Woodbury, Minnesota. - 3M on April 3, 2020, defended its handling of production and distribution of desperately needed masks to combat the coronavirus pandemic after US President Donald Trump threatened to punish the US manufacturing giant for not shifting all distribution back home. (Photo by KAREN BLEIER / AFP) (Photo by KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Canada-U.S. ties getting ‘constant gardening’ to protect supply lines: Chrystia Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Chrystia Freeland speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Monday April 6, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
editorial
SARS gave Canada a lesson, but we didn’t learn enough from it
Editorial
opinion
Donald Trump has helped unify Canada amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Gary Mason
canada
Ontario says 500,000 masks destined for province to be released by U.S.
FILE PHOTO: Various N95 respiration masks at a laboratory of 3M, that has been contracted by the U.S. government to produce extra marks in response to the country's novel coronavirus outbreak, in Maplewood, Minnesota, U.S. March 4, 2020. Picture taken March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nicholas Pfosi/File Photo
canada
Advocacy group urges governments to help house female inmates in community during COVID-19 pandemic
Sara Tessier, a 45-year-old former inmate at the federal Nova Institution for Women in Truro, N.S., is seen in Halifax on Monday, April 6, 2020.
opinion
Effort fighting Trump should be effort spent fighting pandemic
John Ibbitson
politics
Government working to fix ‘gaps’ in wage subsidy programs, PM says
A truck crosses the Blue Water Bridge into Port Huron, Mich., from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. The Canada-U.S. border will be closed to non-essential traffic in both directions "by mutual consent," the leaders of both countries confirmed Wednesday as efforts across the continent to contain COVID-19. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
canada
Saskatchewan’s Moe calls Trump ending export of N95 masks to Canada a ‘betrayal'
Scott Moe, premier of Saskatchewan, speaks at a COVID-19 news update at the Legislative Building in Regina on Wednesday March 18, 2020.
world
CDC advises Americans to don facemasks, though Trump says he won’t wear one
CDC advises Americans to don facemasks, though Trump says he won’t wear one
canada
Trump gives FEMA power to restrict trade of essential goods into Canada despite warning from Trudeau
Canadian and American flags fly near the Ambassador Bridge at the Canada/USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rob Gurdebeke
u.s. politics
3M pushes back on Trump administration call to stop sending N95 masks to Canada
Various N95 respiration masks are seen at a 3M laboratory in Maplewood, Minn., on March 4, 2020.