• Investor's Business Daily

    Chipotle Earnings Growth Accelerates; Burrito Giant Eyes Buy Points

    Chipotle earnings growth accelerated for a second straight quarter as margins improved. Chipotle stock rose, around two buy points.

  • Local Journalism Initiative

    'Thrown under the ferry': Southern Sunshine Coast FAC chair reacts to BC Ferries security report

    After over seven months of meetings being on hold, BC Ferries will be moving back to in-person engagement. Virtual ferry advisory committee (FAC) meetings will begin in May, and in-person meetings will resume in June, said an April 19 press release. Last summer, BC Ferries experienced several incidents where there were concerns raised about staff safety, including one instance in a Gibsons meeting where one community member threatened to “take a gun” to BC Ferries staff. The BC Ferries release d

  • Reuters

    UPDATE 1-Tequila maker Becle's profit shrinks on slowing liquor consumption

    Mexico's Becle, the world's largest tequila producer, on Wednesday posted a 18% fall in first-quarter net profit from a year earlier, still landing above analyst forecasts, as it sold fewer alcoholic drinks and was hit by foreign exchange effects. Becle said sales in North America were further hit by the strong Mexican peso, which strengthened 8% against the U.S. dollar by the end of March, diluting income from abroad.