MONTREAL — Formula One does things big. At the Canadian Grand Prix, its race cars top 300 kilometres per hour. The track in Montreal amounts to a 305-kilometre contest over 70 white-knuckle laps. Past attendees include Rihanna, Al Pacino, Penélope Cruz and Tom Brady. Last year, a record 345,000 fans packed into the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. But biggest — and priciest — of all may be the private jets carrying thrill-seeking visitors to the city this weekend for the event. About 115 business jets
Investors are scouring U.S. credit card spending patterns to size up which, if any, trends could give specialty retailers a boost in the summer months. Recent quarterly results from retailers show shoppers are selectively buying non-essential, nice-to-have products - forgoing electronics, but not being shy about plunking down cash on those wide-legged jeans they've been coveting. That's been good for sales of in-vogue products such as Birkenstock's shoes, Abercrombie and Fitch's jeans and Vuori's athleisure clothing - and less so for products from Home Depot and Best Buy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans still aren’t sold on going electric for their next car purchase. High prices and a lack of easy-to-find charging stations are major sticking points, a new poll shows.