Young workers taking different approach to climbing the corporate ladder: experts

Building a pipeline of potential managers is getting more difficult as younger people increasingly aren't interested in leading a team. 

With younger employees focusing more on work-life balance compared with previous generations, some are forgoing the traditional climb up the corporate ladder, leading to structural changes and new challenges for companies.

“I think for this generation, there's more prestige in being really good at what you do versus being in charge of people,” said Nora Jenkins Townson, the founder of HR consultancy Bright + Early. 

"I think we've grown up with a lot of the stories of the bad boss or really directional or authoritative leadership styles, and I think that younger generations are more critical of that." 

US futures fall while Asian markets are mostly higher after the Supreme Court nixes Trump’s tariffs

BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. futures fell and most Asian markets climbed Monday after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

Tokyo's markets were closed for a holiday.

Hong Kong led regional gains as its Hang Seng index surged 2.2% to 27,003.47. But the Shanghai Composite index lost 1.3% to 4,082.07.

In South Korea, the Kospi gained 1.1% to 5,873.07.

Price of typical Winnipeg home expected to blast past $400K

The price of a typical house in Winnipeg is expected to surpass $400,000 this spring and the city will likely remain a seller’s market in 2026, real estate professionals heard at a market insight event Thursday.

The Winnipeg Regional Real Estate Board predicts strong housing demand and rising prices, but a low number of active listings compared to much of Canada.

In 2025, $6 billion worth of housing sold in Winnipeg — second only to 2021, but the current five-year average number of listings is the lowest it has been in 13 years.

“We can see very clearly that our market region is in need of more supply,” said Jeremy Davis, the board’s director of external relations and market intelligence.

EU says US must honor a trade deal after court blocks Trump tariffs

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive arm requested “full clarity” from the United States and asked its trade partner to fulfill its commitments after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down some of President Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs.

Trump has lashed out at the court decision and said Saturday that he wants a global tariff of 15%, up from the 10% he announced a day earlier.

The European Commission said the current situation is not conducive to delivering "fair, balanced, and mutually beneficial” trans-Atlantic trade and investment, as agreed to by both sides and spelled out in the EU-U.S. Joint Statement of August 2025.

American and EU officials sealed a trade deal last year that imposes a 15% import tax on 70% of European goods exported to the United States. The European Commission handles trade for the 27 EU member countries.

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

Bank earnings

Canada's big banks will report their first-quarter results this week, starting with Scotiabank on Tuesday. BMO Financial Group and National Bank of Canada are set to report their results on Wednesday. CIBC, TD Bank and Royal Bank of Canada are scheduled for Thursday.

Loblaw results

Consortium plans bold investment in Thompson nickel mine

A newly formed company said it expects to invest as much as $280 million in nickel mining activity in Thompson.

Ruling against Trump’s tariffs creates new uncertainty in US trade relations with China

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court decision striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has added a wrinkle to already complicated U.S.-China relations, with both countries navigating shifting ground to avoid an all-out trade war that would disrupt the global economy while still jostling for a position of strength in negotiations.

Friday's court ruling would seem to strengthen China’s hand, but analysts predict that Beijing will be cautious in exploiting the advantage, knowing that Trump has other ways of levying taxes. Both sides also want to maintain a fragile trade truce and stabilize ties ahead of Trump’s highly anticipated trip to Beijing.

“It will give China a moral boost in their negotiations with Trump's team ahead of the summit, but they are prepared for the scenario that nothing actually changes in reality," said Sun Yun, director of the China program at the Stimson Center, a Washington-based think tank.

Furious about the defeat, Trump said first he was imposing a temporary 10% global tariff before raising it to 15% as well as pursuing alternative paths for import duties. He made the case for tariffs by pointing to China, which poses the biggest challenge to U.S. economic, technological and military dominance.

NYC nursing walkout ends as last striking nurses approve new contract

NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses at a big New York hospital system approved a new contract Saturday, voting to end a major nursing strike after more than a month.

More than 4,000 nurses in the privately run NewYork-Presbyterian system went on strike Jan. 12. They are now due to start returning to work in the coming week. The union, called the New York State Nurses Association, said 93% of its members at NewYork-Presbyterian voted to ratify the three-year contract.

Two other big private hospital systems, Montefiore and Mount Sinai, ended their nurses’ walkout earlier this month by inking contract agreements with the same union.

“We are so happy with the wins we achieved, and now the fight to enforce these contracts and hold our employers accountable begins,” union President Nancy Hagans said in a statement Saturday.