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Retail and bankruptcy experts are hoping Hudson’s Bay will close some of its stores as it will be restructured through creditor protection.The department store chain, dating back to 1670, has not announced plans to close the location, but Dina Kovacevic, editor of Insider Newsletter, says it’s not uncommon for creditors to take such a step.Kovacevic says it’s likely Hudson Bay, and his advisors will understand which of the 80 stores are less profitable, liquidate them and provide breathing chambers in places with higher performance.Liza Amlani, co-founder of Retail Strategy Group, agrees that the closure may be ongoing and warns that…

Associated Press, by Rob GilliesTORONTO (AP) – Ontario’s prime minister, leader of Canada’s most populous province, has announced that it will charge 1.5 million American homes and businesses 25% for electricity in response to the trade war of US President Donald Trump.Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan.”I won’t hesitate to increase this fee. If the US escalates, I won’t hesitate to shut down electricity completely,” Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford said at a press conference in Toronto.”If you say you don’t want to do this, trust me. I feel it is scary for the Americans who didn’t…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The new Florida bill requires some elementary school students to learn to write cursive writing. The bill, HB 921, requires that all public schools provide written and written instruction to students in second to fifth grades. By the end of fifth grade, all students “expert proficiency in reading and writing cursive through evaluation of written works,” the bill states. Students will meet at Florida Capitol against amendment petition reform Students must be able to write the above letters and lowercase letters in cursive form, write words and sentences that are easy to read with appropriate intervals…

The extensive storm system, which quickly moved through central Florida on Monday morning, created a powerful tornado near Lake Mary, flattening most of the house, damaging the roof, knocking down trees, and leaving hundreds of residents without power.Emergency officials said no one was injured in the destroyed four-bedroom home on a whispering wind plot off Markham Woods Road.”It’s nothing more than a miracle that they were able to make it safely,” Seminole Sheriff Dennis Lemma said of the couple inside. “These storms move very quickly.”Hearing several tornado warnings from the National Weather Service that had been called by phone immediately…

RBC says it has fired some employees as part of its “growth strategy.”Canada’s largest bank says it will bring about reductions that “means that we will better position RBC to leverage our global scale, simplify our way of working and increase our leaders and talents to shape client-focused growth opportunities.”As part of these changes, the bank had to make “difficult decisions,” which left a private number of staff, while others said they had expanded promotions and responsibilities.RBC spokesman Jeff Ranchye says the change is unrelated to the $13.5 billion acquisition of RBC’s HSBC’s Canadian business last year.The acquisition had a…

Michelle Chapman, AP Business WriterElon Musk claimed that social media platforms were being targeted in “massive cyberattacks” hours after a string of Monday outages that X has become unavailable to thousands of users.”We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources,” Musk argued in the post. “Large, coordinated groups and/or countries are involved. Tracking…”According to the tracking website downdetector.com, there was a 10am spike that spiked at 6am and 10am on Monday, with over 40,000 users reporting that they are unable to access the platform.The sustained halt that lasted at least an hour began at…

The UK’s largest education trade union says that British schools are reaching breaking points.Most schools will see costs rise next year, leading to staff cuts and busy classrooms, a coalition of education leaders warns.The School Cutting Coalition said Monday that 76% of elementary schools and 94% of secondary schools will not be able to pay for next year.It is run by the National Federation of Education (NEU), the Association of Schools and University Leaders (ASCL), the National Association of Principals (NAHT), the National Association of Governance (NGA), and ParentKind. The group urged the government to prioritize investing in schools.The group…

Paul Wiseman, AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — China has retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs with an additional 15% tax on major American agricultural products, including chicken, pork, soy and beef.Escalating trade tensions punished the US market on Monday as investors placed money elsewhere for fear of damage from Trump’s trade war.China’s tariffs announced last week were in response to Trump’s decision on March 4 to double the collection of Chinese imports by 20%. China’s Ministry of Commerce previously said goods already in transit will be exempt from retaliatory tariffs until April 12th.Impacting tariffs on imports is an important part…

ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) – A tornado touched Monday morning in Seminole County, north of Orlando. A radar-seen tornado landed along Interstate 4 around 9:30am, according to a report from NBC affiliate WESH. Officials identifying transgender women who died along Florida’s highways in the 1980s The storm knocked out power, knocking down trees in the area, causing minor damage to nearby structures. “At 9:49am, the Seminole County Fire Department responded to a house collapsed in the 2100 block of Blue Iris in Longwood due to weather effects,” the fire department wrote in Florida. “There were two residents, neither of them were…

Fort Lauderdale – Brad Merchand is a Florida Panther. A few days ago, the statement didn’t sound like crazy. After this morning, it feels just right. The first time he met the media since his trade with the Boston Bruins was that of Beantown, Merchand, who spent 16 years of an entire NHL career in Beantown, spoke about joining the Panthers and chasing another Stanley Cup at a press conference on Monday. From big laughs to engaging moments of some tears, continue below and see what he had to say. Question: What emotions are you feeling at this point? Marchand:…