France’s authorities says it opposes the proposed sixteen.2 billion-euro (US$19.6 billion) takeover of French supermarket chain Carrefour by Canadian convenience retailer group Couche-Tard. Canada’s main inventory index closed slightly higher whereas the loonie climbed above seventy nine cents US on features within the energy and health care sectors. Four months in the past, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. founder Alain Bouchard gave a replace to investors about the company’s hunt for a significant acquisition. The comfort retailer chain was looking out for deals, he said, however not at any value. Ontario householders who haven’t started work on their renovation initiatives as of Jan. 12 should put their plans on hold under the province’s new building rules.

In the United States, the warmer temperatures contributed to a report 22 separate disasters that each triggered more than a billion dollars of damage, together with wildfires and hurricanes, according to a brand new U.S. government …