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Canada's two main railroads, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, have locked out over 9,000 employees after failing to reach new labor deals with the Teamsters union. This work stoppage threatens to disrupt cross-border trade and supply chains in North America. The railroads and the union have been unable to reach an agreement, with the union claiming that the railroads are demanding concessions that compromise worker safety. The Canadian government has declined to intervene, stating that it is the responsibility of the union and railroads to negotiate a new agreement. The potential labor stoppage could cost the Canadian economy up to $250 million a day. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on Dabur India's subsidiaries facing lawsuits in the U.S. and Canada, with customers alleging that their hair relaxer products have caused health issues, including ovarian and uterine cancer.

The article reports that the prices of many consumer goods in Canada are higher than their prices in the U.S. despite the strengthening of the Canadian dollar. According to a report released by BMO Nesbitt Burns, a unit of the Bank of Montreal, the prices of goods in Canada is 24 percent more than in the U.S. Lindsay Duffield, the president and chief executive of the firm BMW Canada, says that there is a lot of difference in the price of cars in the two countries.

Reports that Kimberly-Clark Corp. was considering a tax-free spinoff of its business paper and Canadian pulp operations, which would allow it to focus on higher-margin consumer and health care products.