![RBC profits rise in Q3, credit quality outperforms [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305284_0_rbc168174221711062131389jpg.jpg)
Royal Bank of Canada reported a jump in earnings in the third quarter that handily beat analyst expectations as it had only a modest increase in money set aside for potentially bad loans while revenue rose.
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![Students in Southbury return to classroom as rebuilding continues in town NBC Connecticut [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305271_0_Southburystudentsreturntoschoolpng.png)
Students in Southbury returned to the classroom this week as crews continue to rebuild after last weeks historic flooding. The students are back, but the…
![Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) earnings Q2 2024 [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305224_0_1080265391724852294875gettyimages2167943766ABERCROMBIEEARNSjpeg.jpg)
Abercrombie & Fitch has become one of Wall Street’s biggest retail winners and the company plans to keep up the growth by expanding into international markets.
![Connecticut Youth Employment Program is growing: Gov. Ned Lamont [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305220_0_50f4272be2184e898457e3111cb6adbd1140x641jpg.jpg)
Lamont visited Hartford’s YWCA Tuesday. The he said the program was created to help young residents explore careers and enter the job market.
![Escape to the Country buyer highlights ‘challenge’ despite hefty 1m budget [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305217_0_32jpg.jpg)
On Wednesday’s instalment of Escape to the Country, BBC viewers saw presenter Ginny Buckley explore the Essex countryside.
![Winnipeg fire: three homes damaged on Cobourg Avenue [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305196_0_cobourgavenuefire170172161724857205902jpeg.jpg)
A Wednesday morning fire in Winnipegs Glenelm neighbourhood has forced a road closure in the area.
![Downed power lines found across Macomb County after bands of power storms roll through [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305129_0_b698cf7dae121e4241d66482a1c4b1be.jpg)
The fast-moving storms brought heavy rain and strong winds knocking out power and trees with dark skies and bands of rain making hard to drive.
![Crawford County Mental Health Center opens new facility to enhance addiction treatment [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305099_0_636c26950591a7b1033d0c5214b59a43.jpg)
PITTSBURG, Kan. Pittsburgs Richard H. Pfeiffer Recovery Complex is home to a new addiction treatment center. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held this afternoon to celebrate the addition of the center. The new facility will expand the addiction treatment program from 24 to 32 beds. Crawford County Mental Health Center Addiction Services Director James Childers []
![Charlotte is Home Center offers support for families newly arriving in the US [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305063_0_326fb7754be29c7b0ebccfea120e87b7.jpg)
A woman who immigrated to the U.S. and resettled in Charlotte 20 years ago is helping others with a similar journey.
![2024 Government Work Report: How will China stimulate its economy? [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_305026_0_wu1i4uqra2l13pepc83de571cpo4do7750jpg.jpg)
Chinas annual two sessions of the NPC and the CPPCC, the most important political meetings of the country, have kicked off this week. Premier Li Qiang delivered the Government Work Report Tuesday morning, which set the GDP growth target for this year
![Kroger, Albertsons defend merger deal in Portland federal court [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_304957_0_fca659644ad040c7b56d24845accd8b41140x641jpg.jpg)
Major supermarket chains Albertsons and Kroger were in a Portland federal court Monday, defending their plan to merge against an FTC lawsuit.
![New fire station in Summerdale still on track to be completed by November [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mp_304942_0_T4NISDSWYRAB5FPFTO253E5LXMpng.jpg)
Chief Michael Aaron says its a huge deal for the city.