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Shopify's shares hit a 6-month low after quarterly growth slows

5 hours 12 min ago

Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify forecast its slowest quarterly revenue growth in two years against the backdrop of an uncertain economy and tepid consumer spending, sending its shares slumping about 20 per cent on Wednesday.

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FTX says most customers will get all their money back less than 2 years after crypto fraud crisis

8 hours 22 min ago

FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed — and some will get more than that — nearly two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded.

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TikTok is suing the U.S. over 'obviously unconstitutional' law that would ban it

Tue, 2024-05-07 10:30

TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it's sold to another company, arguing that it relies on vaguely painting it as a threat to national security to get around the First Amendment.

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Boeing under investigation after workers falsified inspection records on some Dreamliners

Tue, 2024-05-07 09:13

The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into Boeing after the beleaguered company reported that workers at a South Carolina plant falsified inspection records on certain 787 planes. Boeing said its engineers have determined that misconduct did not create "an immediate safety of flight issue."

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Hundreds strike at Nestle chocolate plant in Toronto: Unifor

Mon, 2024-05-06 06:45

Hundreds of Nestle workers walked off the job in Toronto on Sunday after rejecting a tentative agreement the union reached with the chocolate maker.

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Competition Bureau investigating Lululemon over greenwashing allegations

Mon, 2024-05-06 05:01

Canada's Competition Bureau has opened a formal investigation into Lululemon's environmental claims in its marketing campaigns, a spokesperson for the agency told CBC News on Monday.

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Work stoppage averted as WestJet, aircraft engineers' union reach tentative deal

Sun, 2024-05-05 22:20

WestJet and the union representing its maintenance engineers reached a tentative agreement late Sunday, averting a work stoppage that could have started disrupting flights as early as Tuesday afternoon.

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Provincial governments facing higher debts and more financial pressure

Sun, 2024-05-05 05:00

After riding a red-hot economy to shrink deficits and grow surpluses, provincial governments across the country are beginning to see their finances flounder.

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London Drugs begins to gradually reopen stores after cyberattack

Sat, 2024-05-04 15:13

London Drugs says it is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada, six days after the retail and pharmacy chain shuttered all locations, due to a cybersecurity incident.

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WestJet issues lockout notice to mechanics' union

Sat, 2024-05-04 12:12

Airline president says work stoppages could begin as early as Tuesday at noon MT.

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Canada Post lost $748 million last year, warns of 'critical' financial situation

Fri, 2024-05-03 16:13

Canada Post warns its financial situation is so grim it could run out of operating money in less than a year, citing declining revenue and increased competition from private delivery companies.

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Is the Loblaw boycott privileged? Here's why some people aren't shopping around

Fri, 2024-05-03 13:12

Location. Costs. Time and convenience. There are many reasons people aren't participating in the Loblaw boycott, a movement fuelled by customers fed up with high prices at the grocery retailer.

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TD Bank could face more severe penalties after drug money laundering allegations, says analyst

Fri, 2024-05-03 12:25

TD Bank Group could be hit with a worst-case scenario in penalties says a banking analyst, after a report that the investigation it faces in the U.S. is tied to laundering illicit fentanyl profits.

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Canada's shopping for a foreign grocer. Can an international retailer succeed here?

Fri, 2024-05-03 01:00

With some Canadian consumers struggling to afford groceries, and as frustrations with corporate profits boil over, the federal government says it's trying to coax international grocers to set up shop in Canada. 

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Amazon Prime's NHL deal breaches cable TV's last line of defence: live sports

Fri, 2024-05-03 01:00

Cable TV's last line of defence against cord cutting has long been the audience for live sports. But streaming companies that have bled the cable giants of viewers for years are now bidding for the rights to stream NHL, NBA, MLB and NFL games.

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London Drugs reviewing billions of lines of code as it attempts to recover from cybersecurity incident

Thu, 2024-05-02 11:35

London Drugs says its phone lines are working again, days after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident, while Canada Post offices inside its stores are also up and running again.

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Peloton CEO steps down as fitness company announces 15% cut to global workforce

Thu, 2024-05-02 08:40

Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy is stepping down, the company said on Thursday, as it announced a 15 per cent cut to its global workforce due to a post-pandemic slump in demand for its connected fitness equipment.

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'We are getting closer' to cutting interest rates, Bank of Canada governor tells MPs

Thu, 2024-05-02 07:17

The Bank of Canada is getting closer to cutting interest rates as inflation shows signs of coming down and staying down, the central bank's governor, Tiff Macklem, told MPs Thursday.

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Can a Canadian ride-hailing startup compete with Uber and Lyft?

Thu, 2024-05-02 01:00

A new ride-hailing app promising fair pay to drivers is launching today, starting in the Toronto area, to take on Uber and Lyft. The company believes it will attract drivers by paying them 100 per cent of fares and charging only a membership fee to work for the service.

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U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rate, saying it will take 'longer than expected' to start cutting

Wed, 2024-05-01 13:47

The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and signaled it is still leaning toward eventual reductions in borrowing costs, but that cuts could be delayed as recent inflation numbers have strayed further from its two per cent target.

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