The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 3.75 per cent, making a 50 basis-point cut for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. Before Wednesday, the rate stood at 4.25 per cent. Economists were expecting the central […]
Business Starting Nov. 15, X will share user data — including posts, likes, bookmarks and reposts — with third-party platforms that may use the information to train AI models. More companies are signing content licensing deals with artificial intelligence firms Jenna Benchetrit · CBC
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A Quebec company has apologized following an appearance on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, during which celebrity judge Simu Liu expressed concerns that the brand was culturally appropriating a Taiwanese beverage. The company, Bobba, sells a bottled version of boba tea, or bubble tea,
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A Canadian company has apologized following an appearance on CBC’s Dragons’ Den, during which celebrity judge Simu Liu expressed concerns that the brand was culturally appropriating a Taiwanese beverage. The company, Bobba, sells a bottled version of the drink boba tea, or
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Canada’s inflation rate fell to 1.6 per cent in September, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday, after hitting the Bank of Canada’s 2 per cent goal in August. The data agency said the numbers marked the smallest year-over-year increase to the consumer price
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With U.S. port workers on strike as of Tuesday morning, consumers around the world — and especially in Canada, with its close trade ties to the U.S. — could soon start seeing a shortage of goods or an upward tick
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Rogers Communications has bought Bell out of its stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, the company that owns the Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Raptors, for $4.7 billion. Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE Inc.), which owns 37.5 per cent of MLSE, said in
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Quebec’s Alimentation Couche-Tard started with one store in 1980. Now, the retailer stands a serious chance of taking over the largest operator of convenience stores in the world: 7-Eleven. Currently, 7-Eleven’s more than 84,000 locations across the globe are owned
Australia’s right-to-disconnect law has come into effect — giving employees the right to refuse contact if their employers reach out to them by phone or email after hours, a type of law that has popped up around the world. “What we’re
