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Gas is expensive ⛽️ — Oil prices are peaking at $81 a barrel. Vendasta is making moves. And Dave McKay thinks the Bank of Canada should act on inflation.
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US oil prices peaked to $81 a barrel for the first time in two months, reflecting stronger consumption than many observers had expected. Saskatoon-ba…
4 years, 4 months ago
New CEO in town 👨💼 — Canada and Taiwan might be teaming up. Rogers has a new CEO. And Canadian cryptocurrency exchanges are complaining about a US rival.
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Canada and Taiwan have begun trade talks in an attempt to reduce both countries’ economic dependence on China. It all started with a butt-dial... Rog…
4 years, 4 months ago
Farewell Farmville 🌾 — BMO is hitting the pensions up for money. Zynga and TakeTwo are merging. Taco Bell is releasing a subscription service.
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BMO is tapping into pension funds for its Bank of West takeover, the largest acquisition deal led by a Canadian bank. Gaming company Take Two Interac…
4 years, 4 months ago
Happy birthday 🎂 — Trudeau is mandating truckers get vaxxed. Turning Red is going to Disney Plus first. And vinyl is back.
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PM Justin Trudeau is proceeding with a vaccine mandate for truckers entering Canada, a requirement that some say will drive up prices of certain good…
4 years, 4 months ago
Crystal ball 🔮 — Home prices only go up. The NY Times is buying The Athletic. France hit Google and Facebook with big fines.
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Our housing market is heating up: Toronto and Vancouver home sales shot up 7% and 28%, respectively. The New York Times (NYT) has agreed to buy subsc…
4 years, 4 months ago
We’re Hiring 👷♀️ — OpenSea raises a huge round. Staffing shortages are causing big problems. And the oil industry is booming.
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The world’s biggest NFT marketplace OpenSea raised $300 million to a $13.3 billion valuation. Staffing shortages from Omicron are straining supply ch…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Biggest Unicorn 🦄 — Apple hits $3 trillion. The USMCA tribunal ruled against Canada. And car manufacturers are gearing up to take on Tesla.
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Apple became the first $3 trillion company on Monday. Canada took an L in the first ever ruling by a USMCA panel. Volkswagen, GM, and Mercedes are dr…
4 years, 4 months ago
Bye Bye BlackBerry 📱 — New Omicron restrictions in Ontario. The BlackBerry is going away for good. And Norwegian car sales were electric.
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Ontario’s heading back into lockdown again to fight the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Say it ain’t so but today, many of BlackBerry’s phones …
4 years, 4 months ago
We’re Back 🎙 — Omicron may help us fight Delta. It’s going to be easier for Amazon employees to organize. And the COVID Alert app is looking like a flop.
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According to a lab study in South Africa, people who recover from the Omicron variant are better able to fight future infections from the Delta varia…
4 years, 4 months ago
Happy Holiday 🎄 — The SEC is siding with activist investors. New COVID benefits are coming. And there’s a big security vulnerability.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Apple’s pleas to block three activist shareholder resolutions. The feds expanded benefits for w…
4 years, 4 months ago