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Fearful flying ✈️ — Canada’s airports are a mess. New legislation could break search. And Canada’s housing market could be cooling down.
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Horror stories about long wait times at Canadian airports have flooded the news in recent weeks, and now the government is asking airlines to shrink …
4 years, 4 months ago
Milk mania 🥛 — New Zealand is mad at us. The Alberta government is pushing carbon capture. And Marriott is rolling out advertising.
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Across the Pacific, New Zealand dairy producers launched a formal complaint alleging dairy tariffs violated the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The …
4 years, 4 months ago
Wheat sheaf 🌾 — India bans wheat exports. It’s inflation week. Boeing’s having safety issues.
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India announced a ban on wheat exports over the weekend, a move that threatens to drive up already-high food prices and worsen shortages of key crops…
4 years, 4 months ago
Unstable coins 🪙 — Stablecoins take a hit. Seniors are reverse mortgaging. And SoftBank had a terrible year.
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In the midst of a week packed with inflation concerns, stock market pressures, and the breakdown of popular stablecoins, the volatility of cryptocurr…
4 years, 4 months ago
Best restaurants 👩🍳 — Airbnb adds features. Alberta’s highest court rules against feds. Michelin stars are coming to Canada
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As more people take advantage of the opportunity to work remotely, extend vacations, or just take a vacation at all, Airbnb has unveiled changes to i…
4 years, 4 months ago
Face database 👱♀️ — Clearview gets banned for private companies. Nintendo splits their stock. Cyberwar was overhyped.
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Clearview, the surveillance company that rose to fame for scraping social media to build a huge facial recognition database, agreed to permanently ba…
4 years, 4 months ago
Stocks don’t only go up 📉 — The markets are doing terribly. Quebec has new language laws. And IKEA is looking to build new stores.
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If you’re wondering what’s up with stocks lately, you probably already know the answer is that nothing’s up. We break down the latest markets news.
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4 years, 4 months ago
Clogged ports ⛴ — Chelsea gets bought. Ports are clogged. And there’s a new syrup king in town.
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Despite a Canadian horse being one of the favourites, Canadians couldn’t bet on last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby through single game sports betting app…
4 years, 4 months ago
Neo banks 🏦 — Neo Financial raises a huge round. Shopify missed profit estimates but closed a huge acquisition. And the password may go the way of the dodo.
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Calgary’s Neo Financial has raised C$185 million led by billionaire Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures—launching the challenger bank into Canadian unicorn …
4 years, 5 months ago
Surge situation 🚗 — Uber and Lyft’s stocks tank. Crowdfunding platforms will have to report suspicious transactions like banks do. The NYTimes reports record subscriber numbers.
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Markets are trying to connect the dots on the future of ride-sharing, as Uber doubles its revenue from last quarter but Lyft’s weak earnings outlook …
4 years, 5 months ago