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Bike on 🚲 — Dorel sells their bike division. TSMC and Sony are building a new plant. And Magic Leap raises big money.
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Montreal-based Dorel sounds a pack of iconic bike brands to a Dutch holding company. Sony and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company are building…
4 years, 7 months ago
Nobel prize 🥇 — A Canadian David Card co-wins the Nobel Prize in Economics. Netflix and Walmart are teaming up to sell merch. Notion raised a ton of money.
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Canadian David Card co-wins the Nobel Prize in Economics for his natural experiments in the study of policy and economic theory. Netflix and Walmart …
4 years, 7 months ago
Mirror 🪞 — Lululemon is bringing Mirror to Canada. Freshbooks is buying FastBill. And Rent The Runway is going public.
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Lululemon is bringing their Mirror product to Canadian stores. Freshbooks is buying German FastBill to drive international expansion. And Rent The Ru…
4 years, 7 months ago
Hacked 👾 — Twitch got hacked. Regulators are trying to tame stablecoins. And Canada's not meeting its climate goals.
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Hackers released Twitch's source code, security info, and creator earnings, making for an uncomfortable day for the streaming platform. Regulators ar…
4 years, 7 months ago
Robot influencer 🤖 — Dapper buys Brud. Coconut Software raises $28 million. And Squid Games is a surprise success.
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Dapper Labs buys Brud to acquire software to help them launch their first Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). Saskatoon-based Coconut Softwa…
4 years, 7 months ago
Down 📉 — Facebook has a rough day. Rich people are evading taxes. And Volvo is going public.
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Facebook was down for a full day and we still don't know why. The Pandora Papers expose how the super rich evade domestic taxes. And Volvo is plannin…
4 years, 7 months ago
Caller ID 📞 — Phone fraud is up in Canada. Ozy Media is no more. And Tesla continues to cruise.
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A Globe report found that phone number fraud attacks have increased between 2019-2020. US media company Ozy Media has shut down after a number of sca…
4 years, 7 months ago
Battery powered 🔋 — A Chinese company wants to buy a lithium mine operator. Investors are going Fanatic over trading cards. And Lightspeed could slow down.
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China-based Contemporary Amperex wants to buy a Canadian lithium reserve to capture the growing demand for batteries. Fanatics Trading raised $10 bil…
4 years, 7 months ago
Still lonely 🙁 — CPPIB is going to sea. The US might run out of money. And Amazon's releasing a home robot.
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The CPPIB is spending $4 billion on a US port operator to capture shipping mania. The US may run out of money unless Congress raises the debt ceiling…
4 years, 7 months ago
Overheating 🔥 — CMHC says Canada's housing market is overheated and overvalued. CDPQ is going green. And Stripe is coming to Canada.
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CMHC says the Canadian housing market is currently both overheated and overvalued. CDPQ announced plans to divest their assets out of fossil fuels. A…
4 years, 7 months ago