Business
Feds single out Pepsi, Coke for skipping food industry inflation summit
7 major firms met with Ottawa to discuss ways to curb cost-of-living hikes in the gorcery business
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Walmart stitching together new identity for its clothing department
Retail giant’s head of fashion Denise Incandela talks about changing discounter’s staid image
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Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic in growing tech battle
Amazon is investing up to $4 billion in Anthropic and taking a minority stake in the artificial intelligence startup, the two companies said Monday.
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Container shipments drop at Port of Vancouver along with the economy
Shipment volume in the first half of the year fell 14% compared to same period in previous year
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Toymaker Lego to stick to its quest to find sustainable materials despite failed recycle attempt
Denmark’s Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work.
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Landmark $69B Microsoft Activision deal clears UK hurdle
Clearance thought to be final global hurdle for one of the largest tech transactions in history
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‘Cruel joke’: CEBA deadline extension not what B.C. small business hoped for
Feds tout 1-year extension for Canada Emergency Business Account loan repayment
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Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as active leader
Australian billionaire becomes chairman emeritus of both Fox’s parent company and his media holdings
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Top authors accuse AI of ‘systematic theft on a mass scale’, launch lawsuit
John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 writers suing OpenAI
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Levi Strauss targeted by federal corporate ethics czar in probe
Company denies allegations it is working with firms that use forced Uyghur labour in China
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