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McDonald’s said Wednesday that it will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year.
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McDonald’s to mandate anti-harassment training worldwide

We have all heard stories of people unwittingly losing their money to fraud. When it comes to investing, there are ways to protect yourself, CTV News’ Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: After Bernie Madoff’s death, a reminder on how to protect yourself from financial scammers

Coinbase made a rousing debut on Wall Street, with the digital currency exchange’s first trade of US$381 giving it a market value of $100 billion.
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Coinbase soars in market debut, valued near US0 billion

Dogecoin, the crypocurrency that features the face of a Shiba Inu dog as its logo, has surpassed 10 cents for the first time.
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Dogecoin surges more than 85 per cent in the last 24 hours

Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died behind bars early Wednesday. He was 82.
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Bernie Madoff, massive Ponzi scheme mastermind, dies in prison at 82

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced plans Wednesday for a major contract extension for COVID-19 vaccines with Pfizer stretching to 2023.
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EU throws weight behind Pfizer-BioNTech and new technology

Canada is growing ever more reliant on imported American oil, a new report from the country’s energy regulator suggests, putting a counter-intuitive spin on the fierce debate about cross-border pipelines and energy independence.
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U.S. oil comprised 77 per cent of Canada’s foreign oil imports last year: regulator

U.S. stock indexes are tacking a bit more onto their record highs in afternoon trading Wednesday after big banks kicked off a highly anticipated earnings reporting season with profits that thundered past Wall Street’s expectations.
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Stocks add to records after strong start to earnings season

George Weston Ltd. says W. Galen Weston has died at age 80.
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Retail and food businessman W. Galen Weston dead at 80 after ‘long illness’

Canadian retail kingpin and philanthropist W. Galen Weston has died at age 80, George Weston Ltd. announced Tuesday.
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Retail and grocery magnate W. Galen Weston dead at 80 after ‘long illness’