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Tim Hortons is ending the practice of double cupping hot drinks, a move the fast food restaurant says will eliminate hundreds of millions of cups from landfills each year.
Source: ctv business
The end of double cupping: Tim Hortons ditches two cups in favour of one with sleeve

For Domestic Violence Awareness Month, CTV News’ Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid shares her advice on making sure financial abuse doesn’t prevent victims of violence from finding ways out of abusive relationships.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: Signs of financial abuse

Canada’s headline inflation measure went up in September by 0.5 per cent compared with a year ago, a better-than-expected increase, but one that experts say won’t sway the Bank of Canada’s stimulus measures.
Source: ctv business
StatCan says annual inflation rate rose 0.5% in September

U.S. President Donald Trump spent a decade unsuccessfully pursuing projects in China, operating an office there during his first run for president and forging a partnership with a major government-controlled company, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Source: ctv business
Report: Tax records show Trump tried to land China projects

Losses in the heavyweight industrial sector led the way down as Canada’s main stock index fell in late-morning trading and U.S. stock markets also retreated.
Source: ctv business
North American stock markets down in late-morning trading, loonie creeps up

The two founders of a Panama-based law firm at the centre of a tax haven scandal exposed by the so-called Panama Papers are being sought on international arrest warrants issued by Germany, according to media reports Tuesday.
Source: ctv business
Germany issues warrants for Panama Papers lawyers: reports

General Motors plans to spend US$2 billion to convert its Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant into a third U.S. site to build future electric vehicles.
Source: ctv business
Tennessee factory to become GM’s 3rd electric vehicle plant

Sweden is banning Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from building new high-speed wireless networks after a top security official called China one of the country’s biggest threats.
Source: ctv business
Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE from 5G, calls China biggest threat

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. says it earned $598 million in its latest quarter, down from $618 million in the same quarter last year.
Source: ctv business
Canadian Pacific Railway reports Q3 revenue and profit down from year ago

Native American tribes opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline once again have asked a federal judge to stop the flow of oil while the legal battle over the line’s future plays out.
Source: ctv business
Tribes make new move to shut down Dakota Access Pipeline