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Walmart Canada is hiring 10,000 people after announcing a $3.5-billion investment to drive growth.
Source: ctv business
Walmart going on hiring spree, adding 10,000 people across the country

Mountain Equipment Co-op says it will be letting go of fewer employees than previously planned with just one store set to close following its takeover by a U.S. private investment firm.
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MEC to lay off fewer employees than planned with one store to close, say new owners

Two former eBay Inc. employees pleaded guilty Thursday to their roles in a campaign to terrorize a publisher and editor of an online newsletter critical of the company with a scheme that included live spiders and other disturbing deliveries sent to their home.
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2 former eBay employees plead guilty in harassment scheme

An Ontario law firm says a class action centred on TD Asset Management Inc.’s trailing commissions to discount brokers has been certified.
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Trailing commissions class action against TD Asset Management certified

The City of Winnipeg is taking steps to help the hospitality industry deal with pandemic-related challenges.
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Winnipeg takes steps to help restaurants over the winter months

Facebook has removed 276 accounts that used fake profiles to pose as right-leaning Americans and comment on news articles, often in favour of President Donald Trump, the company announced Thursday.
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Facebook removes fake accounts linked to conservative group Rally Forge

Stocks are rising on Wall Street Friday as talks appear to be continuing in the start-and-stop drive on Capitol Hill to deliver more aid to the ailing economy.
Source: ctv business
S&P 500 rises again, on pace for its best week since July

The Toronto Stock Exchange closed slightly higher on Friday, as oil prices fell and Canadian stocks were outshone by climbing U.S. equities and a surge in the price of gold.
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TSX notches slight gains on light trading day with gold up, oil down

British Airways’ last two Boeing 747 planes at the airline’s historic base of London’s Heathrow Airport made their final flight Thursday, the fleet’s retirement having been brought forward by the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: ctv business
Nice knowing you: London Heathrow’s farewell to BA’s jumbos

Canada’s homebuilding activity remained historically strong last month even though the annual pace of starts plunged 20 per cent from August, economists said Thursday.
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CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in Canada fell 20 per cent in September