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The Competition Bureau says market concentration, prices and a rising tally of customer complaints are fuelling its study into Canada’s airline industry.
Source: ctv business
Airline prices, concentration key concerns driving Competition Bureau scrutiny

Postmedia Network Canada Corp. says it has signed a deal to sell the Winnipeg Sun, the Graphic Leader, and Kenora Miner & News newspapers to the Klein Group Ltd.
Source: ctv business
Postmedia selling the Winnipeg Sun, the Graphic Leader, and Kenora Miner & News

Amid mounting outrage over high grocery prices, a retail expert says there’s a solution to fostering more competition in the country.
Source: ctv business
Why Canada’s big grocery stores are under investigation

A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. has signed a long-term development agreement with sandwich chain Pret A Manger (Europe) Ltd.
Source: ctv business
A&W Food Services signs long-term development deal with Pret A Manger

Indigo Books & Music Inc. shareholders have voted to approve a deal that will see the retailer become a private company.
Source: ctv business
Indigo Books & Music shareholders vote to approve privatization sale

The Toronto-based research arm of life sciences technology firm Klick Health has found a way to analyze voices in a manner that’s so granular, it can tell whether it’s a person or an artificial intelligence-powered machine.
Source: ctv business
Man or machine? Toronto company finds a way to determine how real audio clips are

Luciano Benetton, a co-founder of the apparel brand, announced he was stepping down as chairman in an interview published on Saturday with Milan daily Corriere della Sera. He blamed current management for losses of 100 million euros (US$108.5 million) that he discovered last year.
Source: ctv business
Luciano Benetton says he’s stepping down as chairman of family-run brand as losses top US0 million

The estate of a young dancer who died after eating a mislabelled cookie containing peanuts has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming the failure to properly label the package was grossly negligent.
Source: ctv business
Lawsuit filed in the death of dancer with a peanut allergy who died after eating mislabelled cookie

GameStop made nearly US$933.4 million by selling 45 million shares, the struggling videogame retailer said on Friday, sending its shares up more than 12 per cent after the bell.
Source: ctv business
GameStop surges after fetching US3M from stock sale

The Beer Store says it is looking forward to the next stage in its “evolution” as the province rolls out an accelerated timeline for expanding retail alcohol sales in Ontario.
Source: ctv business
Beer Store planning to ‘thrive and adapt’ as Ontario announces changes to alcohol sales starting this summer