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Air Canada ranks below most other major North American airlines on customer satisfaction, with airfares a particular sore point, according to a new survey.
Source: ctv business
Air Canada ranks near bottom on customer satisfaction: survey

Shopify Inc.’s shares slumped Wednesday as the company reported a loss in its latest quarter and forecast slower revenue growth for next quarter in its financial outlook.
Source: ctv business
Shopify shares sink as company posts Q1 loss, forecasts slower revenue growth

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said on Tuesday it was expanding its suite of generative AI ads products to offer tools that can automatically create variations of images and overlay text atop them.
Source: ctv business
Meta to expand AI image generation offerings for ads

An Ontario man found out that a line of credit he thought was insured actually isn’t after his wife of 50 years died.
Source: ctv business
Ontario man devastated to learn 0,000 line of credit isn’t insured after wife dies

A plane travelling from Paris to Seattle was forced to make an emergency landing in Iqaluit after there was a heat smell in the cabin during the flight.
Source: ctv business
Air France flight from Paris to Seattle lands in Iqaluit after heat smell in cabin

The CRTC has denied a request by Bell Canada and some independent internet providers for an expedited decision that would prevent large carriers from using rivals’ fibre networks to offer their services to customers.
Source: ctv business
No evidence that Big 3 acting as fibre wholesalers would hurt smaller providers: CRTC

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo said Tuesday that it will make an announcement about a successor to its Switch home console sometime before March 2025.
Source: ctv business
Nintendo to announce Switch successor in this fiscal year as profits rise

U.S. federal highway safety investigators want Tesla to tell them how and why it developed the fix in a recall of more than two million vehicles equipped with the company’s Autopilot partially automated driving system.
Source: ctv business
After 20 Tesla crashes since December, U.S. wants answers on how company developed fix in Autopilot recall

As the higher cost of living continues to squeeze household budgets, many Canadians find they have even less left over at the end of every month to squirrel away for the future.
Source: ctv business
How to overcome ‘savings guilt’ when you’re living paycheque to paycheque

Experts say union workers are feeling increasingly emboldened to reject tentative agreements as they fight to join the ranks of those benefiting from the recent wave of wage gains.
Source: ctv business
Unionized workers rejecting more deals as fight for wage gains presses on