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Indigo Books & Music Inc. has laid off an unspecified number of staff as part of the retailer’s ongoing efforts to streamline its operations.
Source: ctv business
Indigo lays off staff as part of strategic plan, does not specify number of cuts

If you owned an iPhone before December 2017, you may soon be eligible for a payout from Apple, which has agreed to pay over $11 million to settle a class-action lawsuit.
Source: ctv business
iPhone class-action: Who qualifies for the Apple settlement?

Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a US$3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday.
Source: ctv business
U.S. charges eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay USM

As some MPs gather Thursday to mull a request for a study on cellphone package price increases, telecom industry watchers say it’s clear costs are too high despite indications that prices have come down in recent years.
Source: ctv business
MPs to debate studying cellphone plan hikes as some companies raising prices

Air Canada is appealing a decision by the country’s transport regulator that seeks to boost accessibility for travellers living with a disability.
Source: ctv business
Air Canada contests decision on power wheelchairs after touting accessibility efforts

Air Canada is appealing a decision by the country’s transport regulator that seeks to boost accessibility for travellers living with a disability.
Source: ctv business
Air Canada contests decision on power wheelchairs

Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures.
Source: ctv business
Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive

Canada’s population has surged over the last year, with growth driven in large part by foreign workers and international students. But as the federal government weighs limiting non-permanent residents, a new report from Desjardins says such a move would ‘deepen the recession expected in 2024.’
Source: ctv business
Blocking non-permanent resident admissions could worsen recession in 2024: Desjardins report

German software giant SAP will pay more than US$220 million in fines to resolve U.S. bribery allegations involving payments to foreign government officials, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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German software giant SAP fined more than US0M to resolve U.S. bribery allegations

Billionaire Bill Ackman is stepping up his campaign to overhaul Harvard University by throwing his considerable influence behind a slate of four outsider candidates vying to join the university’s board of overseers. The move by Ackman takes a page out of the playbook that made him successful on Wall Street.
Source: ctv business
Bill Ackman, taking a page from his Wall Street playbook, backs rebel candidates to join Harvard’s board