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While electric vehicles are gaining the lion’s share of the attention for carbon-neutral technology at CES 2024, hydrogen energy has snuck its way back into the conversation thanks to two automotive giants.
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Hydrogen energy back in the vehicle conversation at CES 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that a post sent from the agency’s account on the social platform X announcing the approval of a long-awaited bitcoin exchange-traded fund was “unauthorized,” and that the agency’s account was hacked.
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SEC chair denies a bitcoin ETF has been approved, says account on X was hacked

Executives at Boeing are hosting an all-hands safety meeting with staffers on Tuesday, just days after a harrowing inflight blowout on a 737 Max 9 jet shortly after takeoff that led to a grounding of certain Boeing aircraft.
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Boeing executives to convene all-hands safety meeting at its 737 Max factory after yet another crisis

The Canada Energy Regulator will hear arguments Friday from the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on its request for a pipeline variance.
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Trans Mountain to present pipeline variance arguments at oral hearing Friday

A few years after several Indigo and Chapters stores unionized, one location is set to close as its union says the retailer has made things increasingly difficult for workers.
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Unionized Indigo and Chapters workers facing uphill battles: union

Canada’s big five banks are potentially misleading investors with their use of terms like sustainable finance, according to a complaint to securities regulators by a climate advocacy group.
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Big banks’ ‘sustainable finance’ label misleading: securities complaint

U.S. federal investigators say a door panel slid up before flying off an Alaska Airlines jetliner last week, and they are looking at whether four bolts that were supposed to help hold the panel in place might have been missing when the plane took off.
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Airlines say they found loose parts in door panels during inspections of Boeing Max 9 jets

A new survey suggests that most Canadians are pessimistic about the outlook of the economy in 2024, as well as their own finances.
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82 per cent of Canadians believe the country is in a recession: survey

Canada’s anti-money laundering agency is increasing its reliance on artificial intelligence to detect suspicious transactions, betting the use of the latest technology will help better fight financial crimes, a top official said.
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Canada’s anti-money laundering body to leverage AI bets to crack down on bad actors

An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner has prompted U.S. federal authorities to ground some Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, adding another episode to the troubled history of Boeing’s Max lineup of jets. Here is what to know about the Max 9 plane involved, and what comes next.
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What to know about the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet that suffered a blowout