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Adidas CEO Bjørn Gulden said he doesn’t think Kanye West ‘meant what he said’ when the rapper spewed antisemitic comments last year.
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Kanye ‘didn’t mean what he said’ about Jews, Adidas CEO says

The Bank of Canada was watching its words at its last interest rate announcement, in fear of spurring speculation that rate cuts are coming any time soon.
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BoC watching its words to avoid spurring rate cut speculation, summary reveals

The federal privacy watchdog says Canada Post is breaking the law by gleaning information from the outsides of envelopes and packages to help build marketing lists that it rents to businesses.
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Canada Post breaking law by gathering info from envelopes, parcels: watchdog

A new RBC survey suggests financial uncertainty has become the new normal for many Canadians as inflation eats into their savings and hampers their future financial security.
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Rising cost of living tops Canadians’ list of worries, RBC survey finds

Global tech giants are falling short on pledges to rein in and combat climate misinformation on their platforms, according to a new report calling for more political will to act on measures to curb the “spread of lies” that threaten climate action.
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Big Tech drags feet on climate disinformation, advocates warn

Fake listings have emerged as a major problem for Airbnb, threatening to scare off consumers and prompting the short-term rental service to use AI in an effort to crack down on fraudsters.
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Airbnb says it’s cracking down on fake listings and has removed 59,000 of them this year

Unifor national president Lana Payne says the union’s tentative deal with Ford Motor Co. will solidify the foundations on which it will continue to bargain gains for generations of autoworkers in Canada.
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Unifor president Lana Payne says deal with Ford solidifies foundations

The grocery delivery company’s shares —- priced at $30 per share ahead of the IPO —- hit a peak of $42.95 Tuesday in the first few minutes of trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange. They finished the day up 12.3% at $33.70, giving the company a market value of more than $11 billion.
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Instacart’s IPO surges as the grocery delivery company goes from the supermarket to the stock market

A new survey suggests that most Canadians feel news should be free and accessible for anyone, while also believing that media will find other ways to make money.
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Most Canadians view about Online News Act is news should be free, survey suggests

Unifor says it has reached a tentative deal with Ford Motor Co. that could avoid workers going on strike.
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Unifor reaches tentative deal with Ford Motor Co. to avert strike