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A restaurant in California has been ordered to pay $140,000 in back wages and damages to employees after it hired a priest to extract workers’ confessions, in what federal investigators are calling ‘the most shameless’ acts of corruption an employer has taken against its staff.
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A restaurant must pay workers 0,000 after allegedly hiring a fake priest to extract confessions of workers’ ‘sins’

WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech says bringing Swoop and Sunwing Airlines under its banner won’t lead to higher airfares as integrating the discount carriers will also tamp down costs.
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WestJet CEO pledges fares will not rise due to airline mergers

Canadian retail sales came in stronger than initially estimated, as analysts say consumers proved resilient amid an economically challenging environment but that momentum is expected to slow.
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Retail sales grow 1.1 per cent in April as consumer resiliency continues

Amazon was sued Wednesday by Federal Trade Commission for what it called a years-long effort to enroll consumers without consent into its Prime program and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
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U.S. FTC accuses Amazon of enrolling consumers into Prime without consent and making it hard to cancel

Wall Street is retreating a bit more as a five-week rally loses momentum. The S&P 500 was 0.4 per cent lower in early trading Wednesday.
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Stock market today: Wall Street slips again ahead of Powell testimony

Higher prices can be helpful for struggling cocoa farmers. But those prices, along with high prices of other key chocolate ingredients, might not be great news for sweets shoppers watching their budgets.
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Cocoa prices are soaring. Here’s what that means for your chocolate

Foreign companies are shifting investments and their Asian headquarters out of China as confidence plunges following the expansion of an anti-spying law and other challenges, a business group said Wednesday.
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Foreign companies are shifting investment out of China as confidence wanes, business group says

Gannett has filed a civil lawsuit against Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they unlawfully hold monopolies in the advertising technology tools that publishers and advertisers use to buy and sell online ad space.
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Gannett sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly on digital advertising

Are you debating whether you should pay your taxes off with a credit card? Paying your taxes off with a credit card could work to your benefit. However, there are also some considerable drawbacks to take into account, says contributor Christopher Liew.
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­­Should you pay the CRA with your credit card?

A new report says the gender pay gap in Canada narrowed last year compared with 2021, but still stood at more than 20 per cent.
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Survey says gender pay gap narrowed in 2022, but still 21 per cent