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A company affiliated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a federal judge on Monday to disqualify a bid by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, alleging fraud and collusion.
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Company affiliated with Alex Jones seeks to disqualify The Onion’s auction bid on Infowars

Tropicana customers are in revolt over an orange juice bottle redesign. Again.
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Tropicana fans are ditching the brand after a bottle redesign

A Canada Post strike that has stopped mail delivery across the country has the small business community worried.
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Canada Post strike spells trouble for small businesses headed into holiday season

Some experts say the Canadian dollar will remain weak through at least the end of this year.
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The Canadian dollar is weak, and it will likely stay that way for months, expert says

Some supermarkets in Russia have taken to keeping butter in locked cabinets amid rising prices.
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Russia is locking up butter as inflation crisis reaches new heights

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in October rose eight per cent compared with September.
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CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts up eight per cent in October

Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue.
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Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom

In June of this year, a new company called Nations Royalty Corp. began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange.
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New Indigenous-owned mining royalty company a first in Canada

The latest inflation reading due out Tuesday from Statistics Canada is expected to show a slight uptick for the month of October — but economists say the measure is still on a longer-term downward trend.
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October inflation expected to show mild bump up despite longer-term downward trend

Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned.
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Boeing issues layoff notices to 400-plus workers as it begins drastic cuts