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Wall Street is slipping Thursday, weighed down by a sharp drop for The Walt Disney Co. and flaring fears about the health of some U.S. banks.
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Stock market today: Stocks dip following inflation data, drops for Disney, banks

Canada’s two biggest airlines scored below average for customer satisfaction for economy class service among major North American carriers, according to a new survey.
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Customer satisfaction with Air Canada, WestJet falls below average: Survey

Toronto is lagging behind similarly sized cities in terms of pandemic recovery and “reinventing” the downtown core could be a key solution, according to data from the University of Toronto’s School of Cities.
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Toronto needs to reinvent downtown core to recover from pandemic, research shows

A celebrity bidding war for a minority ownership stake in the NHL’s Ottawa Senators stands to lift the team’s profile to new heights, while serving as a safe way for stars to park their money.
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Celebrity bidding war for Ottawa Senators could be a boon for the franchise: experts

Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, a sign that further declines in inflation are likely to be slow and bumpy.
Source: ctv business
U.S. prices stay high, showing inflation pressures persist

Before allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis took over, Disney World’s governing district, which at the time was controlled by Disney supporters, reached an agreement in February with the company to prohibit a long list of businesses from ever being operated on its property.
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Disney board banned X-rated stores and liquor shops from property, overlooking prisons

Tim Hortons says the coffee and doughnut chain has signed a deal to open locations in South Korea starting later this year.
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Tim Hortons signs deal to start opening locations in South Korea later this year

Top business leaders from Japan and South Korea announced Wednesday they will use a fund meant to underscore the two countries’ burgeoning ties to strengthen their co-operation in energy, industry and other sectors.
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Japan, South Korea partnership funds to go to chips, energy

Wall Street is mixed on Wednesday after a report showed inflation is making strides toward easing, even if it remains too high.
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Stock market today: Wall Street is mixed after inflation report

As hundreds of travellers watch for the impacts of a looming strike led by WestJet pilots, one air passenger rights advocate says the travel chaos exposes ‘troubling’ cracks in Canada’s passenger protection system.
Source: ctv business
What travellers need to know ahead of a potential WestJet pilot strike