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A four-day strike planned by tens of thousands of doctors in England next week could lead to the postponement of a quarter-million medical appointments, a National Health Service official said Saturday.
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Thousands of doctors plan to walk off job again in England

Former Theranos executive Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani will be heading to prison later this month after an appeals court rejected his bid to remain free while he contests his conviction for carrying out a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes.
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Ex-Theranos executive headed to prison after losing appeal

The union representing more than 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) service workers voted ‘overwhelmingly’ in favour of strike action Friday. Members are in a legal strike position as of April 14.
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Union representing 35,000 CRA workers vote in favour of strike

Sweetgreen said Thursday it will change the name of one of its salads in response to a lawsuit filed earlier this week by Chipotle.
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Suit tossed: Sweetgreen swaps salad name to appease Chipotle

America’s employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March, reflecting a resilient labour market and suggesting that the Federal Reserve may see the need to keep raising interest rates in the coming months.
Source: ctv business
U.S. adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed’s rate hikes

A New Hampshire group wants to be the first to bring offshore fish farming to the waters off New England by raising salmon and trout in open-ocean pens miles from land, but critics fear the plan could harm the environment.
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1st ocean fish farm proposed for east coast off New England

Details of how tech executive Bob Lee came to be fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday were scarce as friends and family continued to mourn the man they called brilliant, kind and unlike others in the industry.
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Few details in San Francisco stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee

The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that affidavits from an investigation into child pornography allegations against billionaire philanthropist T. Denny Sanford must be unsealed.
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U.S. Court rules documents in Sanford case must be unsealed

The International Monetary Fund chief said Thursday the world economy is expected to grow less than 3% this year, down from 3.4% last year, increasing the risk of hunger and poverty globally.
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IMF head expects less than 3% global economic growth in 2023

Britain’s envoy to Canada says an uproar in the Prairies over an expanded trade deal could be overcome by ranchers rejigging their beef operations to meet U.K. standards.
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Cattle farmers can rejig to avoid trade spat, bilateral deal gives edge: U.K. envoy