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Starbucks is rolling out a sweeping plan to spark growth over the next three years – from faster Frappuccinos to more digital rewards.
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Inside Starbucks’ plan to speed up service

McDonald’s roughly 1,200 locations across the United Kingdom will close for most of the day Monday for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.
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McDonald’s is closing all its U.K. restaurants Monday for the Queen’s funeral

Inflation in the United Kingdom slowed slightly last month as a drop in gasoline and diesel fuel prices gave consumers the first glimmer of hope that Britain’s cost-of-living crisis may be beginning to ease.
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U.K. inflation dips slightly in August to 9.9 per cent

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell said Tuesday that federal agents seized his cellphone and questioned him about a Colorado clerk who has been charged in what prosecutors say was a ‘deceptive scheme’ to breach voting system technology used across the country.
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MyPillow exec Lindell says FBI agents seized his cellphone

The European Union unveiled plans Wednesday to ban products made with forced labor, in an effort to crack down on a modern-day form of slavery that a UN agency estimated affects more than 27 million people worldwide.
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EU moves to ban products made with forced labour

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with tougher sanctions on Russia as he meets President Vladimir Putin a year after declaring they had a “no limits” friendship ahead of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Source: ctv business
China keeps West guessing about economic pressure on Russia

Residents could soon jet from downtown Toronto to St. Catharines, Ont. in just thirty minutes via a new rapid transit hovercraft.
Source: ctv business
Ontario hovercraft company to launch 30-min transit from Toronto to Niagara region

A woman accompanied by activists and brandishing what she said was a toy pistol broke into a Beirut bank branch on Wednesday, taking US$13,000 from her trapped savings.
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Woman with toy gun grabs trapped savings from Beirut bank

Household staff who served King Charles III while he was heir to the British throne have already been told they could lose their jobs, drawing criticism from a labour union that called the move ‘heartless’ before Queen Elizabeth is even buried.
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Staff of King Charles III told during mourning they could lose jobs

A top European Union official unveiled a plan Wednesday to cap the revenue of electricity producers that are making extraordinary profits because of the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine and climate change, saying the proposal could raise US$140 billion to help people hit by spiraling energy prices.
Source: ctv business
Energy crisis: EU chief wants to tap excess producer profits