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Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, will join the video-sharing company Rumble’s new ad platform as its first publisher, the companies said on Tuesday, as the Trump venture seeks to sell ads while circumventing Big Tech firms like Google.
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Truth Social to join Rumble’s advertising platform

As the world’s largest four-day work week experiment nears its halfway point, organizers behind it say there has been significant improvements to people’s wellbeing.
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World’s largest four-day work week trial nears its midpoint, here’s how it’s going

More than one in three Canadians, or 36.2 per cent, expect to spend more money this year compared with last when it comes to back-to-school shopping, according to a survey released by Caddle in partnership with the Retail Council of Canada.
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Looking to save some money this back-to-school season? Here are some tips

Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak began his 12-year prison sentence Tuesday after losing his final appeal in a graft case linked to the looting of the 1MDB state fund, with the top court unanimously upholding his conviction and sentence.
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Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes to jail after losing graft appeal

Shareholders are pulling the rug out from under Bed Bath & Beyond. The embattled retailer’s stock dropped 11 per cent in early trading Monday on reports that some of the company’s suppliers have stopped shipping products due to late payments for those goods.
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Bed Bath & Beyond shares tank on reports that suppliers have halted product shipments

About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to help make the long transition from internal combustion vehicles to those powered by batteries.
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Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs in bid to lower costs

Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted will step down next year, the sports apparel maker said Monday, and the company has started looking for a successor.
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Adidas CEO to step down next year, successor sought

Cineworld Group PLC, one of the world’s largest movie theatre chains, said Monday that it is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and similar actions elsewhere.
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Cineworld theatre chain confirms it’s considering bankruptcy

Ohio’s largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building environment when there’s also a national shortage of people working in the trades.
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Wanted: 7,000 construction workers for Intel chip plants

A union that represents thousands of public service employees escalated its ongoing job action and declared an overtime ban Monday morning.
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B.C. strike: Overtime ban declared for BCGEU members as job action escalates