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Zellers is back in the form of a pop-up shop at one Bay store in Ontario. But experts are divided over whether the pop-up could bring the long-gone discount retail brand back to life.
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The return of Zellers? Experts divided on whether pop-up will revive brand

Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s company is in advanced talks to sell the lease for its marquee hotel in Washington, DC, for more than US$370 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Trump Organization in advanced talks to sell Washington hotel lease, source says

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue to expand their business empire. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are partnering with a firm that helps create portfolios focused on sustainable investments.
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Meghan and Harry are getting into the sustainable investing game

The International Monetary Fund is slightly downgrading its outlook for the global recovery from the pandemic recession, reflecting the persistence of supply chain disruptions in industrialized countries and deadly disparities in vaccination rates between rich and poor nations.
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IMF foresees a slight drop in global growth from pandemic

The International Monetary Fund expressed ‘full confidence’ in its managing director Tuesday in response to allegations that while she was a World Bank official, she and others pressured staffers to change business rankings in an effort to placate China.
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IMF board confident about leader despite data-rigging claims

A customs dispute at the U.S.-Canada border is threatening America’s supply of a key fish used for popular products such as fish sticks and fast food sandwiches.
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Customs dispute at Canadian border jeopardizes U.S. fish stick, filet supply

After being targeted by scammers, CTV’s chief financial commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid warns in her latest column on CTVNews.ca that everyone should be on the lookout for scams.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: Be on the lookout for scammers

China Evergrande Group on Tuesday missed its third round of bond payments in three weeks, intensifying market fears over contagion involving other property developers as a wall of debt payment obligations come due in the near-term.
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Evergrande misses 3rd round of bond coupon payments, intensifying contagion fears

Stocks wobbled on Wall Street Tuesday as traders wait for more data on inflation and corporate earnings this week.
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Stocks wobble ahead of corporate earnings, inflation data

Canadians immunized against COVID-19 with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine can visit the United States when new travel regulations come into play next month, but it’s not yet clear whether those with mixed doses will make the cut.
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U.S. to accept travellers immunized with vaccines approved by WHO, FDA, says CDC