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It’s become harder for workers 45 years and older to secure jobs, according to a new study, which suggests mid-career job seekers are perceived as having weaker skills than younger candidates.
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It’s harder for Gen-X, people aged 45 and older to land jobs, new study finds

Canada’s biggest grocery store chain said renewed lockdowns this spring amid the third wave of COVID-19 kept food sales strong as the pandemic’s eat-at-home trend continued.
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Loblaw profits soar even as grocery sales level off from pandemic highs

After a rocket rise where it introduced millions of people to investing and reshaped the brokerage industry, all while racking up a long list of controversies in less than eight years, Robinhood is about to take the leap itself into the stock market.
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After rocket ride of growth, Robinhood heads to the market

Actor Seth Rogen’s Houseplant cannabis company and Canopy Growth Corp. say they have mutually agreed to end their relationship.
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Seth Rogen’s cannabis company Houseplant and Canopy Growth announce partnership end

Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses are fully reopened in an attempt to fight the spreading Delta variant.
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Google delays workers’ return to office, mandates vaccines

Pfizer Inc on Wednesday raised its full-year sales forecast for the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Germany’s BioNTech by 29 per cent to US$33.5 billion, as nations stock up on doses for the rest of the year.
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Pfizer raises 2021 COVID-19 vaccine sales forecast to US.5 billion

Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation hit 3.1 per cent in June.
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Annual rate of inflation hits 3.1% in June, down slightly from May high

Apple on Tuesday announced a massive earnings beat for the three months ended June 26, thanks to a nearly 50 per cent year-over-year jump in iPhone sales to US$39.6 billion.
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Apple posts a record June quarter thanks to iPhone sales

A bipartisan Congressional panel blasted U.S.-based corporate sponsors of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, including Coca-Cola, Visa Inc. and Airbnb, accusing them of putting profits ahead of accusations of genocide in China.
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‘Pathetic and disgraceful’: U.S. lawmakers blast Coca-Cola, Visa and others over Beijing Olympics

The International Monetary Fund is sharply upgrading its economic outlook this year for the world’s wealthy countries, especially the United States, as COVID-19 vaccinations help sustain solid rebounds from the pandemic recession.
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IMF forecasts 6 per cent global growth this year as economies reopen