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Canada’s main stock index fell in late-morning trading on a drop in the energy and materials sectors, while U.S. markets were mixed.
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S&P/TSX composite index falls in late morning on pressure from energy, materials

Scotiabank’s website is back online after the company appears to have experienced an outage to its online banking services Wednesday night.
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Scotiabank website back online after experiencing outage

Without clear directive from governments, businesses have to decide whether to make vaccines mandatory for employees and patrons, a decision they say leaves them vulnerable to attacks from anti-vaxxers.
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With no government directive, businesses face backlash on vaccine status

Johnson & Johnson’s second-quarter profit soared 73 per cent, thanks to strong sales growth across all of its businesses as hospitals and the rest of the health care industry continued recovering from the coronavirus pandemic’s impact.
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Strong Q2 from J&J as pandemic-hit sales, profit recover

Coca-Cola Co.’s sales rebounded faster than expected as the impact of the pandemic abated.
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Coke sales surge in Q2 as re-openings gain momentum

The British government said Wednesday that post-Brexit trade rules it negotiated with the European Union ‘cannot go on’ and need a major rewrite, straining already tense U.K.-E.U. relations.
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U.K. irks E.U. with call to change post-Brexit trade rules

China’s internet watchdog said Wednesday it has fined platforms operated by e-commerce company Alibaba and gaming firm Tencent for spreading sexually suggestive content involving children, as regulators seek to clean up content harmful to minors.
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China fines tech giants for content exploiting children

The world’s richest man wanted to say thanks to the people who made his brief trip into space Tuesday possible. But for some, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ expression of gratitude went over like a lead rocket.
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Bezos, under fire for ‘you guys paid for all this’ remark, donates US0 million

Visitors now need a special COVID-19 pass to ride up the Eiffel Tower or visit French museums or movie theaters, the first step in a new campaign against what the government calls a ‘stratospheric’ rise in Delta variant infections.
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France requires COVID-19 pass for Eiffel Tower, tourist venues

A new report has found that many Canadians are still uncertain of what to expect regarding their workplace environment following the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to a decline in their mental health.
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Uncertainty around return to workplaces adding to Canadians’ declining mental health: report