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North American stock markets stormed back from steep losses caused by concerns about a rise in COVID-19 variants with a broad-based rally.
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North American stock markets storm back in broad-based later morning rally

Walmart Inc. lost a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin when a jury sided with a sales associate who has Down syndrome and alleged that schedule changes exacerbated attendance problems that led to her firing.
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Walmart loses lawsuit brought by worker with Down syndrome

Despite being recommended by Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization, some cruise lines are not accepting passengers who received mixed-and-matched COVID-19 vaccine doses.
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Some cruise lines not accepting passengers with mixed COVID-19 vaccinations

A northern B.C. First Nation and two liquefied natural gas companies have filed notice with regulators for a new LNG partnership in the province.
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First Nation, LNG partners file project description for new project in northern B.C.

Ben & Jerry’s said Monday it was going to stop selling its ice cream in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and contested east Jerusalem, saying the sales in the territories sought by the Palestinians are ‘inconsistent with our values.’
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Ben & Jerry’s to stop sales in West Bank, east Jerusalem

Zoom, the videoconferencing company whose growth was supercharged by the pandemic over the past year, will buy the cloud call centre company Five9 in an all-stock deal valued at about US$14.7 billion.
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Zoom buying Five9 in US.7B all-stock transaction

Businesses in England warned Monday that a ‘pingdemic’ of people receiving notifications on their phones telling them to self-isolate because of contact with coronavirus cases threatens to lead to widespread staff shortages and mayhem across the economy just as lockdown restrictions are lifted.
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‘United Pingdom:’ Firms in England fret over staff shortages

Johnson & Johnson is exploring a plan to offload liabilities from widespread baby powder litigation into a newly created business that would then seek bankruptcy protection, seven people familiar with the matter tell Reuters.
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Reuters sources: Johnson & Johnson exploring putting talc liabilities into bankruptcy

Toyota won’t be airing any Olympic-themed advertisements on Japanese television during the Tokyo Games despite being one of the IOC’s top corporate sponsors.
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Top Olympic sponsor Toyota pulls Games-related TV ads

A broad-based declined powered by a more than six per cent drop in crude oil prices pushed Canada’s main stock index to its lowest level in two months in late-morning trading on rising COVID-19 cases and an OPEC deal to boost production.
Source: ctv business
North American stock markets plunge on rising COVID-19 cases and crude oil price drop