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Losses in the technology sector helped lead a broad-based decline for Canada’s main stock index in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.
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Tech sector helps lead S&P/TSX composite lower, U.S. stock markets mixed

Money is on the way to help save the only grocery store in an isolated Washington state community that’s been especially strained by the pandemic-related closure of the U.S.-Canada border.
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Money coming to keep grocer in U.S.-Canada border community

Facebook Inc launched its newsletter product ‘Bulletin’ on Tuesday, a standalone platform for free and paid articles and podcasts that will aim to rival Substack.
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Facebook launches newsletter product Bulletin, its Substack rival

Shopify Inc. will introduce a new revenue share model for developers and speed up transactions as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pit the company against Amazon.com Inc.
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Shopify to launch new revenue share model, faster transactions as competition grows

Investors don’t seem all that worried that tech stocks are going to slow down any time soon, despite lingering concerns about increased regulation that lawmakers in America and abroad are trying to impose.
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Big Tech is booming again, and the bull run appears to be far from over

About a month after Greece officially opened to international visitors, the uncertainty of travel during a pandemic is still taking its toll on the country’s vital tourist industry.
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Slow tourism start on Greek island but businesses optimistic

Walmart said on Tuesday that it will start selling private-label analog insulin this week at a deep discount to branded insulin vials and pens, as it seeks to drive growth at its healthcare business.
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Walmart launches low-priced private label analog insulin for U.S. market

Canadians who are eager to be part of the first wave of travellers to head abroad once border restrictions ease should pay close attention to what their travel insurance will and will not cover, experts say.
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Travellers need to pay close attention when shopping for travel insurance: experts

Mexico’s Supreme Court struck down laws which criminalized the recreational use of cannabis on Monday evening.
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Mexico’s supreme court decriminalizes recreational use of cannabis

If you ask the Kremlin whether COVID-19 vaccination in Russia is voluntary, its officials will tell you it is. Yet authorities in Moscow have put together a policy that essentially gives people in public-facing roles little choice but to get their shots.
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Russia says people can decline its vaccine. But for many, they’ll get fired if they do