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Grant McGurn is really glad he jumped on a FaceTime call with his dad.
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Crashing crypto prices spooked some new investors. Others are doubling down

Progress is being made towards a deal on an intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Saturday.
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U.S. encouraged by progress toward vaccine patent waiver

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has presided over a meeting of his ruling party in his first public appearance in about a month, and called for a larger political conference to discuss efforts to salvage a decaying economy.
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North Korean leader calls for meeting to review battered economy

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies agreed Saturday to support a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15% in order to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes by stashing profits in low-rate countries.
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G7 nations sign key pact to make tech giants pay fair taxes

Canadian airlines are offering flights at prices hardly ever seen before, but one expert says there’s a strategy behind the deep discounts and that these rock-bottom deal won’t stick around for long.
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Canadian flight prices plummet as airlines use tactic to lure travellers back, expert says

Air Canada says it will begin flying travellers to Italy in July, under a government-approved system that will allow passengers to bypass quarantine requirements when they arrive
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Air Canada announces flights to Italy, no need to quarantine on arrival

How can governments keep multinational companies from avoiding taxes by shifting their profits to low-tax countries? For nearly a decade, nations have grappled with that question, seeking to deter companies from legally avoiding tax by resorting to so-called tax havens.
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Curbing tax avoidance by multinational companies

Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has answered hundreds of questions by French investigators over the past week in Beirut and was ‘happy and satisfied’ to have had the opportunity to explain himself over accusations of financial misconduct, his lawyers said Friday.
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Ghosn’s lawyers say client happy after days of French probe

Norway and two other non-EU European nations on Friday reached a trade deal with Britain following the country’s departure from the bloc last year.
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Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein reach trade deal with U.K.

Britain’s Treasury chief says he’s optimistic finance ministers from the world’s richest countries will agree on plans to help low-income countries combat COVID-19, slow global warming and confront tax avoidance during two days of meetings in London.
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U.K. Treasury chief optimistic on tax deal targeting big tech