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Amazon.com Inc needs to do better at taking care of its employees, Jeff Bezos said on Thursday in his final letter to shareholders as chief executive officer of the online retail giant.
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Bezos says Amazon needs to do better for employees in last investor letter as CEO

U.S. stocks are rallying toward records on Thursday after a suite of encouraging data showed how hungry Americans are to spend again, how fewer workers are losing their jobs and how much fatter corporate profits are getting.
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U.S. stocks rise to records on more proof of economic recovery

McDonald’s said Wednesday that it will mandate worker training to combat harassment, discrimination and violence in its restaurants worldwide starting next year.
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McDonald’s to mandate anti-harassment training worldwide

We have all heard stories of people unwittingly losing their money to fraud. When it comes to investing, there are ways to protect yourself, CTV News’ Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: After Bernie Madoff’s death, a reminder on how to protect yourself from financial scammers

Coinbase made a rousing debut on Wall Street, with the digital currency exchange’s first trade of US$381 giving it a market value of $100 billion.
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Coinbase soars in market debut, valued near US0 billion

Dogecoin, the crypocurrency that features the face of a Shiba Inu dog as its logo, has surpassed 10 cents for the first time.
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Dogecoin surges more than 85 per cent in the last 24 hours

Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died behind bars early Wednesday. He was 82.
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Bernie Madoff, massive Ponzi scheme mastermind, dies in prison at 82

EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced plans Wednesday for a major contract extension for COVID-19 vaccines with Pfizer stretching to 2023.
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EU throws weight behind Pfizer-BioNTech and new technology

Canada is growing ever more reliant on imported American oil, a new report from the country’s energy regulator suggests, putting a counter-intuitive spin on the fierce debate about cross-border pipelines and energy independence.
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U.S. oil comprised 77 per cent of Canada’s foreign oil imports last year: regulator

U.S. stock indexes are tacking a bit more onto their record highs in afternoon trading Wednesday after big banks kicked off a highly anticipated earnings reporting season with profits that thundered past Wall Street’s expectations.
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Stocks add to records after strong start to earnings season