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The place of gig workers has become a key issue in ongoing deliberation on how the decades-old employment insurance system will be updated.
Source: ctv business
As Liberals consider EI update, gig workers hope to qualify for social safety net

The energy and base metal sectors helped lift Canada’s main stock index higher in early trading, while U.S. stock markets moved lower.
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Energy and base metals help lift TSX in early trading, U.S. markets down

Five well-known Canadian brands have been given failing grades for not publicly addressing the safety of toxic chemicals that may be used in the products they sell.
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Tim Hortons, Metro among retailers in new report’s toxic chemicals ‘hall of shame’

The U.S. Supreme Court sided Monday with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle over the internet company’s creation of the Android operating system used on most smartphones worldwide.
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U.S. Supreme Court sides with Google in copyright fight with Oracle

A Malaysian court on Monday began hearing an appeal by ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak to overturn his conviction and 12-year jail sentence linked to the massive looting of the 1MDB state investment fund that brought down his government in 2018.
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Malaysian ex-PM Najib appeals graft conviction in 1MDB saga

Transat AT shares plunged as much as 22.6 per cent in the first day of trading after Air Canada pulled the plug on its takeover of the Montreal-based tour operator over Europe’s unwillingness to approve the deal.
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Transat AT shares plunge in first trading after Air Canada pulls plug on takeover

Retail stores across most of Greece were allowed to reopen Monday despite an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections, as the country battled to emerge from deep recession.
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Greece: Stores open amid virus surge to help rescue economy

Two months after a market phenomenon took shares of GameStop to the moon, the video game retailer said Monday that it will sell up to 3.5 million of its shares.
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GameStop to sell 3.5M shares after stock frenzy boosts price

Health care, job creation and addressing the red-hot housing market should be priorities for the upcoming federal budget, CTV News’ Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.
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Pattie Lovett-Reid: My hopes and fears for the federal budget

South Korean electronics maker LG said Monday it is getting out of its loss-making mobile phone business to focus on electric vehicle components, robotics, artificial intelligence and other products and services.
Source: ctv business
South Korea’s LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business