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Iran is among Iraq’s largest trading partners and this co-operation has deepened since 2018 amid the Trump administration’s maximalist policy on Iran that has seen the U.S. pull out of Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and levy punishing sanctions on the country.
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Amid crippling sanctions, Iran traders seek lifeline in Iraq

Stocks are drifting around their record highs on Wall Street Thursday, as earnings season ramps into higher gear.
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Stocks drift around records in mixed trading on Wall Street

Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it has laid off some workers after signing an agreement with an external sales broker.
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Aurora Cannabis lays off workers after signing new sales broker deal

The Canadian company behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline said Wednesday it has suspended work on the pipeline in in anticipation of incoming U.S. President Joe Biden revoking its permit.
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TC Energy halts Keystone XL pipeline project

The annual rate of inflation slowed in December as the pace of rising food prices decreased and the cost of air travel compared with a year earlier fell, Statistics Canada said.
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Annual pace of inflation slowed in December to 0.7 per cent

Incoming U.S. President Joe Biden campaigned on a starkly different vision for America’s future than Donald Trump, and now that he’s in the White House, experts say Canadians can expect some big changes.
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From Alberta’s oilsands to tariffs, how Biden’s presidency could change Canada

The Bank of Canada says the national economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, hammering the hardest-hit workers again on the path to a recovery that rests on the rollout of vaccines.
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Bank of Canada keep key rate at 0.25 per cent, warns of economic decline in 2021

U.S. stocks are rallying to records Wednesday on encouraging earnings reports and continued optimism that new leadership in Washington will mean more support for the struggling economy.
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Wall Street hits records amid profit reports, D.C. changeover

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma met 100 rural teachers in China via a live video meeting on Wednesday morning, in the businessman’s first appearance since October, triggering a sharp jump in the Hong Kong listed shares of the e-commerce giant.
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months in online meet

As public outcry grows over the dramatic expansion of coal leases along the previously protected foothills in Alberta, Energy Minister Sonya Savage tried to ease tensions this week.
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Opponents of new coal policy say Alberta energy minister’s gesture means little