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Hopes for better times in 2021 drove North American stock markets to positive results as an abbreviated trading day ended at 1 p.m. EST on Christmas Eve.
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Markets positive as Canadian dollar and oil gain on last trading day before Christmas

Chinese regulators on Thursday announced an anti-monopoly investigation of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, stepping up the ruling Communist Party’s efforts to control fast-growing tech industries.
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China steps up pressure on Alibaba with anti-monopoly probe

Canadians give millions of gift cards each year as presents to family and friends and usually there are no problems.
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Ontario mother shocked to learn ,200 worth of gift cards she bought were worthless

A Toronto-based company says it has plans to bring fibre-optic internet to Iqaluit by 2022.
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Company plans to build 7M fibre-optic cable from Newfoundland to Nunavut

The European Union and Britain could agree the terms of a post-Brexit trade deal within hours, European sources said Wednesday, as negotiators sought to hammer out the last details.
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EU, U.K. post-Brexit trade deal in sight

A pilot blamed for infecting two colleagues and causing Taiwan’s first local coronavirus transmission since April was fired on Wednesday, his airline said.
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Airline fires pilot blamed for Taiwan’s first local virus infection since April

The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear a case linked to a challenge about air passenger refunds for flights cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Supreme Court declines to hear bid for injunction in flight refund case

Pfizer said Wednesday it will supply the U.S. government with an additional 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine under a new agreement between the pharmaceutical giant and the Trump administration.
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Pfizer to supply U.S. with additional 100M vaccine doses

Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product grew 0.4 per cent in October, its sixth consecutive month of growth.
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Statistics Canada reports economy grew 0.4 per cent in October

Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product grew 0.4 per cent in October, its sixth consecutive month of growth.
Source: ctv business
GDP growth of 0.4 per cent in Oct. offers glimmer of hope for economy in 2021