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You’ve likely heard the advice to start an emergency fund. But personal finance columnist Christopher Liew adds there are alternative options to keeping them in a regular a savings account.
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Here are the best places to keep your emergency fund

The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in July were up from last year but down from a month earlier, while listings jumped.
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Greater Toronto home sales up in July from last year, listings jump

Shippers and producers are holding their breath ahead of a possible strike by thousands of rail workers this month that would halt freight traffic, clog ports and disrupt industries.
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‘Nothing moves’: Uncertainty hangs over shippers as potential rail strike looms

Several online brokerage firms including Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard appeared to be down for thousands of users early Monday during one of the biggest stock markets sell-offs of 2024.
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Online trading platforms appear to go dark during huge market sell-off

TikTok has agreed to withdraw a rewards feature that raised concerns about its potential to encourage excessive screen time, particularly among children, the European Union’s executive commission said Monday.
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TikTok agrees to withdraw rewards feature after EU raised concerns about potential online addiction

Nearly everything on Wall Street is tumbling Monday as fear about a slowing U.S. economy worsens and sets off another sell-off for financial markets around the world.
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Dow drops 760 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 amid U.S. economy worries

An airline passenger who tried to craft a shank from plastic cutlery and open the cockpit door during a flight has been sentenced to 19 months in prison.
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Airline passenger gets 19-month sentence. U.S. says he tried to enter cockpit and open an exit door

The U.S. Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Friday against TikTok and parent company ByteDance for failing to protect children’s privacy on the social media app.
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U.S. sues ByteDance, TikTok over children privacy violations

There’s been one big question on the minds of Wall Streeters this tech earnings season: When will anyone start making actual money from artificial intelligence?
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Has the AI bubble burst? Wall Street wonders if artificial intelligence will ever make money

Turkiye’s communications authority blocked access to the social media platform Instagram on Friday, the latest instance of a clampdown on websites in the country.
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Turkiye blocks access to Instagram. It’s in response to removal of posts on Hamas chief, reports say