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The European Union said Friday that another week of talks with Britain on a new trade deal has gone with barely any progress. Its chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, is heading to London for ever-more pressing weekend negotiations to avoid chaos when Britain’s trade agreements with the EU end at New Year.
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Another week gone, Brexit trade talks remain stuck

Black Friday, the one-day shopping bonanza known for its big bargains and large crowds, has arrived. While rising COVID-19 cases and weeks of staggered deals have muted the usual fanfare of the shopping event, retailers are banking on today’s sales to bolster their bottom line.
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Black Friday shopping in a pandemic: COVID-19 closes some stores, sales move online

Black Friday shoppers appear to have heeded public health warnings, with more online purchases and little crowding at stores across the country against a backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases.
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A subdued Black Friday at retailers amid COVID-19 pandemic as sales move online

China on Friday added wine to the growing list of Australian goods barred from its markets in a trade war against Australia over disputes including its support for a probe into the origin of the coronavirus.
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China slaps 200 per cent tax on Australia wine amid tensions

Stocks rose on Wall Street Friday during a shortened trading session, led by gains in technology companies.
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Stocks rise on Wall Street, headed for solid weekly gain

With the Canada-U.S. land border closed to non-essential travel to limit the spread of COVID-19, hopping over the border for holiday shopping isn’t an option this year.
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‘A captive market’: U.S. border closure keeps Black Friday shoppers in Canada

One of the biggest shopping days of the year is here, just as public health officials impose tighter restrictions in an effort to slow the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Black Friday takes on ‘existential moral dimension’ amid pandemic

As 2020 comes to a close, tax experts say now is the time to check and see if you might owe any income tax on any Canada Emergency Response Benefit money you received this year or face an unpleasant surprise come tax time.
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CERB recipients should be prepared to pay income tax on payments experts say

The European Union has fined two pharmaceutical companies for colluding to keep a cheap alternative to a sleep disorder medicine off the market for their profit and at the expense of patients.
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EU fines drug makers for keeping cheap medicine off market

The Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. says more than 11,000 condos were added to rental market in Metro Vancouver last year, spurred in part by taxes on empty homes.
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11,000 condos added to Metro Vancouver’s rental market thanks to vacancy taxes: CMHC study