US probes complaint that woman was trapped in flaming SUV – Business News
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US safety regulators are investigating possible electrical problems in older Dodge Journeys after a woman was trapped and died when her SUV caught fire in December.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it’s investigating whether inoperative door locks and windows can prevent people from getting out of the SUVs during an emergency.
Documents posted Friday on the agency’s website say the probe covers more than 82,000 Journeys from the 2009 model year. The investigation was opened after the woman’s death on Dec. 9.
A complaint filed with the agency says the woman pulled to the…
CFIB survey indicates small business plan to increase wages 3.3% on average – Morinville News
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Small businesses in Canada are planning to increase wages by an average of 3.3% over the next year, according to the latest Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Business Barometer. The increase in wages comes amid high inflation rates and a tight job market.
Although wage increase plans have decreased from their peak of 3.6% in June 2022, they remain elevated by historical standards. The increase is not fueling inflation, according to Simon Gaudreault, Chief Economist and Vice-President of Research at CFIB.
“Wage plans would have to further moderate to bring inflation within the Bank of…
Evolve Global Marketing Launches Innovative New Website Template That Can Be Launched in 7 Business Days
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MOORESVILLE, NC / ACCESSWIRE / April 27, 2023 / Evolve Global Marketing, a digital marketing agency, has announced the launch of its educational campaign, which includes online courses, templates, and free resources. Part of this educational push is the agency’s “The Only Website Template You Will Ever Need”, which Evolve Global says has the potential to allow anyone to design and launch a website within 7 days.
Evolve Global’s new website template –“The Only Website Templates You Will Ever Need” – is a versatile and customizable website template that can be used by businesses of all…
The Ah! The Moment When I Stopped Chasing MORE And Started Aiming For LESS
The Ah! The Moment When I Stopped Chasing MORE And Started Aiming For LESS
For most of my adult life, I wanted MORE.
I’m not greedy – I just grew up associating better with more. And I suspect that this mindset is commonplace.
Do these thoughts sound familiar to you?
I need to make MORE money.
I want to pay MORE attention to my diet.
I should do MORE exercise.
I wish I had MORE vacation time.
I would love to learn MORE about _____.
There’s nothing wrong with any of these thoughts. But realistically, more + more + more…
Elizabeth Holmes went to Burning Man, torched an effigy for Theranos, then spent 6 months living in an RV while prosecutors built a case against her for fraudulent business practices
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on November 18, 2022 in San Jose, California.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
In her first interview since 2016, Elizabeth Holmes told NYT her perspective on her fraudulent business.
Once the company dissolved, she burned an effort for Theranos, then lived in an RV for six months.
The former CEO said she experienced “an incredible sense of grief” over her business failings.
You became the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire based on your fraudulent blood-testing business venture, only to have your house of cards collapse. You are facing prison. What do you do?
You go to Burning Man.…
Saskatchewan among the world’s top 3 regions for mining investment
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Published May 05, 2023 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 4 minute read
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Saskatchewan is the world’s third-most attractive region for mining investment, topped only by Nevada and Western Australia, according to the Fraser Institute’s latest Annual Survey of Mining Companies.
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OpenAI previews business plan for ChatGPT, launches new privacy controls
OpenAI says that it plans to introduce a new subscription tier for ChatGPT, its viral AI-powered chatbot, tailored to the needs of enterprise customers.
Called ChatGPT Business, OpenAI describes the forthcoming offering as “for professionals who need more control over their data as well as enterprises seeking to manage their end users.”
“ChatGPT Business will follow our API’s data usage policies, which means that end users’ data won’t be used to train our models by default,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post published today. “We plan to make ChatGPT Business available in the coming months.”
OpenAI previously telegraphed that it…
Opinion: Pandemic symptoms still haven’t passed for small businesses, CFIB’s Kelly says
Last Friday, the World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 “global health emergency.” From Dan Kelly’s view, an awful lot of Canadian small businesses still look pretty sick.
“It is really worrisome right now,” said the president and chief executive of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), the national small-enterprise lobby group representing nearly 100,000 members. “Small businesses are really struggling to get back to normal.”
While the Canadian output and employment surpassed pre-COVID levels about a year-and-a-half ago, CFIB surveys show that sales at roughly half of small businesses are still below their norms before the…
