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Food storage brand Tupperware warns it could go out of business

Legendary food storage brand Tupperware has hired advisers to help turn around the company after notifying securities regulators it may have to close up shops. In a release dated April 7, the Orlando, Florida-based company announced it was seeking to improve its capital structure in order to “remediate its doubts regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.” That same day, Tupperware issued a going-concern notice after warning it could be heading for a default if its lenders demand payment to maintain access to the company’s main line of credit. “If such demand for repayment was to occur, the…
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Judge: Dominion defamation case against Fox will go to trial – Business News

Fox lawsuit will go to trial The Canadian Press – March 31, 2023 / 1:50 p.m | Stories: 418963 Photo: The Canadian Press FILE – A headline about President Donald Trump is displayed outside Fox News studios in New York on Nov. 28, 2018. Documents in defamation lawsuit illustrate the pressures faced by Fox News journalists in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election. The network was on a collision course between giving its conservative audience what it wanted and reporting uncomfortable truths about then-President Donald Trump and his false fraud claims. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, Files) A voting machine company’s…
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Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns – Business News

Frances D’emilio And Matt O’brien, The Associated Press – March 31, 2023 / 11:41 am | Stories: 418937 Photo: The Canadian Press FILE – The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT, on March 21, 2023, in Boston. The Italian government’s privacy watchdog said Friday March 31, 2023 that it is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a…
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WestJet pilots to launch strike authorization vote as negotiations fizzle – Business News

Pilots to launch strike vote The Canadian Press – March 31, 2023 / 10:56 am | Stories: 418925 Photo: The Canadian Press A passenger walks past WestJet and Air Canada planes at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The union representing WestJet pilots says it will launch a strike authorization vote Monday as contract talks with management drag on. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh The union representing WestJet pilots says it will launch a strike authorization vote Monday as contract talks with management drag on. Bernard Lewall, who heads the Air Line Pilots Association’s WestJet contingent, says…
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Business confidence in Pakistan at record low

Karachi, April 8 (IANS) Business confidence in Pakistan continued to slide in the first three months of 2023 amid multiple economic crises, according to the latest edition of the Gallup Business Confidence Index. “Last year’s political instability has carried over to combine with various economic crises and exacerbated business insecurity,” Dawn news quoted the survey as saying. Wave-9 of the survey is based on interviews with around 520 business owners conducted in the first quarter of 2023 across Pakistan. The exercise consists of three broad strands, namely the current business situation, the future business situation and the direction of the…
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Twitter pulls check mark from main New York Times account – Business News

Photo: The Canadian Press FILE – The Twitter application is seen on a digital device, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk’s most despised news organizations. The removal comes as many of Twitter’s high-profile users are bracing for the loss of the blue check marks that help verify their identity and distinguish them from imposters on the social media platform. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, Files) Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times,…
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Tesla sales rise 36% in first quarter, following price cuts – Business News

Tesla sales rise 36% Tom Krisher, The Associated Press- Apr 2, 2023 / 9:47 am | Stories: 419217 Photo: The Canadian Press Tesla’s first-quarter vehicle sales rose 36% after the company cut prices twice in a bid to stimulate demand. The electric car, SUV and heavy truck maker said it delivered 422,875 vehicles worldwide from January to March, up from just over 310,000 a year ago. But the increase fell short of analyst estimates of 432,000 for the quarter, according to FactSet. Tesla cut prices in early March on its more expensive models, the S and X, by $5,000 to…
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Protestors across Canada demonstrated against RBC’s fossil-fuel funding – Business News

RBC target protestors The Canadian Press – Apr 1, 2023 / 8:46 am | Stories: 419084 Photo: The Canadian Press The Royal Bank of Canada logo is seen in Halifax on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Protestors in major cities across Canada are demonstrating against the Royal Bank of Canada for funding fossil fuel projects. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan Demonstrators will gather in 40 locations across Canada to protest against the Royal Bank of Canada on Saturday for funding fossil fuel projects. The protests, part of a nation-wide effort dubbed Fossil Fools Day, will take place in cities including Kelowna, Edmonton,…