Breadcrumb Trail Links Transportation Small Business News entrepreneur economy Critical shipments getting caught up in the dispute, small businesses say Get the latest from Naimul Karim straight to your inbox Signup Published July 11, 2023 • 3 minute read An empty pallet at the Port of Vancouver. More than half of small businesses surveyed by …
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Microsoft confirmed Monday that it’s eliminating additional jobs, a week after the start of its 2024 fiscal year. The cuts are in addition to the downsizing announced in January that resulted in 10,000 layoffs. The software maker also disclosed a small number of cuts this time last year. GeekWire reported on the latest cuts earlier …
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OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada raised its overnight rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday, its first increase since pausing hikes in January. The central bank’s key interest rate has not been this high since April 2001. Several factors led to the bank’s decision to raise the key interest rate, …
CHICAGO — The devil, as they say, is in the details. While most people agree that snacking is a significant food and beverage market trend, success requires understanding who the key customers are, what they prefer to snack on and when. The market researcher 84.51º, Cincinnati, a business unit of Kroger Co., dedicated its May …
Glitch grounds flights The Canadian Press – May 25, 2023 / 11:06 am | Stories: 428570 Photo: The Canadian Press Air Canada planes sit on the tarmac at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette Air Canada briefly grounded its planes Thursday due to a problem with its …
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The Chilean government’s newly announced plan to have the state take a majority stake in the lithium industry disconcerted business leaders, though analysts cautioned that the proposal appears to try to strike a middle ground between competing interests. President Gabriel Boric announced in a national broadcast Thursday night that private companies …
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Team – We are changing the shape of Shopify significantly today to pay unshared attention to our mission. There are a number of consequences to this, and I don’t want to bury the lede: after today Shopify will be smaller by about 20% and Flexport will buy Shopify Logistics; this means some of you will …
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a space of unveilings this week by its rival Google with upgrades to its own widely used office software. The technology company previewed a new AI “copilot” for Microsoft 365, its product suite that includes Word …
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An Ottawa-based private equity firm is buying MindGeek, the company behind the popular but controversial online pornography website Pornhub. The terms of the purchase by Ethical Capital Partners are not being publicly disclosed. MindGeek, which was founded in Montreal in 2004 and is now headquartered in Luxembourg, includes a large portfolio of adult entertainment properties. …
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ORLANDO, FL. — SNAX-Sational Brands, a producer of flavored popcorn snacks, is partnering with Post Consumer Brands to launch Cereal Pop popcorn made with Fruity Pebbles. SNAX-Sational currently has two other lines of popcorn, Cookie Pop and Candy Pop, that each feature partnerships with notable companies in their respective sectors. The Fruity Pebbles partnership is …
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