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X is the latest social media site letting 3rd parties use your data to
BusinessStarting Nov. 15, X will share user data — including posts, likes, bookmarks and reposts — with third-party platforms that may use the information to train AI models.More companies are signing content licensing deals with!--/$-->!--$-->…
U.S. oil prices log biggest weekly drop in a year as demand concerns
Crude futures finished with a loss on Friday, just a day after posting a gain for the first time in five days, with prices of the U.S.-traded benchmark ending below $70 a barrel and marking its worst weekly performance in about a year.…
Fast-food chains serving up halal food with a side of misinformation,
Challenging and frustrating. That's how Mohammad Arfan describes his experience trying to get the answers he needs before sitting down to a meal. As the face of In2Spices, a YouTube channel he runs with his wife, Sarah, dedicated to…
Google gets new head of search and ad business as part of AI-focused
Google is getting a new leader for its core business, which includes search, ads and commerce, as the tech giant restructures itself for the AI era.
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Lufthansa fined record $4M for barring Orthodox Jewish passengers from 2022
The United States fined German airline Lufthansa $4 million US for its treatment of a group of Jewish passengers who were denied boarding a 2022 flight in Frankfurt after they had flown to Germany from New York.The U.S. Transportation…
Expedia stock jumps on report of acquisition interest by Uber
Shares of Expedia Group Inc. jumped more than 7% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the Financial Times reported Uber Technologies Inc. was considering a bid to buy the online travel company.
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More than 300 CRA employees who improperly received CERB no longer with
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says 330 employees who "inappropriately" applied for and received the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) are no longer with the agency.In a release sent out Wednesday, the CRA provided a final update…
Abbott Labs beats Q3 sales and earnings expectations, raises full-year
Abbott Laboratories on Wednesday reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and sales, boosted by strength in the company’s medical-devices business.
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Bubble tea company apologizes after Dragons’ Den cultural appropriation
A Quebec company has apologized following an appearance on CBC's Dragons' Den, during which celebrity judge Simu Liu expressed concerns that the brand was culturally appropriating a Taiwanese beverage.The company, Bobba, sells a bottled…
The bond market may be at risk from inflationary forces beyond the Fed’s
Investors remain nervous about upside risks to inflation, such as the outcome of the Nov. 5 presidential election, that haven’t been priced into the bond market — and which policymakers may not be able to do much about.
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