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Epic Games to lay off more than 1,000 employees as Fortnite usage drops
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Brent oil prices claw back losses to top $100 again after hours
Global oil prices edged higher in after-hours trading Monday to recoup portion of the nearly 11% lost during the regular session, as traders geared up for what’s likely to be another day driven by developments in the Iran conflict.…
How war in the Middle East is upending the global economy
March 23RadioDuration 19:20Stuck ships, wrong ports, and higher costs: war in the Middle East is causing headaches for worldwide supply chains. New York Times reporter Peter S. Goodman explores the mounting impacts on supply chains that…
Why oil had been nearing peak even before Trump statement on Iran,
Well-respected economists Krugman and Brooks believe we are near to the peak in oil prices because demand destruction takes place if it goes much higher
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Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 2.25%, saying war will boost
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Stocks are teetering on the edge of correction territory. Why the ‘TACO
The once-reliable trade on Wall Street, that President Trump “always chickens out,” could be torpedoed by the Iran conflict.
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Netflix, Warner Music sign multi-year deal to produce artist documentaries
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‘I’m completely gobsmacked’: My elderly brother has a reverse mortgage —
“My husband and I are both retired and have saved for years — we simply can’t afford to take on his financial situation.”
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‘Eerie parallel’: Archived stamps reveal Canada was prepared to ration gas
Turmoil in Iran, a major disruption in world oil markets and stratospheric gasoline prices in Canada and beyond. What's racking motorists and governments in 2026 also faced them in 1979, sparked by the Iranian Revolution. Back then, the…
‘Six figures are missing’: My aunt’s attorney took over her bank account.
“The attorney found two doctors — one who briefly spoke to her and signed off, and another who never saw her and simply stamped the form.”
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