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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts and holds steadier after last week's big swings

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts and holds steadier after last week's big swings

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks drifted to a mixed close as Wall Street’s wild recent moves calm a bit. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Monday in its first trading after careening from months of sharp losses to its best week of the year.
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Zara Canada being investigated by ethics watchdog over alleged links to forced labour

Zara Canada being investigated by ethics watchdog over alleged links to forced labour

OTTAWA — Canada's corporate ethics czar says it has launched a fact-finding investigation into allegations that Zara Canada Inc. is working with companies that use forced labour in China.
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OMERS pension plan acquires five per cent indirect stake in MLSE

OMERS pension plan acquires five per cent indirect stake in MLSE

TORONTO — The OMERS pension plan has acquired a five per cent indirect stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment for US$400 million. The investment comes through a 20 per cent direct stake in Kilmer Sports Inc.
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Judge chides Trump as ex-president testifies in civil fraud trial: 'This is not a political rally'

Judge chides Trump as ex-president testifies in civil fraud trial: 'This is not a political rally'

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over the civil fraud trial of Donald Trump repeatedly admonished him to keep his answers concise Monday, reminding him that “this is not a political rally” as the former president and leading Republican presidentia
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Telecom companies discuss increased adoption of AI at annual conference

Telecom companies discuss increased adoption of AI at annual conference

TORONTO — Wireless network outages could be predicted and reduced, and customer service practices overhauled, if Canada's telecom sector embraces artificial intelligence. That was one of the messages from Telus Corp.
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Barrick Gold increases stake in Hercules Silver with $23.4M investment

Barrick Gold increases stake in Hercules Silver with $23.4M investment

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. has signed a deal to increase its stake in Hercules Silver Corp. to more than 10 per cent with an investment of $23.4 million.
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QPAREB says Montreal home sales in October down 2% from year ago level

QPAREB says Montreal home sales in October down 2% from year ago level

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers say home sales in the Montreal area in October fell two per cent compared with the same month last year to their second-lowest level since it began compiling market data in 2000.
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Brookfield Asset Management Q3 profit up from year ago

Brookfield Asset Management Q3 profit up from year ago

TORONTO — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. says it earned US$122 million in its latest quarter from its stake in the asset management business it owns with Brookfield Corp.
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TVO workers vote to accept deal with employer, ending 11-week strike

TVO workers vote to accept deal with employer, ending 11-week strike

TORONTO — Dozens of workers at Ontario's public broadcaster will return to their jobs Monday after voting this weekend to accept a new collective agreement and end a strike that's stretched on for nearly three months.
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Ship traffic ramps up through the Northwest Passage as Arctic ice retreats

Ship traffic ramps up through the Northwest Passage as Arctic ice retreats

MONTREAL — Michael Wenger still remembers the patches of blood red and vivid violet that daub the landscape of the Northwest Passage. “People usually think it's ice and glaciers and rocks.
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