Business
Landmark $69B Microsoft Activision deal clears UK hurdle
Clearance thought to be final global hurdle for one of the largest tech transactions in history
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‘Cruel joke’: CEBA deadline extension not what B.C. small business hoped for
Feds tout 1-year extension for Canada Emergency Business Account loan repayment
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Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch steps down as active leader
Australian billionaire becomes chairman emeritus of both Fox’s parent company and his media holdings
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Top authors accuse AI of ‘systematic theft on a mass scale’, launch lawsuit
John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 writers suing OpenAI
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Levi Strauss targeted by federal corporate ethics czar in probe
Company denies allegations it is working with firms that use forced Uyghur labour in China
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UK’s new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies
British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google, and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta.
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U.S. orders Fortnite to refund parents, pay $520M in penalties
Order comes in connection to purchases made without parental knowledge, collecting child information
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Climate change cost B.C. tourism ‘$100s of millions, never to be recovered’
Provincial, regional tourism leaders are calling for quick, immediate relief after wildfire season
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Grocery bosses pledge help addressing skyrocketing food prices
Grocery CEOs meet with Canada’s federal ministers, agree to work to stabilize food prices
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Dine Around Happy Hour comes to B.C. restaurants
The series will run until Sept. 30
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