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With trade uncertainty, tariffs and rising prices, Canadian shoppers are expected to pull back this holiday season. Retailers are offering weeks-long discounts —and for some, their first Black Friday deals ever — in the hope of enticing people to spend. Source link

Some in the alcohol industry say they’re perplexed and disappointed that booze was left out of a recent agreement between provinces to drop interprovincial trade barriers. Source link

A Beijing company recently released China’s smartest artificial intelligence model yet — narrowing the gap between that country and the U.S. in a race that some have likened to a new cold war. Source link

Bell Canada says it’s cutting about 690 employees, mostly managers, to help reduce debt and drive growth. The cuts follow thousands of company layoffs last year. Source link

In the age of screens, amid reports of retail stores struggling and studies suggesting that all kids want for Christmas are Robux, what does the future hold for the toy industry? Source link

Vancouver fashion retailer Aritzia is set to open a 40,000-square-foot flagship store in a space at CF Pacific Centre formerly occupied by Nordstrom. Source link

Wall Street bounced back from this week’s earlier losses on Wednesday, ahead of the latest earnings report from Nvidia, considered a bellwether for the artificial intelligence sector. Source link

At its annual public meeting Tuesday, Canada Post revealed that it continues to bleed cash and hinted at big job cuts through attrition. Source link

The annual pace of housing starts, also known as new home construction, fell 17 per cent in October compared with September, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said on Tuesday. Source link

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it has identified an issue that caused outages for the social media platform X, some multiplayer games and ChatGPT. Source link