Under a new law, taking advantage of women’s romantic feelings to manipulate them into ordering overpriced drinks has been banned
Category: Consumer
Posted inConsumer
Heineken shares plummet as beer sales dry up
Stocks of the world’s second-biggest brewer were down eight per cent on the Dutch market
Posted inDrugs
Canada lags as U.S. cracks down on cartel-linked banks
Canada lacks the legal framework to hold banks accountable for drug-related crimes in the way U.S. agencies do: experts
Posted inDrugs
Alcohol’s health risks obscured by influential scientific group: study
Experts say alcohol’s health risks are downplayed in Canada due to outdated science and widespread public misinformation
Posted inConsumer
Mattel launches Barbie doll with diabetes
New Barbie has been designed in partnership with the global type 1 diabetes not-for-profit Breakthrough T1D
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Thousands in Norway mistakenly told they won big on lottery
Error in converting currency leaves winners with just over $10 each – they thought they were getting more than $110,000
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Canada digital services tax U-turn leaves Europe in lurch on U.S. tech taxes
‘This is about whether democratically elected governments can regulate and tax powerful corporations or whether tech billionaires can dictate policy’
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Global matcha ‘obsession’ drinks Japan tea farms dry
In 2024, matcha accounted for over half of the 8,798 tonnes of green tea exported from Japan, twice as much as a decade ago
Posted inEconomy
Canada May inflation flat thanks to falling energy prices
Inflation rose by 1.7 per cent more for goods and services in May than a year earlier. The price of vehicles and restaurant meals also rose
Posted inTech
Tesla launches long-discussed robotaxi service
Tesla kicked off robotaxi services Sunday in the U.S. city of Austin, Texas. Autonomous technology could reap US$1 trillion or more: analyst