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RenoRun may seek creditor protection after Tiger, government funds are good at financing plans

Eamonn O’Rourke, left, and Joelle Chartrand, co-founders of RenoRun, outside their offices in Montreal, Quebec, on Jan. 27, 2022. The hardware delivery company must secure a buyer fast or it may seek creditor protection as soon as this week.Christine Muschi/The Globe and Mail

RenoRun Inc. was one of Canada’s hottest startups when it announced a US$142-million financing in early 2022 led by Tiger Global Management. The Instacart-like construction materials delivery service had tripled sales each of the prior three years and planned to repeat in 2022, reaching $120-million.

Montreal-based RenoRun planned to expand across North America and nearly double

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The Federal Budget makes progress in lowering credit card fees for small businesses

Missed opportunity to address small business debt and cost pressures

Ottawa, March 28, 2023 – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is pleased that today’s federal budget confirms a deal to lower credit card fees for small merchants, as promised in last fall’s economic statement. However, the budget was a missed opportunity to provide relief to small businesses facing massive debt loads and increasing costs.

“The biggest win in the 2023 budget is the deal reached with Visa and Mastercard to reduce credit card fees for small business owners,” said Dan Kelly, CFIB president. “A reduction of up to

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Vale is working to meet the demand for clean nickel for the auto market

The nickel market in Canada is expanding so fast that suppliers can barely keep up with demand for that critical mineral.

And with Vale as the key supplier of nickel for the North American automotive battery market, the company’s head of Ontario base metal operations, said this presents huge economic opportunities for Vale and its host communities.

Gord Gilpin was the keynote speaker Thursday for the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce president’s speaker series.

Before an audience of mining supply executives and other business leaders, Gilpin didn’t hide his enthusiasm for the future of Vale’s North Atlantic operations, which includes

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No blue badges, no problems; Media Outlets opt out of Twitter’s paid verification plan

Twitter’s plan to replace its current verification badges with a new paid subscription service, Twitter Blue, is facing resistance from major media outlets. Twitter Blue will give users a blue badge on their account for $8 per month. However, as Twitter prepares to remove the badge from non-paying accounts on April 1, media companies have announced that they won’t be joining this new business plan.

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Regional Council approves 2023 Property Tax Supported Business Plans and Budget

Whitby, Ont – Durham Regional Council has approved the 2023 Property Tax Supported Business Plans and Budget.

The 2023 Property Tax Supported Business Plans and Budget totals $1.9 billion in gross expenditures, requiring a 2023 tax levy of approximately $817.4 million. This represents a proposed net property tax increase of 5.2 per cent, or approximately $153 for the average residential home with an assessed value of $483,100.

The Region is investing in critical frontline core service areas; advancing the implementation of the Strategic Plan; addressing the continued financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a number of Regional services; meeting

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Women are changing the tone in Washington: We’re all better for it

“Hey, I’m a governor, too,” she joked. I had struck up a conversation with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) at the annual dinner hosted by the journalistic organization, the Gridiron Club and Foundation, earlier this month, only to be warmly interrupted by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D).

Later in March, I had the privilege of attending the White House Women’s History Month celebration, and this past week I went to President Biden’s announcement in support of women small business owners and a subsequent panel of women CEOs moderated by Small Business Administration administrator Isabella Guzman .

Perhaps it took

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Rogers’ takeover of Shaw is approved, with conditions

The federal government has approved the multibillion-dollar merger of telecom companies Rogers and Shaw, but with conditions that Ottawa insists will make the deal good for consumers.

François-Philippe Champagne, minister of innovation, science and industry, said at a news conference Friday that the government has approved the transaction first proposed in 2021.

As part of the deal, the vast majority of Shaw’s wireless business, Freedom Mobile, will be sold to Quebec-based Videotron. While Freedom Mobile and its more than two million customers will move over to Videotron, Rogers will maintain a much smaller part of Shaw’s wireless business, known as

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