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Indigo’s ‘cybersecurity incident’ stretches into third day as the website is still offline

Indigo Books & Music Inc. is dealing with what it calls a “cybersecurity incident” that has affected customer orders in-store and online.

It started at the Toronto-based retailer on Wednesday. As of Friday afternoon, Indigo’s website was still offline.

“We are working with third-party experts to investigate and resolve the situation,” the company said in a message posted on its website.

“Our hope is to have our systems back online as soon as possible.”

Indigo says it can’t process electronic payments, accept gift cards or deal with returns. But at one location in Toronto on Friday, the store was able

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Asian Shares Advance As Investors Await US Inflation Data

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, the dollar slipped, and Treasury bond yields remained pressured as investors remained convinced that key US inflation data due later in the day would show an easing in price pressures on an annual basis.

Gold edged higher in Asian trading on dollar weakness while oil prices dropped around 1 percent after the US government announced it would release more crude from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) at a time when US crude markets are flush with supply.

Chinese shares eked out modest gains after reports that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is considering meeting

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The IRS tells 21 states how to handle last year’s special payments

After much outside criticism, the Internal Revenue Service basically told taxpayers in most — but not all — states that they do not need to report income from special state tax refunds or payments on their 2022 federal income tax returns.

Tens of millions of taxpayers in 21 states — not including Michigan — were told a week earlier to hold off filing their federal income tax returns until the IRS could give guidance. The IRS gave such guidance late Friday — and taxpayers should be able to move forward.

The National Taxpayer Advocate issued a highly critical blog Thursday

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How Can I Protect My Children in Estate Planning?

Many of our clients have concerns related to their children when planning estates. Concerns can range from making sure they are taken care of financially, choosing appropriate guardians, and more.

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Some of our clients biggest concerns are:

  1. I don’t want my child to blow all the money they inherit right away. We always tell clients the best way to ruin a great kid is by giving them tons of money.
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Which brand of car is most reliable? These are the most dependable vehicles on the market

Looking for a dependable vehicle? Kia, Buick and Chevrolet are some of your best non-premium batches, according to a new report from JD Power.

The analytics company’s annual vehicle dependability study found 186 problems per 100 vehicles on average, a slight improvement from last year’s score of 192.

A year-over-year improvement is expected as manufacturers learn from past mistakes, according to Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at JD Power.

“This means as many consumers are keeping their vehicles for a longer period of time they can expect less issues than they have in the past,” he told USA

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A shortage of pilots is making travel chaos in Canada even worse

From pandemic-related travel restrictions to extreme weather events, Canada’s travel industry has navigated an unprecedented amount of uncertainty of late. And now, just as demand for travel has returned to its 2019 level, airlines are navigating their next patch of turbulence: a lack of qualified pilots.

According to Transport Canada, in a typical pre-pandemic year, roughly 1,100 pilot licenses were issued. When complemented by foreign-trained pilots, that was generally more than enough to satisfy the needs of carriers as large as WestJet and Air Canada, all the way down to regional, charter and cargo airlines.

But as demand for flying

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Bullish outlook for base metals – Business News

There’s no way enough mines can be built on time to meet net zero energy transition targets on the timelines policy makers have promised, but industrial metal miners – especially lithium and nickel miners – could get a very rich try.

That was one of the takeaways from a commodities outlook Tuesday for industrial and battery metals at the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver.

There are numerous macroeconomic factors that could affect commodity prices in 2023,

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BC brokerage caught violating freeze order on $1.4M accounts – Business News

BC brokerage fined

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Vancouver brokerage firm Haywood Securities must pay a $50,000 fine after the BC Securities Commission said it “inadvertently” allowed an account holder to make trades through one of his frozen accounts.

In 2019, the commission had frozen accounts holding $1.4 million.

“Haywood violated the freeze order by inadvertently allowing an account holder to make six purchases in one of his frozen accounts and four transfers between different frozen accounts in 2019 and 2020. One of those trades led

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