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Cannabis company Phoena to wind down business under creditor protection – Business News

Phoena set to shutter

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Phoenix Holdings Inc. plans to wind down its business and has obtained creditor protection for a second time.

Documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, which granted the protection, show the Vaughan, Ont. cannabis company previously called CannTrust Holdings Inc. is insolvent and plans to liquidate its assets.

Interim chief executive Cornelis Pieter Melissen says in an affidavit that the company is pursuing a wind down because it has been unable to revive its business and generate

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Could AI threaten Gen Z’s career prospects? College students express concerns

AUSTIN, Texas – University of Texas students shared with Fox News whether they fear AI replacing them in their future jobs, with one computer science major saying ChatGPT poses a “big risk” to his planned career.

“A lot of my career path revolves around trying to go into software engineering,” Abhinav, a computer science and business major, told Fox News. “I can see that ChatGPT and a lot of the advanced AI is able to complete a lot of the easier tasks, especially for front-end development.”

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Home-based workers became younger, more diverse in pandemic – Business News

People working from home are becoming younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move on during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to

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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

Tilray results

Cannabis company Tilray Brands Inc. will report its latest quarterly results after the close of trading on Monday. The results come after the CEO of rival Hexo Corp. said earlier this year that a “price war” has taken shape in the Canadian cannabis industry and could cause “significant” damage.

Laurentian Bank annual meeting

Laurentian Bank of Canada will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday. The Montreal-based bank reported earlier this year that its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year

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Fox News settles lawsuit with Venezuelan businessman it accuses of helping rig the 2020 US presidential election, as it readies for $1.6 billion Dominion trial

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Then-Fox News hosted Lou Dobbs.John Lamparski/Getty Images

  • Fox News has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil.

  • Khalil was accused on air of rigging the 2020 presidential election by then-Fox host Lou Dobbs.

  • The network faces a slew of lawsuits, with jury selection imminent in the $1.6 billion Dominion trial.

Fox News settled a lawsuit filed by Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, who accused the news outlet of defamation after then-Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs claimed on air that Khalil helped rig the 2020 US presidential election.

Shortly after the election, Dobbs took to Twitter to

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My Loved One Passed Away – What Do I Need To Do?

Losing a loved one is incredibly hard. We help our clients with the administrative and legal aspects following the death of a loved one.

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When a loved one dies, there are many things to do and many are time sensitive.

First, there are many practical items to consider. These may include:

  • Finding care for any pets;
  • Determining if there are funeral instructions, arrangements, or prepayments;
  • Notifying family and friends;
  • Preparing
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Twitter pulls check mark from main New York Times account

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk’s most despised news organizations.

The removal comes as many of Twitter’s high-profile users are bracing for the loss of the blue check marks that help verify their identity and distinguish them from imposters on the social media platform.

Musk, who owns Twitter, set a deadline of Saturday for verified users to buy a premium Twitter subscription or lose the checks on their profiles. The Times said in a story Thursday that it would not pay Twitter for verification of

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Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts

Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.

The cuts are on top of the previous layoffs that commenced last November and extended into January. That round affected more than 18,000 employees.

Amazon made the decision to lay off more employees as it looks to streamline costs and take into account the uncertain economy, as well as the “uncertainty that exists in the near future,” Jassy said. The company just wrapped up the second phase of its annual budgeting process, referred to internally as “OP2.”

“The overriding tenet of our

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