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Netflix beats third quarter earnings targets with five million new customers
(FILES) The Netflix logo is seen at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Los Angeles, California, on September 14, 2022. Netflix said on October 17, 2024 it added more than 5 million subscribers in the recently ended quarter but signalled slowing growth. The streaming juggernaut said it ended September with 282.7 million subscribers, reporting a profit of $2.4 billion on revenue that jumped 15 percent to $9.8 billion compared with the same period a year earlier. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
energy and resources
Toronto takes step toward ban on misleading fossil fuel ads, following TTC move
Toronto city council has taken a step toward banning misleading fossil fuel advertising on city property, building on recent federal anti-greenwashing rules and a similar proposal approved by the city's transit agency.The Toronto sign in Nathan Phillips Square is shown at city hall in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Evan Buhler
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Google’s antitrust woes mount in U.S. cases over search, apps, ads
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
technology
Facebook parent Meta must limit data use for targeted advertising, top EU court rules
FILE - Meta's logo is seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022. Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over claims that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, state officials said Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
international business
Levi Strauss shares fall on weak holiday-quarter forecast
FILE PHOTO: A logo is displayed on a pair of jeans at the Levi’s outlet retail store at Bicester Village in Oxfordshire, Britain, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo
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Google expert at U.S. antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
FILE - The Google building is seen in New York, Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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Cineplex ordered to pay $38.9-million by Competition Tribunal in ticket fee case
Cineplex Odeon Theater at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto on Monday December 16, 2019. Cineplex Inc. has been ordered to pay a record $39 million fine after Canada's competition tribunal found the theatre owner guilty of deceptive marketing practices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim
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Cosmetics retailer Lush laying off staff amid ‘scaling down’ of Vancouver operations
FILE - A June 1, 2016 file photo of a shop sign for LUSH. Cosmetics retailer Lush has been criticized for using store window displays to criticize undercover police operations. On Friday June 1, 2018 the windows of more than 100 Lush stores in Britain featured displays supporting the Police Spies Out of Lives campaign. (Nick Ansell/PA via AP)
international business
Social media users lack control over data used by AI, U.S. FTC says
FILE - The Federal Trade Commission building is seen, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Arise Virtual Solutions, a gig work company, saying it misled consumers about the money they could make on its platform. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
international business
General Mills sells North America yogurt operations in US$2.1-billion deal to focus on stronger brands
FILE - This Sept. 20, 2011 file photo shows the General Mills logo on a box of Fiber One cereal, in Philadelphia. In a Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 regulatory filing, General Mills said it plans to cut approximately 700 to 800 jobs, the second time it's trimmed its work force in a month, as the food company adjusts for a shift by U.S. consumers away from boxed or frozen meals. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
international business
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol to focus on improving coffee culture at U.S. stores
FILE - A customer picks up a drink at a Starbucks on June 28, 2023, in Seattle.(AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
technology
Google faces new U.S. antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly
The Google logo is photographed at the Vivatech show in Paris, Thursday, June 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michel Euler
technology
Britain’s competition watchdog accepts Meta’s changes to ad data rules
FILE - Meta's logo is seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022. Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over claims that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission, state officials said Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)
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Hollywood actors’ union SAG-AFTRA strikes deal for advertisers to replicate actors’ voices with AI
FILE — Members of SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, on strike outside of Netflix in Los Angeles, Sept. 26, 2023. The SAG-AFTRA actors’ union on Thursday, July 25, 2024, called a strike against video game companies that use actors’ images or voices in games, echoing its broader strike against television and movie studios last year. The strike will start at 12:01 a.m. Pacific time on Friday, after more than a year and a half of negotiations. (Jenna Schoenefeld/The New York Times)
international business
Texas judge in lawsuit by Musk’s X against advertisers exits case
FILE - Computer monitors and a laptop display the X, formerly known as Twitter, sign-in page, July 24, 2023, in Belgrade, Serbia. The secretaries of state from Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington are urging Elon Musk to fix an AI chatbot on his social media platform X, saying in a letter Monday, August. 5, 2024, that it has spread election misinformation. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
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Is it Instagrammable? The social media strategy that goes into making a business worth the trek
People pose for photos in a couch installation, during a jazz performance in the main corridor of the distillery district of Toronto, Saturday July 13, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
opinion
The rise of the store-within-a-store, a retail innovation to help save physical shopping
Joanne McNeish
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Experts say Musk’s antitrust lawsuit against advertisers holds water
FILE PHOTO: Tesla, X (formerly known as Twitter) and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk speaks with members of the media during the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in Bletchley, Britain on November 1, 2023. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
technology
Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive’ boycott after Twitter takeover
FILE PHOTO: 'X' logo is seen on the top of the headquarters of the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S., July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
canada
Google to charge new fee on ads in response to Canada’s digital services tax
The Google logo is photographed at the Vivatech show in Paris, Thursday, June 15, 2023. Google says it will pass on the cost of the Liberal governmentÕs Digital Services Tax to advertisers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Michel Euler