Kategori: Finance
Shopify | CTO quits for ‘personal reasons’
(Ottawa) Shopify announced on Friday that its chief technology officer, Allan Leinwand, will be leaving the company and that chief executive Tobi Lütke will assume some of his duties. Posted…
Valérie Plante concerned about the “toxic climate” at the OCPM
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante promises to investigate allegations by former and current employees of the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM), who have reported a toxic work climate within…
an expected increase of 4.5% on average this year
Salaries: an expected increase of 4.5% on average this year Access to accessibility menu source site-21
buying a house for less than 50,000 euros is still possible
Real estate: buying a house for less than 50,000 euros is still possible Access to accessibility menu source site-19
Technology sector | Women entrepreneurs particularly at risk of a downturn
(Toronto) Members of Canada’s tech community say they fear the recent downturn in the sector will weigh even more heavily on women running their own businesses, who already lag behind…
Negotiations at a standstill after eight months of strike at the SQDC
The strike affecting some twenty branches of the Société québécoise du cannabis is now in its eighth month. And negotiations are at a standstill, reports the union representing the striking…
For Caufield, an operation was the best choice
The right shoulder surgery that will keep Cole Caufield out for the rest of the season is the best long-term choice, the 22-year-old American said in a press briefing on…
Acceleration of A220 production | Airbus needs parts, but also arms
Airbus not only needs to get parts in time to produce more A220s, which must get the program out of the red. The European aircraft manufacturer must also recruit employees.…
After eight months of strike | SQDC: negotiations stalled
(Montreal) The strike affecting some twenty branches of the Société québécoise du cannabis is now in its eighth month. And negotiations are at a standstill, reports the union representing the…
[Chronique de Josée Blanchette] paper loves
There are so many ways to love even if there are only proofs of love, as the poet said. Epistolary love no longer exists except in posthumous books or dark…
Mont-Sainte-Anne | Expropriation would hurt attraction of foreign investors, says Fitzgibbon
(Laval) Expropriating the manager of Mont-Sainte-Anne is an “impossibility” and would harm the attraction of foreign investors in Quebec, argues the Minister of the Economy, Pierre Fitzgibbon. The government plans…
Is COVID-19 still a public health emergency of international concern?
Is the COVID-19 pandemic still serious enough to merit WHO’s maximum alert level? The organization’s COVID-19 emergency committee met on Friday to decide. For the head of the World Health…
[Chronique d’Aurélie Lanctôt] “Perfect” Immigrants and “Essential” Immigrants
This is a derailed dream as we see too often. Earlier in January, on the front page of the Montreal Journalwe presented a family of French origin who had been…
Electricity | Norway will be able to reduce its exports in the event of a risk of shortage
(Oslo) Norway, generally a major electricity supplier for Europe, may reduce its exports in the event of a sharp drop in its hydroelectric reservoirs, the government announced on Friday, prompting…
luxury giant LVMH posts record results for 2022
Economy: luxury giant LVMH posts record results for 2022 Access to accessibility menu source site-21
IBM’s quantum supercomputer is coming
Quantum computing has long been considered as a field that generates improbable futuristic scenarios, but today it has become a very real breeding ground for development that will soon be…
Inspiration from Grenoble | The duty
We can never repeat it enough: when it comes to ecological transition, it is local governments that are able to seize this challenge head-on and take concrete action. Grenoble is…
Otima Porto Tawny 20 years old, Warre’s, Douro, Portugal
Sister André, more than a hundred years old, would have appreciated it from the height of her 118 years. Twenty years of thunder (here, 1998 vintage) for a light topaz…
Imperial Oil approves $720 million renewable diesel project
(Calgary) Imperial Oil said Thursday it has approved a $720 million investment to build a renewable diesel facility at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton. Updated yesterday at 3:54 p.m. The…
[Critique] A very promising classical discographic winter
Rafael Payare’s first recording with the Orchester symphonique de Montréal (OSM), a CD by Nézet-Séguin and Beatrice Rana, unreleased tracks by Jessye Norman, a new CD by Hélène Grimaud: this…