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Corner stores don’t look like much. Maybe the one nearest to you has dusty shelves lined with bags of chips and cookies, and the cashier sitting next to the cigarettes and mini–shampoo bottles only takes cash. In some places, these mom-and-pop shops are simple roadside stalls or kiosks.

TAKE THE wheel of an electric vehicle (EV) and prepare to be astounded. The smooth, instant acceleration of battery power makes driving easy and exciting. The latest technology is there, with tablet-like screens instead of old-fashioned switches.

Investors have a new but familiar name to consider if they want to trade stocks and exchange-traded funds without the usual commission costs. Toronto-Dominion Bank on Monday introduced a new mobile app called TD Easy Trade that includes 50 free stock trades per calendar year.

When Andrew Ryeland, who lives on a lake in cottage country near Parry Sound, Ont., wrote to Canada’s telecommunications regulator in June 2020, he was motivated by years of struggle trying to get decent internet service at his rural home.

Nearly one in five professional jobs are now advertised as remote roles, with software and developer roles bringing the highest-paying remote working opportunities.

It’s starting to feel like the beginning of the pandemic again, in more ways than one. The insanely infectious omicron variant is renewing old debates about school closures. Lines for tests are stretching for blocks.

COVID-19 is raging again, but you would barely know it scrolling through LinkedIn. Inside the social network for business professionals, everyone is constantly humbled, thrilled or honoured. Occasionally, they’re all three at the very same time. By what, exactly? Their latest promotion.

Who goes into the office and when largely depends on where employees fall on the org chart.

As the Great Resignation continues, the temptation to hire anyone willing to take the job should be tempered by the many potential consequences of making a bad hire.

The market feels like a bubble. Does it matter?

William Robson is the chief executive officer of the C.D. Howe Institute. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem, like U.S. Fed chairman Jerome Powell, is clearly starting to view continuing high inflation with concern. A change is coming in monetary policy.

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Welcome to the supermarkets of the future.

In 2012, a secret Cayman Island trust fund containing tens of millions of dollars from two of Canada’s wealthiest and most powerful families got a promising investment tip. Devised by a former Goldman Sachs executive who made a fortune predicting the U.S.

This past year was a spectacular one for equity investors, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index surging 22 per cent. This strength carried through right until the end of 2021 – during the fourth quarter the S&P/TSX advanced nearly 6 per cent.