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Canadians spent $3.3 billion less on travel to the U.S. last year: StatCan
Canadians spent $3.3 billion less on travel to the United States in 2025 compared to 2024, according to figures released by Statistics Canada. The decline resulted in a total...
As Trump reports $2.2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarms
Ethics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from various new...
Value of Huntington Beach defense tech startup balloons to $1.8 billion
California defense tech startup Mach Industries said Tuesday it raised $300 million, nearly quadrupling the company’s valuation to $1.8 billion within a year. The Huntington Beach startup’s soaring valuation...
Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscars selfie: was this the moment pop culture shattered into a billion pieces?
Name: The Oscars selfie.Age: Once upon a time (2 March 2014, to be precise), at the Oscars, the actor Bradley Cooper, who was nominated for best supporting actor, took...
Alberta rebukes $3.8 billion federal nature strategy
OTTAWA — Alberta is not happy about a newly announced federal nature strategy, saying it will impose burdensome and unconstitutional land-use restrictions on the province. Alberta Environment Minister Grant...
Google co-founder spends almost half a billion dollars in fight against California billionaire tax
A Google founder has more than doubled his financial contribution to the fight against a proposed wealth tax in California. New filings with the state show that former Alphabet...
StanChart profit climbs but misses estimates, US$1.5 billion buyback launched
Published Tue, Feb 24, 2026 · 01:15 PM[HONG KONG] Standard Chartered (StanChart) reported on Tuesday (Feb 24) that full-year pretax profit rose 16 per cent on robust performances from...
OpenAI expects compute spend of around US$600 billion through 2030: source
Published Sat, Feb 21, 2026 · 12:53 PM[MEXICO CITY] OpenAI is targeting roughly US$600 billion in total compute spend through 2030, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters...
