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Unemployment rates in Montreal, Quebec rise slightly in October
Saskatchewan also noted major year-over-year gains with jobs in construction up 1,800, transportation and warehousing up 1,300 and other services up 2,200. The biggest employment gains were for youths aged 15 to 24, with 18,000 more new full-time jobs. Across Canada, it increased by 0.1 percentage point to 6.3% in October.
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Notable Stock in Focus: Discovery Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISCK)
The Company's divisions include Enterprise & Education, which derives revenues from sales to educational institutions, firms and government agencies worldwide, and Consumer, which derives revenue from sales to individuals and retail partners.
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Starbucks Corporation Sells Tazo Tea for $384M
Starbucks acquired the brand in 1999 for $8.1 million, five years after Tazo was founded. Tazo, the companies' announcements explain, is sold primarily in grocery and convenience stores and in "mass channels" as tea packages, K-cup pods and.
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President Donald Trump's @realDonaldTrump account deactivated by Twitter employee on final day
Twitter later tweeted that they learned it was a customer support employee who deactivated the account during their last day at work. Twitter said it would be conducting a full internal review . With Trump, who knows? Mr Trump has used Twitter to fight an ongoing battle against the media, repeatedly denouncing unfavourable stories as "fake news" and calling media outlets such as the "failing New York Times" who criticise him.
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Zimbabwean police arrest U.S. citizen over Mugabe insult tweet
She had re-tweeted a post which apparently referred to Mugabe as a "selfish man and sick man", Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which is representing O'Donovan, said in a tweet. Police spokeswoman Charity Charamba could not be reached for comment on the new, much more serious, charge. The outlet describes itself as producing "satirical comedy sensations".
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Facebook Reports $10.3 Billion in Revenues
Quarterly advertisement revenue has more than doubled since 2015, and is rising at more than 40 percent year over year. CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed that focusing on security will definitely have an impact on the company's bottom line, stating that "We're serious about preventing abuse on our platforms ".