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The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch - but also because he can sell
The Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch - but also because he can sell

PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani's jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world's biggest sports stars, including soccer icons...

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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Household debt Statistics Canada will release its third-quarter national balance sheet and financial flow accounts...

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At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations' COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you turn. And that has some worried. It's unclear how...

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Wireless companies' spectrum gains could have lasting effect on 5G quality, pricing
Wireless companies' spectrum gains could have lasting effect on 5G quality, pricing

As an underdog in Canada's recent spectrum auction, Execulink Telecom Inc. CEO Ian Stevens acknowledged that "inexperience and budget" were working against his company compared with some of the bigger...

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Indigenous services minister to table First Nations water bill as early as Monday
Indigenous services minister to table First Nations water bill as early as Monday

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu is expected to table much-anticipated legislation to improve water quality in First Nations communities as early as Monday. The bill comes more than...

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Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly...

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The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28
The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union plan to tax the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate...

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Military-themed brewery wants to open in a big Navy town. An ex-SEAL is getting in the way

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he shot Osama bin Laden is at the center of a much different fight in Virginia, where plans for a military-themed brewery are drawing opposition over...

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Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?
Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — On the top deck of a three-tiered structure moored near downtown Rotterdam, brown and white cows graze on hay dropped from a conveyor belt above their heads and rinds of...

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Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions
Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions

More than 100 world leaders at this year's United Nations climate summit agreed to make their farm and food systems a key part of their plans to fight climate change, seeking improvements in a sector that...

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