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Apple announces new iPad mini, available to order now
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Apple announces new iPad mini, available to order now

Apple iPad Mini 2024AppleApple announced a new iPad mini on Tuesday, offering the first update to its smallest tablet since 2021.The new iPad mini comes with a faster A17 Pro processor, the same chip that was in last year's iPhone 15 Pro. That means it supports Apple Intelligence, the company's new suite of artificial intelligence features that will slowly begin rolling out to users this month.During the company's fiscal third quarter, Apple showed the strongest growth in its iPad segment, which grew about 24% year-over-year after it introduced several new iPads for the first time since 2022.Apple's smallest iPad has attracted a fanbase of users who appreciate its more portable 8.3-inch screen for reading books or taking notes. The iPad Mini supports the latest Apple Pencil Pro, which was ...
Canadians getting carbon rebates with top-ups for rural residents – National
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Canadians getting carbon rebates with top-ups for rural residents – National

Canadians are set to receive carbon pricing rebates Tuesday, as the Liberals defend one of their most embattled policies. The government says this is the first time all banks will label the payment as the Canada Carbon Rebate, after years of inconsistent and vague phrasing on bank statements.The quarterly rebate will go to Canadians who filed their income tax while living in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and all four Atlantic provinces.The payments vary by household size and province, while those in rural areas get a top-up.On Tuesday, rural residents will get a boost in their quarterly rebate, with a 20-per-cent top-up along with a retroactive 10-per-cent payment for April and July. 1:28 ...
Kamala Harris calls Donald Trump ‘a loser,’ sips beer with Stephen Colbert – National
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Kamala Harris calls Donald Trump ‘a loser,’ sips beer with Stephen Colbert – National

Less than a month from election day in the U.S., Vice-President Kamala Harris is on a media spree. In recent days, the Democratic nominee sat down with CBS’s 60 Minutes, ABC’s The View, the Call Her Daddy podcast and Howard Stern’s radio show. To cap it all off, Harris joined late-night host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening in front of a live audience.Off the bat, Colbert asked Harris if she would crack a cold one with him, referencing the old adage that people want politicians that they can sit down and have a beer with. Colbert disclosed that, of course, he asked the vice-president beforehand if she would be willing to drink with him. She requested they drink “the Champagne of Beers”  — a Miller High Life.“That tastes like the beautiful city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,” Colbert joked afte...
Tuesday’s biggest analyst calls like Nvidia on Wall Street
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Tuesday’s biggest analyst calls like Nvidia on Wall Street

Here are Tuesday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Stephens initiates Valvoline as overweight Stephens said the automotive retailer is well positioned. "We are initiating coverage on Valvoline Inc . With an Overweight rating and a $49 price target." Evercore ISI adds a tactical outperform on Alphabet Evercore said it's bullish heading into earnings later this month. "With GOOGL, we see a stock that has underperformed intra-quarter, with relatively modest Street expectations for Q3 Search (1% Q/Q), YouTube (3%), and Cloud revenue, as well as overall Operating Margins." Wells Fargo reiterates Tesla as underweight and Rivian as equal weight Wells said it's cautious on both EV stocks. " TSLA & RIVN both reported disappointing Q3 deliveries. TSLA will likely keep using aggressive finance prom...
Man cremating his dog arrested for starting Colorado wildfire
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Man cremating his dog arrested for starting Colorado wildfire

By Logan Smith, CNN The Bucktail Fire in August. Photo: GMUG Fire Information/Facebook Brent Garber, 63, is accused of entering private property to cremate his recently euthanised dog and igniting what became a 7200-acre wildfire that burn for almost two weeks and caused at least US$200,000 (NZ$334,168) in property damage, according to case documents. The Bucktail Fire was reported on private land in the Bucktail drainage about 10km northeast of Nucla near Montrose County Road 25 the morning of 1 August. The fire quickly spread onto federal government-owned land. It was mapped by aircraft at 111 acres in size an hour and a half after it was reported. By 8pm that night, it measured 1760 acres. A first responder who was driving toward the column of smoke that morning saw Garber riding ...
Canada-India tensions: Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, at centre of row? 
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Canada-India tensions: Who is Lawrence Bishnoi, at centre of row? 

India and Canada expelled six of each others’ diplomats in tit-for-tat moves after Ottawa accused Indian government agents of links to the 2023 murder of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), which is investigating the case at the heart of Monday’s rupture in ties, accused Indian government agents of being linked to an organized crime group called the “Bishnoi group.”India’s top investigative body, the National Investigation Agency, describes the group as a criminal gang headed by Lawrence Bishnoi, whose lawyer says he contests more than 40 cases accusing him of crimes such as murder and extortion, with many trials yet to begin.India has not reacted to the accusations of links between government officials and the Bishnoi group. The foreign minis...
Citigroup C earnings Q3 2024
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Citigroup C earnings Q3 2024

The Citibank building in Canada Square at the heart of Canary Wharf financial district in London on May 7, 2024.Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty ImagesCitigroup is set to report its third-quarter earnings before the opening bell on Tuesday, as investors will get the latest updates about the progress of CEO Jane Fraser's turnaround plan.Here are the results expected by Wall Street analysts, according to LSEG.Earnings per share: $1.31Revenue: $19.84 billionFraser took over in March 2021 and has focused on slimming down the bank during her tenure. That includes reducing Citigroup's global presence and laying off workers.Investment banking and equities trading were two bright spots for the bank in its second-quarter earnings report, released in July.Shares of Citigroup were up more than 28% yea...
Melbourne casino fined for self-exclusion breaches by gambling regulator
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Melbourne casino fined for self-exclusion breaches by gambling regulator

Hundreds of gamblers who self-excluded from Crown Casino were able to circumvent safeguards and place bets undetected. Photo: AFP/ William West Crown Melbourne has been fined $2 million by the Victorian state gambling regulator after allowing 242 people who had self-excluded themselves from gambling to place bets. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) said the casino allowed the people to place bets over an 8-month period between October 2023 and May 2024. Self-exclusion is an industry-operated program where individuals may bar themselves from gambling venues to prevent themselves from placing bets. It's an offence in Victoria to allow any excluded person to enter, remain or gamble at the casino. VGCCC Chair Fran Thorn said Crown was obligated to protect people at...
‘This race is to tight’: Americans living in Canada encouraged to vote now
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‘This race is to tight’: Americans living in Canada encouraged to vote now

U.S. citizens living in Canada are being urged to request ballots and vote in the November presidential election, which is expected to be one of the closest on record. “This race is so tight,” Lee Strickland, chair of Democrats Abroad in Toronto and is supporting Kamala Harris for president, told Global News.“There’s about 700,000 U.S. citizens living in Canada whose permanent residence is here who are entitled to vote,” he said, while adding only about five per cent exercise their right.For months, Democrats Abroad chapters have been passing out pamphlets at street festivals and other public places, encouraging Americans living in Toronto to go online to VoteFromAbroad.org and request their ballot.“It’ll take you about 10 minutes to fill out,” Strickland said. ...
Bank of America (BAC) earnings Q3 2024
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Bank of America (BAC) earnings Q3 2024

Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Thomas Moynihan speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersBank of America is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday.Here's what Wall Street expects:Earnings:  77 cents a share, according to LSEGRevenue: $25.3 billion, according to LSEGNet Interest Income: $14.06 billion, FTE basis, according to StreetAccountTrading Revenue: Fixed income of $2.74 billion, Equities of $1.81 billion, according to StreetAccountHow quickly will Bank of America benefit from falling interest rates?That's a key question after the lender signaled in July that a rebound in net interest incom...