Google Loses Final EU Appeal, Must Pay Record $4.7 Billion Android Fine
Europe’s highest court has confirmed the largest antitrust fine ever imposed on Google, closing an eight-year legal battle over Android.
Germany Is Tired of Its Workers Calling In Sick
Behind Germany’s sick-leave crackdown is a 34-measure package touching taxes, pensions and labor law.
Ottawa and Alberta Pick Pipeline Route, B.C. Falls in Line
British Columbia has agreed to engage in permitting and routing discussions for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast, ending months of resistance from Premier David Eby after Ottawa and Alberta struck a revenue-sharing arrangement that includes annual royalty payments and an environmental liability fund. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith […]
Hoekstra Pins CUSMA Failure On Canada’s Anti-US Rhetoric, Including Doug Ford
US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra argued in a new episode of The Food Professor Podcast that US and Canada were close to a broader deal last fall before talks stalled. While he did not mention Ontario Premier Doug Ford by name, host Dr. Sylvain Charlebois posted on X framed Hoekstra’s argument as a claim […]
Sponsored · Altamira Gold Corp.
Blackstone-Backed Sandwich Chain Files For IPO, Could Reach $1B
Jersey Mike’s Subs has filed for an initial public offering, setting up a potential Wall Street debut for one of the largest U.S. sandwich chains and giving Blackstone a path to bring its recent investment into the public markets. The company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “JMKE,” according […]
AI Coding Group Flags Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 Performance Collapse After Relaunch
Claude Fable 5 is back online, but the version developers are testing may not behave like the model that made Anthropic’s latest release a flashpoint for Washington. Community-led AI platform BridgeMind said a rerun of the July 1 version of Claude Fable 5 on BridgeBench showed sharp declines across several coding-related measures, with debugging falling […]
Government Watchdog Warns Trump Oil Release Is Threatening US Dwindling Reserve
The Trump administration’s 172 million barrel emergency release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has exposed a deeper problem than low oil inventories: the US is leaning harder on an emergency asset that federal auditors say has no unified long-term plan, incomplete repairs, aging wells, and operational limits that could worsen as Washington tries to refill […]
Palantir CEO Slams OpenAI, Anthropic Over Token Costs
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp is trying to make the AI market’s most technical billing unit into a boardroom risk. In a Wednesday appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Karp criticized OpenAI and Anthropic over token-based pricing, arguing that enterprise customers are paying for AI usage without capturing enough value while exposing intellectual property, operational know-how, […]
Sponsored · Selkirk Copper Mines
Hudbay Wins Peru Approval to Lift Constancia Mill Capacity to 34 Million Tonnes
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM) has secured regulatory approval to lift permitted mill capacity at its Constancia copper mine in Peru to 34 million tonnes of ore per year, up from 31 million tonnes. The approval came from Peru’s environmental certification agency, SENACE, which signed off on an amended environmental permit in late June. It is […]
Consolidated Lithium’s Reworked Kwyjibo PEA Lifts After Tax NPV to C$1.4 Billion
Consolidated Lithium Metals (TSXV: CLM) has released an updated preliminary economic assessment for its Kwyjibo rare earth oxide project in Québec, sharply improving the economics of a deposit the company has redesigned to shrink its surface footprint. The study pegs the after tax net present value at C$1.4 billion using an 8% discount rate, with […]