Thursday, November 12, 2026

Business

Psychology says people who never make a fuss about their own birthday aren’t indifferent to being loved, they’ve often spent so long making others...

Every group has one. The person who knows your mother’s operation is on Thursday. Who turns up with the right cake for the right kid. Who remembers which cousin is off dairy this year. Ask them what they want...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers just dropped new draft laws on CGT for startups and there’s some good news

The Albanese government has backed away from several of the most contentious aspects of a proposed startup carve-out from its capital gains tax overhaul, cutting the minimum holding period for shares from five to three years, removing a proposed...

Nintendo began in Kyoto in 1889 making hanafuda playing cards, then experimented with businesses ranging from taxis to novelty products before maintenance engineer Gunpei...

Nintendo’s oldest product and its most consequential American machine belong to the same history, but not to a tidy master plan. The business that sold hanafuda cards in Kyoto in 1889 did not spend the next 96 years patiently...

In 1975, young Kodak engineer Steven Sasson built the first self-contained digital camera, a 3.6-kilogram device that took 23 seconds to record a 0.01-megapixel...

In December 1975, a Kodak engineer completed a camera that did not need film. Steven Sasson’s prototype weighed about 3.6 kilograms, made a 100 by 100-pixel black-and-white image, and needed 23 seconds to move the digital file onto an...

Kiwi discount restaurant bookings platform chows down on $10 million

The round was backed by existing investors Altered Capital, Invest South, Mainland Angels and Snowball Effect shareholders, alongside new backers K1W1 and Icehouse Ventures. First Table offers diners up to 50% off their food bill when they book a table...

Canada Expands Support for Businesses Battling Economic Uncertainty in B.C.

The federal government last month topped up funding for the Regional Tariff Response Initiative with an additional $1.5 billion in supports as part of a broader $7.5B package. This includes capital earmarked for businesses in British Columbia, a region rich...

Psychology says people who grew up in homes where one person’s mood could change the entire day often become adults who read every room...

I can take the temperature of a room in about four seconds. Who is irritated, who is pretending not to be, who has already privately decided the evening is a write-off. People offer this back to me as a...

Digital Tech Aims to Create New Routes Between Business and Consumer

A Canadian technology company is proposing that businesses should not have to depend on a single market, political relationship, or traditional distribution channel to reach customers. It’s a tall ask in an era of global political and economic uncertainty. Vancouver-based Picturethis3D...

How WorkZen Helps Small Businesses in Canada Operate More Efficiently

A husband-and-wife duo out of Langley has been developing a platform targeting trades contractors. The field service software startup, dubbed WorkZen, aims to supply “everything you need to run your business efficiently.” The bootstrapped WorkZen was founded by chief executive officer...

Psychology says people who instinctively resist change aren’t always stubborn or fearful — they’re often the ones whose early environment taught them that unpredictability...

Every workplace has one. A new system gets announced, or a new supplier, or a new seating plan, and one person goes quiet in a very specific way. Not angry. Not sulking. Just somewhere else behind the eyes, running...
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As Funds Dried Up, Nonprofit Immigration Group Hired Anti-Labor Law Firm to Crush Union

As the two executives of immigration advocacy group Washington Immigration Solidarity Network (WAISN) burned through cash and as donations...
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