Food delivery service Foodora says it will no longer do business in Canada as of May 11. The company delivers cooked meals from restaurants to customers who order them on a smartphone app, taking a cut of the sale. It competes in Canada with services such as DoorDash, UberEats and SkipTheDishes. Foodora is a subsidiary of…
Game addiction is a rising form of addiction which is prevalent among teenagers. It is something which many parents are worried about because of the detrimental effects which follow. A teenager who is addicted to games, particularly video games would have an obsessive behavior They would always want to return to the game, and they…
Three publicly traded hotel companies tied to a Texas businessman said on the weekend that they would not give back millions of dollars in loans from a government program aimed at helping small businesses, as the program restarts for another round on Monday. Facing pressure from the government, several big companies, including the Potbelly and…
Porter Airlines has extended the temporary halting of all of its flights by four more weeks, until June 29. The Toronto-based airline announced last month that it would be suspending all of its flights as of March 21 until June 1 because of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. On Monday, the airline extended those shutdown plans…
The price of oil slumped again on Monday as the imbalance between too much supply and not enough demand continues to grow. The North American oil benchmark, known as West Texas Intermediate, lost more than a third of its value, falling to $12.57 US a barrel. That’s the going rate for a barrel of oil…
By market tradition, risk tolerance and fear are conflicting emotional states that govern our economic decision-making. As we re-examine our lives in the light of the COVID-19 outbreak, there are signs that risk may be losing some of its appeal. When things are going right and we feel safe, it is reasonable that many of…