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Make your products less addictive for kids, Apple investors urge

Two of Apple's biggest investors are urging the company to do more to help stop young people from using their products to an addictive level, which has increasingly become a concern for health and social advocates. More 4:11 PM ET read comments

• Gaming disorder set to be recognized by World Health Organization Dec 28
• Loot box brouhaha: Are video games becoming too much like gambling? Oct 29

Loblaws $25 gift card registration now open, but there's a catch

Monday is the first opportunity for consumers to sign up to receive a $25 gift card from Loblaws related to the grocer's role in fixing the price of bread for more than a decade, but the agreement has some fine print. More 3:04 PM ET read comments

• Loblaw, George Weston under fire for bread price-fixing scheme response Dec 22
• Price-fixing more commonplace than thought in grocery aisle, experts say Dec 21

Companies more optimistic, looking to hire and invest more: Bank of Canada poll

Canadian companies are more upbeat about the future than they were three months ago with firms planning to boost investment and to hire more workers, according to the Bank of Canada's latest business outlook survey. More 12:37 PM ET

• Canada adds 79,000 jobs in December, pushing jobless rate to lowest level since 1976 Jan 05
• Minimum wage hikes could cost Canada's economy 60,000 jobs by 2019 Jan 03 video

CRTC urged to hold inquiry into telecom sales tactics

The CRTC is being urged to hold a public inquiry into the sales practices of the country's major telecommunications service providers. More 9:24 PM ET read comments

• GO PUBLIC Bell customers, employees flood CBC with complaints about high-pressure sales Nov 22
• Bell insider reveals high-pressure sales tactics required on every single call