17,650 source-backed business facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 120 of 177.
“In a recent meeting where dbt Lab executives were discussing the company’s data lake product, Handy asked if they knew the reasons why the company’s top 20 customers that use the product chose it.”
“free shipping with 3 items or more”
“about 26 percent of the total”
“The 85-person company has raised just over $20m to date”
“For Q1, the first quarter with the initiative in place, just over half of the company’s 246 employees qualified and received raises between 2% and 4% so far.”
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“the dismissal of six employees, including two no-name on-camera reporters, the executive producer, and her deputy”
“including a $15m Series A in 2023”
“just over half of the company’s 246 employees qualified and received raises”
“items can be sent back 15 - 30 days after you've made your purchase”
“and picked up $2m from FedDev Ontario to accelerate manufacturing.”
“Omnisend has historically offered salary increases on a quarterly basis, so this cadence isn’t new. But this new approach—an additional way to earn raises on top of the typical review process—required leadership to determine specifically h…”
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“Botpress plans to roughly double its 65-person team, open a European office and data centre and ship voice capabilities in the coming quarter.”
“Around 41% of employees say their companies trimmed management layers last year, according to Korn Ferry’s survey of 15,000 professionals worldwide.”
“up to 90% off items”
“Founded in 2017 by Sylvain Perron and Justin Watson.”
“After cutting roughly 20% of the company’s workforce while posting record revenue, Prince said: “The vast majority of those we laid off last week were measurers,” he wrote.”
“anniversary sale (usually in March)”
“The national average for regular gasoline in Canada currently sits at just below $1.66 a litre, according to CAA. That’s down from about $1.90 a month ago, and $1.35 one year ago, while some consumers were paying well over $2 a litre at lo…”
““A mid-level manager can spend something like a third of the week in meetings, most of it keeping people in sync,” said Andy Williamson, CEO of ONLC Training.”
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“The pump prices, gas prices, they typically adjust within days to weeks because retail prices are a reflection of what’s happening in the wholesale markets. So on the margin, we should expect some relief in the next couple of weeks, for su…”
““It’s what happens 10 years from now if fewer people are getting the experience they need to become senior leaders and experts.””
“selling a wide range of products at as little as $1”
“We might not even get back to pre‑war levels but we will definitely get back to manageable energy levels into 2027," says Ercolao.”
“according to Korn Ferry’s survey of 15,000 professionals worldwide.”
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“There’s going to have to be some agreement here that not just you’re opening up Strait of Hormuz, but that you’re also going to allow parts and materials in to be able to get this rebuilt. That could take itself another couple of months as…”
“After cutting roughly 20% of the company’s workforce while posting record revenue, Prince said:”
“first launched in 2010”
“Crude vessels run at the speed of a small bike. And so for a country to take delivery, maybe two or three months, not to mention the damage, physical damage that’s been done to many of the oil fields in the Persian Gulf, as well as some of…”
“The vast majority of those we laid off last week were measurers,” he wrote. He defined “measurers” as those in middle management, finance, legal, internal auditing, and revenue recognition.”
“over 150 million customers worldwide”
“U.S. oil (West Texas Intermediate) was priced at about US$80 a barrel. That’s down from a recent peak during the conflict of about $113 in May, and still above about $65 in the days before the war began.”
“The company has a record number of open positions, according to Prince, in “areas that drive growth.””
“thousands of businesses”
“We might not even get back to pre-war levels but we will definitely get back to manageable energy levels into 2027.”
“A mid-level manager can spend something like a third of the week in meetings, most of it keeping people in sync,” said Andy Williamson, CEO of ONLC Training.”
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“ZayZoon has been named to Deloitte's 2025 Technology Fast 500 at number 66”
“The companies flattening their org charts are not just cutting costs,” said Mark Vena, CEO and principal analyst at SmartTech Research.”
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“posting three-year revenue growth of 1,487 per cent.”
“This doesn’t mean management layers will fully disappear.”
“It is the third year running the company has made the list”
“I don’t see management layers disappearing, rather, I see management layers increasingly efficient and capable of building new capacity i”
“placed 46th on G2's Best Canadian Software list for 2026”
“In one high‑profile case, criminals used an AI‑generated video and voice clone of a company’s finance chief on a live video call to trick an employee into wiring roughly $25 million to fraudulent accounts.”
“BMW was first out of the gate with this little surprise in 2022, but was forced to drop it because of consumer backlash.”
“As of publication, U.S. oil (West Texas Intermediate) was priced at about US$80 a barrel.”
“That’s down from a recent peak during the conflict of about $113 in May”
“and still above about $65 in the days before the war began”
“The national average for regular gasoline in Canada currently sits at just below $1.66 a litre, according to CAA.”
“That’s down from about $1.90 a month ago”
“and $1.35 one year ago”
“Lander says it could take three to four months before oil prices return to the $60 a barrel range”
“The park will be closed for the next 48 hours while the investigation continues.”
“Under the Ottawa-Alberta energy accord, Ottawa’s support for the new West Coast pipeline is contingent upon the building of the massive Pathways carbon capture and storage project that would offset some of the emissions impact from increas…”
“Canada increases electricity infrastructure through its electricity and nuclear energy strategies to double national electrical capacity by 2050.”
“We will have a major announcement on July 2 to share new details about the Government of Alberta’s submission to the Major Projects Office for a new one-million-barrel-per-day oil pipeline to Canada’s West Coast”
“The Alberta government is aiming for the pipeline being designated a project of national interest by October and getting shovels in the ground as early as September 2027.”
“The strategies call for building out an interconnected grid powered by a mix of energy sources including nuclear, oil and gas, wind and solar. [...] double national electrical capacity by 2050.”
“Lobbying records show the Moroun-owned Detroit International Bridge Company spent over US$2.5 million to lobby the first Trump administration on “issues related to construction and operation of international bridges.” Since Trump returned …”
“The flagship proposal in the MOU is a bitumen pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast that would carry an additional 300,000 to 400,000 barrels per day destined for Asian markets.”
“Tyler’s team also announced that it would be cancelling or postponing her remaining shows this summer.”
“Tyler earned three Grammy nods, represented Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 — where she came in 19th — and was awarded an MBE for her services to music by Queen Elizabeth II in 2023, all largely thanks to Total Eclipse of the H…”
“The song went No. 2 on the U.S. iTunes charts in April 2024 ahead of the total solar eclipse, 41 years after it’s initial release in 1983.”
“Business leaders from both countries signed 13 agreements across “education, critical minerals and mining, energy, infrastructure, security, artificial intelligence,” Carney said.”
“Saudi state‑owned agency Al‑Arabiya reports that more than a dozen agreements and memorandums of agreement signed Thursday amount to $1 billion, most likely in U.S. dollars, though Carney’s office has not yet confirmed that amount.”
“The amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., closed to the public since 2024, is up for sale and sources say a deal for the land is in place with the condition that all animals must be gone before the sale closes.”
“The couple eventually agreed to take all of the red deer at Marineland, about 150 of them.”
“That enclosure cost more than $100,000 to build, Laramée said in an interview.”
“Laramée said Marineland had been pressuring her to take all of its 150 red deer, but that offer was pulled by March.”
“Hunt was only willing to send her a dozen deer.”
“Eighteen-thousand net new jobs were added to Canada’s labour force last month, according to the Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada Friday.”
“The overall unemployment rate fell to 6.5 per cent from 6.6 per cent in May, when 88,000 net jobs were added.”
“Statistics Canada says 33,000 workers aged 15 to 24 found employment in June, which was a better start than last year.”
“The youth unemployment rate fell 0.7 per cent from May to 12.7 per cent in June, which is down from 14.2 per cent a year earlier.”
“Most of those younger workers — about 25,000 — found part‑time roles, the agency says.”
“Among returning students aged 15 to 24, the unemployment rate was 15.3 per cent, which is down from 17.4 per cent a year earlier.”
“The manufacturing sector took a hit last month, shedding 17,000 jobs, or a drop of 0.9 per cent.”
“That’s part of a rougher trend, where some 61,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since a recent peak in January 2025.”
“Agriculture also felt the squeeze last month with 7,600 jobs lost (down 3.3 per cent), while utilities lost 7,300 jobs (down 4.3 per cent).”
“The bargaining team says Ford has also committed to investing more than $1 million into its plants in Windsor and Oakville, Ont.”
“Thousands of Canadian auto workers could secure three per cent wage increases every year for the next three if they agree to a new labour contract.”
“We’re basically going to put a line item 50 per cent tariff on our website to cover these costs and, are they going to buy still? We’ll see.”
“As of 2021, Canada was home to 830 breweries, 508 wineries and 191 distilleries, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.”
“The interprovincial agreement is "the culmination of years of collaboration between governments and industry and represents a transformational step toward a truly national Canadian wine marketplace," he said in a statement.”
“Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to settle outstanding legal claims arguing its talc products caused ovarian cancer”
“The New Jersey-based drugmaker has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for more than a decade and said the settlement will be applied only if 95 per cent of the remaining 76,000 claimants agree to it.”
“Chris Seeger, a lawyer who represents about 2,500 clients with talc claims and helped negotiate the agreement, said the company could ultimately pay $7 billion or more.”
“As part of the settlement announced by the company this week, Johnson & Johnson will pay $3 billion next year, with subsequent payments not due until 2028.”
“Johnson & Johnson said that it previously settled about 95 per cent of lawsuits for mesothelioma, a cancer in the tissue surrounding organs such as the lungs and heart, all state consumer protection claims and all talc-supplier disputes”
“Johnson & Johnson discontinued its talc-based baby powder in North America and globally beginning in 2020.”
“Company shares rose more than two per cent before the market opened on Tuesday.”
“record income of about $12 billion”
“plan to create a $20-billion company with private investors”
“raise up to $4.2 billion later this year”
“they will receive $40 million (30 million pounds)”
