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A Chinese Billionaire Just Took 6,400 Employees on Vacation to France

A Chinese Billionaire Just Took 6,400 Employees on Vacation to France

A Chinese billionaire just cemented himself as pretty much the best boss ever. Li Jinyuan will put your company’s last team-building exercise or company retreat to shame. The CEO of Tiens Group treated the company’s 6,400 staff members to a...
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Whole Foods is Planning to Open a More Affordable Store for Millennials

Pretty soon, Whole Foods won’t take up your whole pay cheque. The healthy (and pricey) grocery store just announced it intends to open a chain of more affordable grocery stores that targets millennials
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Toronto Was Just Ranked the Hottest Luxury Real Estate Market in the World

A new report by Christie’s International Real Estate ranks the Toronto luxury real estate market as the hottest in the world. While the sale of luxury homes has slowed down nine of the other world’s top property markets, Toronto saw a 37 per cent increase in luxury home sales for 2014
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Elon Musk’s Ex Wife’s Business Advice Goes Viral

It turns out being married to a billionaire businessperson can rub off on you in a good way. Justine Musk, first wife of billionaire Elon Musk, posted a response to a Quora thread – and everyone’s talking about it
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For the First Time Ever Millennials Surpass Gen Xers in New Car Purchases

Turns out that owning a car is back in style for young professionals. It’s often thought that urban millennials don’t care for cars, but according to J.D. Power & Associates, millennials have already surpassed Gen X when it comes to new car purchases
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A Canadian ‘Dude’ Has Just Revolutionized Beer Pong

Will we ever really grow out of beer pong? Probably not. The good news is that we can at least pretend we’re playing a grown-up version with a futuristic, top-of-the-line beer pong table. A Canadian entrepreneur has pretty much just revolutionized your favourite pastime
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Sad Clowns: Cirque du Soleil Has Been Sold to an American Company

The beloved, iconic Canadian circus, Cirque du Soleil has sold the majority of its stake to a US firm. After a successful 31-year run, creator Guy Laliberte feels that the hugely successful show will have a better opportunity for growth with well-financed corporate partners. Plus, he’s just kind of over it
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Here’s How Much YouTube Celebrities Make…Don’t Worry, We Cried Too

Every wonder what it means to be a “YouTube Celebrity”? Well it turns out that if you’ve hit it YouTube-big with a food, style, or video game channel, you’re making some pretty good coin. Just how good? You might not want to know
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10 Drool Worthy Examples of What $5 Million Can Buy You in Toronto

Five million probably sounds like a lot. But in the biggest city in Canada, it's (sadly) often as high as you have to go to discover some truly drool-worthy properties. And that's exactly what we did find
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The Economist Predicts Canada’s Auto Industry Will Be Extinct By 2040

The Canadian auto industry will become but a distant memory before most of us are old enough to have grandchildren. In a recent article, The Economist predicts that the entire auto industry will likely be extinct by 2040 – but it could happen as early as 2030
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