Talent show 🎤- Ottawa looks to poach U.S. talent, OpenAI floats government backstop

Making friends 👬- Canada and Saudi Arabia cozy up, Scam ads make big money for Meta.

Time to pay up  💸- Tesla shareholders vote on Musk pay package, Investors float AI bubble concerns.

Here comes the budget 🏧- Carney drops his first federal budget, Coke ushers in the age of AI ads.

Quantum IPO 💻- Xanadu plans blockbuster IPO, ChatGPT is done giving you advice.

Touch-ups 💄- Cosmetic treatments blow up, Trump's tariffs get their day in court

Travel bug 🪲- Canada records all-time summer tourism numbers, Carney meets with Xi.

Zombie Zellers 🧟- Nvidia inaugurates the $5 trillion club, Zellers returns from the dead (again).

Simple as that 🤑- Wealthsimple is a $10 billion company, OpenAI finalizes its restructuring.

Stablecoin FOMO 💰- Ottawa opens up to stablecoins, Powerful Alzheimer’s drug gets green light.

Dupe defence 👬- International travel gets invasive, Lululemon trademarks its dupes

Let’s go Blue Jays 🐦- Businesses cash in on Jays run, Alberta needs more juice for data centres

On ice 🧊- NHL signs Polymarket licensing pact, Canada could get its first whale sanctuary.

Don’t dream it’s over 💤- Another Ontario EV plant ceases operations, The NYT TikTok-ifies the news.

Longest trial ever ⚖️- Canada’s longest trial rattles B.C. landowners, Ottawa cracks down on fraud.

Secondhand status 👐 - Tariffs take a bite out of U.S. auto sector, Luxury brands lose sales to themselves

Call and answer 🤙 - Toronto’s tech talent is luring companies, Canadian Tire brings back HBC blankets.

Next exit 🚘 - Stellantis moves Canadian Jeep production, Netflix dips its toes into podcasting.

Reach for the stars 💫 - Michelin wants to rank everything, Mejuri sees potential in abandoned gold mines

Fly me to the moon 🌚 - Canada looks to power the moon, Strava is ready to go public