Written by Kate Conger In January 2020, thousands of Twitter employees gathered in Houston for a corporate summit called #OneTeam. During the event, Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO at the time, revealed he had invited a surprise guest. Then, with a wave and a smile, Elon Musk appeared on giant screens […]
Month: April 2022
Written by Keith Bradsher and Chris Buckley Families in Beijing rushed to stock up on food. Supermarkets stayed open late. Residents endured long lines for mandatory testing. China’s stock markets plunged. A fresh coronavirus outbreak in China’s capital has raised concerns that Beijing could become, after Shanghai, the next Chinese […]
Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he has no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account is reinstated following Elon Musk’s agreement to buy the social media giant for roughly $44 billion. Trump told Fox News that he will instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social, which […]
ONBOARD VIKING OCANTIS — Atlantic Canada welcomed its first cruise ship since pre-pandemic times last Friday in the Charlottetown harbour. But the Viking Octantis is no ordinary cruise ship. Like the rest of Viking’s fleet, there are no casinos, no butlers, no formal nights and no umbrella drinks. But there […]
MONTREAL — Air Canada has posted operating revenues of $2.573 billion – or about three-and-a-half times first quarter 2021’s operating revenues – for the first quarter of 2022. The company’s Q1 2022 operating loss of $550 million compares to an operating loss of $1.049 billion in the first quarter of […]
TORONTO — Annual average growth in visits to Europe from Canada is expected to be 36% in the five-year period 2020-2025, according to the latest edition of the ‘European Tourism Trends & Prospects’ quarterly report from ETC. The report notes that the fastest increase in tourism growth in Europe from […]
