The Peak Daily
Fast Canadian business news. Get up-to-speed quick with a fun and smart breakdown of the three biggest Canadian and global business stories in less than 10 minutes.
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Apr 3, 2024 • 8min
EV slowdown 🚙 — Tesla’s nightmarish start to the year. Queens moving to a lottery system for med school.
Like a deadbeat dad missing his child’s softball game, Tesla’s sales numbers were a massive disappointment.For many students, getting into med school feels like winning the lottery. And soon, for some of them, it will literally be like winning the lottery.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Apr 2, 2024 • 8min
Makeover 💄 — RBC takes over HSBC. Schools take social media companies to court.
If you spotted an RBC on your commute this morning you could have sworn was an HSBC, don’t worry, you’re not going crazy…The fight to get kids to stop scrolling on TikTok has gone from the classroom to the court.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 28, 2024 • 10min
Sentencing day ⛓️ — It’s SBF sentencing day. Canada takes a work trip to Vietnam.
Place your bets, folks. Will the fallen crypto wunderkind spend his life behind bars or have a brief stop-over in the big house?Canada is hoping to take its relationship with Vietnam to the next level.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 27, 2024 • 9min
Watch and learn 📺 — Spotify is offering video learning. Cocoa prices are going cuckoo.
Warning: the Easter Bunny might be dropping off fewer chocolate eggs than usual this year.There could be a new category for your Spotify Wrapped this year: number of new skills and concepts mastered.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 26, 2024 • 8min
Record breaking port 🚢 — The Port of Vancouver had a record-breaking year. Air passenger rights head to Supreme Court.
The Port of Vancouver: It’s huge, it’s salty, it’s not very efficient, and it can teach us a thing or two about the state of Canada’s economy.Canada’s top court is hearing a case about an oh-so-common travel nightmare: flight cancellations.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 25, 2024 • 8min
Light speed 🛫 — Trump’s trade tax. Supersonic travel could be back soon.
A drastic Donald Trump campaign promise has got the feds in a frenzy (and no, it’s not about building a really big border wall).We’re one step closer to being able to fly from Vancouver to Tokyo in 6 hours — barely enough time to get through two in-flight movies (or one recent Scorcese flick).Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 22, 2024 • 9min
Apply lawsuit 🍏 — Why most provinces are in debt, The U.S. is suing Apple again.
This budget season, provinces are primed to rack up more debt than us during the holidays.Apple just got thrown into a real-life game of Monopoly that it probably wants absolutely no part of.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 21, 2024 • 8min
Election reform 🗳️ — Election reform bill en route in Ottawa. Why the Kate Middleton conspiracies are so troubling.
Canadians who say they don’t have the time to vote on election day could soon be left looking for a new excuse.We tried to avoid this, we really did. But it’s gotten to the point that it can’t be ignored.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 20, 2024 • 9min
No more ice cream 🍦 — Trouble at Ben & Jerry’s, Canada’s cancer drug business.
Like a vanilla cone on a scorching July day, Unilever’s faith in its ice cream biz is melting.One of Canada’s top biotech prospects has been called up to the big leagues.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
Mar 19, 2024 • 9min
LinkedIn’s next play 🎮 — LinkedIn is getting into games. Selling energy to Germany.
Attention all you jobseekers and headhunters out there: invest in a headset, a gaming chair, and a whole bunch of Mountain Dew Code Red — because LinkedIn is for gamers now.Canada is buddying up with its pilsner-drinking, schnitzel-eating allies to kick-start a new clean energy trade market.Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO
