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• May 23, 2019

  United CEO vows to be aboard 737 Max when its cleared to fly

  Boeing says it has finished with its updates to the flight-control software implicated in the crashes. →

• May 23, 2019

  Bosch fined US$100M over diesel scandal

  Bosch agreed to a US$327.5 million civil settlement in the United States for supplying emissions cheating software to Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles. →

• May 23, 2019

  Amazon rejects facial recognition, climate change proposals

  Earlier this month, San Francisco banned the use of facial recognition software by police and other city departments. →

• May 23, 2019

  Bains promises privacy law reviews as digital charter released

  Innovation Minister committed to a review of the federal privacy law for private-sector organizations. →

• May 23, 2019

  Alberta throne speech followed by bill to repeal provincial carbon tax

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• May 23, 2019

  China has more weapons in US tariff war but do they work?

  Beijing has an array of options for disrupting trade, but they carry economic and political costs. →

• May 23, 2019

  China says door open to trade talks, but slams tech controls

  Beijing is vehemently protesting the Trump administration's decision last week to impose controls on exports of computer chips. →

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