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Sears shoppers feel ‘duped’ by sales

As murder sales continue during Sears, several business are dissapoint after uncovering altered cost tags. They think a prices were noted adult to homogeneous store-wide discounts that ranged from 20 to 40 per cent, something a tradesman denies.

Elizabeth MacMillan felt cheated when she peeled off a plaque cost of a T-shirt during Sears she wanted to by for her son, and found a cheaper cost underneath. (Submitted by Elizabeth MacMillan)

Families can’t entrance branch cells

Parents are struggling to get reason of their children’s potentially life-saving branch cells amid concerns about a Toronto company they’ve been profitable to store a samples. “I’ve been job each day. How do they know we don’t need my sample?” one patron asked.

Natasha Bitsakakis-Pack has both of her daughters’ umbilical cord blood stored with a Cord Blood Bank of Canada. (Lisa Xing/CBC)

The difficulty with bitcoin

Bitcoins have over certain currency-like functions. But, trying to cost products or services in bitcoins is tricky. For example, in 2010 one male reportedly spent 10,000 bitcoins — equal to $82 million — on dual pizzas.

Would we compensate a homogeneous of $82 million for dual pizzas? (Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters)

How online reviews can backfire

One integrate was taken to justice by a executive for a examination they wrote, while an Ontario lady says she was dumped by her alloy after posting her views online. Go Public found Canada lags behind other countries in implementing insurance for people who post online reviews.

This woman’s alloy dumped her online after she posted a disastrous examination about him on RateMDs.com. (CBC)

What else is going on?

TD’s e-transfer issues. The bank says a remuneration complement is behind in service, though one patron says he’s still watchful for thousands of dollars.

Are grocery stores cost regulating bread? The Competition Bureau raided a offices of some Canadian grocers in a rapist probe tied to an purported intrigue involving some finished bread products.

This week in recalls:

Careful in a kitchen. These chicken strips and this salmon caviar have been recalled. Also, 2.7 million fire extinguishers in Canada have been recalled.

Heads up, parents: These children’s fleece pullovers and coats have both been recalled.

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Addicted to your smartphone?

We went to California to speak to an app developer about how companies keep us bending on a phones. We also tracked a family’s device use over several months and exhibit their towering results. You can watch a part online.

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