Press Digest: Canada - Sept 27

Lightspeed Commerce

27/09/2024 15:50

Sept 27 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories
from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified
these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.  
    
    THE GLOBE AND MAIL
    - Payments software firm Lightspeed Commerce  LSPD.TO  has
already signed non-disclosure agreements with potential
strategic buyers including software companies, private equity
buyers, and its CEO and founder Dax Dasilva would welcome a deal
that would see him give up leadership.
    
    - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French
President Emmanuel Macron reiterated calls for a ceasefire in
Lebanon and Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
vowed to carry out "full force" strikes against Hezbollah,
dismissing a proposal from Western ally countries. 
    
    - Senior federal Procurement Department officials are
rejecting accusations from an employee linked to the ArriveCan
project that they pressed her to lie to internal investigators.

 
    NATIONAL POST
    - China-backed cybercriminals hijacked nearly 10,000 devices
in Canada and used them to hack government, university and
critical infrastructure networks and steal confidential data,
according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
    
    - Canada's gross domestic product expanded at a
faster-than-expected 0.2 per cent rate in July, driven by growth
in the retail trade and public sectors, and an early estimate of
flat growth for August suggests third-quarter growth will lag
the Bank of Canada's forecast.

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