Business & Economics

Business: 19–25 Jan. 2025

Here, from 19–25 Jan. 2025, are several “Business & Economics” related news stories you might have missed.

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Saturday, 25 January 2025…

Target, merely days after President Donald J. Trump’s executive order, has reportedly made a quick retreat from diversity and equity initiatives.

MN state Sen. Scott Dibble, referencing the supermarket’s decision, said that “Target has made itself clear” in prioritizing “President Trump’s politics of cruelty, fear, and resentment.”

Target retreats from diversity, equity initiatives days after Trump executive order

Friday, 24 January 2025…

With the current Canadian economic crisis still being a thing, curiously, the IRCC (Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada department) announced a limit of 437,000 study permits for 2025. Interestingly, based on figures from the previous year, it is a 10% reduction.