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Local NewsThe latest Rochester Road closure is adding miles to commutes and creating headaches for nearby businessesWhat to know:The west side of the Long Lake Road and Rochester Road intersection is closed on Monday. The closure is expected to last about three weeks, weather permitting. The closure is part of a multi-year project to widen and reconstruct Rochester Road. The east side of the same intersection was closed in June as construction progressed. TROY, Mich. — Drivers and businesses in Troy are hitting another roadblock — and this time, it’s the other side of the same intersection. The west side of Long Lake Road at Rochester Road closed Monday, and the disruption is expected to last three weeks. It’s the latest chapter in a multi-year reconstruction project to widen Rochester Road. Back in June, the east side of that same intersection shut down. “All of a sudden, I was heading east on Long Lake and saw that it was closed — shoot,” said Doug Gilman. “Hopefully it’s for the best, but in the moment, it’s pretty chaotic.”Detours adding miles to daily commutesThe closure is turning what was a one-mile drive into a three-mile detour.

Listen now on Apple, Spotify or YouTubeIn This Edition, Undead Labs’ Philip Holt on… Leaving XboxFinding finance and cutting staffState of Decay visionBeing irresponsibly transparentAt the start of July, Xbox announced that Undead Labs had a buyer. The State of Decay developer was one of five studios that Xbox was looking to offload. And we understand that UK developer Splash Damage was going to be picking it up. But, come September, and Undead Labs new owner was revealed to be… Undead Labs. The studio’s own employees had bought the company. Meanwhile, its upcoming open world horror game State of Decay 3 had a new, unnamed publisher. So, what went wrong? “I don’t know that anything went wrong,” answered studio boss Philip Holt in today’s The Game Business Show. “It was an accelerated period of time for Microsoft’s divestiture. We had a lot of interest. I also thought that because we were so close to being in revenue, the amount of capital that we needed to finish [State of Decay 3] was not an insurmountable amount that we couldn’t go raise it ourselves.

Hedge fund Blue Duck Capital Partners wants Snap Inc. to raise capital by selling a stake in its nascent Specs unit, putting additional investor pressure on the social media app to deliver on its big investment in augmented reality glasses. Snap is “profoundly” undervalued, and raising money for Specs would unlock significant shareholder value, Blue Duck Chief Investment Officer Alex Beinfield said in a letter to Snap’s board on Tuesday. While the technology unveiled last month is “remarkable” and has enormous potential, Specs are unlikely to see mass adoption in the next year or two, Beinfield said in the letter reviewed by Bloomberg News. A Specs-focused capital raise would help spending without diluting Snap’s share count and preserve its cash flow, Beinfield said. It could also enable the company to potentially lower Specs’ price of around $2,200, he said. Selling 20% of the Specs subsidiary at a valuation of $5 billion would raise $1 billion, which would fund the division’s spending for roughly two years, Beinfield argues. He said it should raise capital from venture capital or a strategic player such as SpaceX.

Luke Hartley realized how important Elon Musk's Starlink was to him when it fell overboard. Two weeks into his voyage across the Pacific in October 2023, Hartley's sailboat, Songbird, was hit by an intense squall that knocked the Starlink dish balanced on the front of the boat over the side. It was a major blow for the music teacher turned sailing influencer, who tells me he made far more money posting about his three-year voyage around the world on TikTok via Starlink than he ever had in the US education system. Without satellite internet, he had no way to upload the videos that were funding his voyage, check weather forecasts, or call his family. From the remote Pacific to the front lines of Ukraine, Starlink's network of orbital internet satellites has become indispensable to 13 million people in more than 167 countries. Starlink accounted for more than 60% of the $18.6 billion in revenue SpaceX generated last year, and was the only part of the business to turn a profit. Musk has grander ambitions for the flying crown jewels in his empire.

October 6, 2026Rama Duwaji wearing a custom dress, made of bootleg T-shirts, by Miss Claire Sullivan. Photo: Getty ImagesIt was just after 7pm on Wednesday, August 26, the opening night of Harry Styles’s Together, Together residency at Madison Square Garden, and a man in his 30s was haggling with a trio of young women outside the arena. Between them was a wagon overflowing with T-shirts in an assortment of colors. “I’ll tell you what,” said the man with the wagon, who later introduced himself as Rob. “Let’s play rock, paper, scissors. If you win, it’s $50 for three; if I win, it’s $60.” Deal. “Rock, paper, scissors, shoot” — paper covers rock. Rob won. Three for $60. The women weren’t too upset about their loss, though. They’d already talked him down from $30 a shirt. Harry Styles pop-up store in Borough Yards ahead of the singer’s Together, Together show at Wembley Stadium. Photo: Getty ImagesScenes like this one played out all evening around the Garden, where Rob was one of more than a dozen entrepreneurial vendors who had gathered to sell Styles-themed apparel to concert-goers for a fraction of what it would cost for merch inside.

Skip to mainTue, October 6, 2026 at 7:44 p.m. UTCHome sales in the Greater Toronto Area fell by nine per cent in September – according to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board – as economic uncertainty, inflation, and higher borrowing costs weighed on buyers, and fewer sellers listed their properties. That story and more in Business Matters for October 6, 2026.

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Nfld. & LabradorThe construction of a new bridge in Conception Bay South has led to months of uncertainty, unanswered questions, and now there is no timeline for when the project will be finished as 'serious contractual matters' arise, according to the latest town update. Angry residents have taken to social media demanding answersAlex Kennedy · CBC News · Posted: Oct 06, 2026 1:59 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 6Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Construction crews are continuing to work on preparing part of Seal Cove Road in Conception Bay South to build a new bridge, but the project's completion date remains uncertain six months after the old bridge was taken down. (Danny Arsenault/CBC)The construction of a new bridge in Conception Bay South has led to months of uncertainty, unanswered questions and a 30 per cent cut in business for a Seal Cove mom-and-pop store questioning how it will survive.

When we introduced GPT‑6 Astra, we demonstrated how far our models have come in using computers for professional work, from preparing documents to testing websites. Our next goal is to make agents more capable and efficient at using specialized software to solve complex business problems. We’re exploring how to train models to understand a company’s business rules, execute multi-step workflows, and verify that their work meets the original requirements. To accelerate this research, we’re partnering directly with a small number of software companies that understand these workflows best. Together, we’re identifying challenging, high-value tasks and turning them into research problems for training and evaluating our models, ultimately making our models more capable and useful in real-world business applications. Our first partner is Ironclad, a leader in AI contracting. Working closely with Ironclad’s team, we’ve developed tasks that require agents to configure agreements, approvals, and reusable legal terms, and demonstrated progress on these complex workflows.

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Small slip-ups happen to everyone, whether it is missing a daily workout, skipping a language lesson or overspending on dinner. However, even minor setbacks often derail long-term ambitions, causing people to give up entirely. New research from the Alberta School of Business reveals a simple, cost-free solution to keep individuals on track: encouraging them to "make up" for their failure the following day.

Annual awards presented in five categories County of Brant Mayor David Bailey stands with Ashley and Doug Brown of Browndale Farm in Paris, who received the Best Farms For All Agriculture award in the 2026 Salute to Brant awards. (Submitted)

GENEVA (ILO News) – Business leaders from India gained new insights into some of the emerging issues shaping the world of work during a visit to the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities. The visit, organized as part of the Advanced Global Leadership Program of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), provided an opportunity to explore developments in areas such as artificial intelligence and digitalization, just transition and heat stress, and to consider their implications for employers and enterprises. Welcoming the delegation, Maria Paz Anzorreguy, Director of the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities, highlighted the importance of ensuring that employers’ perspectives contribute to discussions on the future of work. Strong, representative and independent employer and business membership organizations are essential to ensuring that the voice of enterprises is heard. ACT/EMP has a key role in supporting these organizations to strengthen their capacity, respond to emerging challenges and effectively represent their members,” said Maria Paz Anzorreguy, Director of the ILO Bureau for Employers’ Activities.

Whether you are launching a new business or have an established one, having a dependable fleet of company vehicles is something you shouldn’t overlook. Robert Burda from Paradigm Fleet Services showcased a couple of the vehicles they have. What to expect on Morning Live on Oct. 7, 2026