# The Peak

> Canada's never-boring business newsletter.

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## Posts
- [Canadian universities want to buy a stake in their students](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/canadian-universities-want-to-buy-a-stake-in-their-students): Universities are playing campus VC 
- [Implosion of U.S.-Iran ceasefire stokes inflation fears](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/implosion-of-u-s-iran-ceasefire-stokes-inflation-fears): Here we go again.
- [Invest in education](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/invest-in-education): Canadian universities launch venture fund, The war in Iran drags on.
- [How to spend it](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/how-to-spend-it): Ottawa struggles to spend foreign investments, GLP-1 drugs are changing tastes.
- [Nestlé chases the (literally) changing tastes of GLP-1 users](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/nestl-chases-the-literally-changing-tastes-of-glp-1-users): Weight-loss drugs are warping taste buds.
- [Ottawa doesn’t know where to spend the UAE’s money](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/ottawa-doesn-t-know-where-to-spend-the-uae-s-money): How do you spend $70 billion, anyhow?
- [Water Cooler with Drummond Munro](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/water-cooler-with-drummond-munro): A Q&A with the Fairground co-founder and co-CEO.
- [Rogers tightens its grip on Canadian sports](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/rogers-tightens-its-grip-on-canadian-sports): Toronto's teams are all under one roof. 
- [TKMS wins Canada’s generational submarine contract](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/tkms-wins-canada-s-generational-submarine-contract): The Germans win the bidding war.
- [Winner takes all](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/winner-takes-all): Preview text for the newsletter
- [Books are back](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/books-are-back): Canadians are reading again, World Cup spending dries up. 
- [Canadians are dusting off their bookshelves](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/canadians-are-dusting-off-their-bookshelves): Reading for fun is back
- [The World Cup has been fun, but did it make Canada any money?](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/the-world-cup-has-been-fun-but-did-it-make-canada-any-money): Soccer fans haven't been spending
- [📈 The Peak World Dispatch](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/the-peak-world-dispatch-3982): Why is the U.K churning through prime ministers?
- [Why is the U.K. churning through prime ministers?](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/why-is-the-u-k-churning-through-prime-ministers): We asked the experts.
- [Pipe dream](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/pipe-dream): Ironing out the West Coast pipeline, StubHub hit with class action World Cup suit.
- [West Coast oil pipeline takes shape](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/west-coast-oil-pipeline-takes-shape): Ottawa and Alberta are ironing out the details.
- [StubHub under fire for World Cup ticket no-shows](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/stubhub-under-fire-for-world-cup-ticket-no-shows): Footie fans are hopping mad over alleged speculative selling. 
- [Gotta catch ‘em all ](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/gotta-catch-em-all): A record-setting Canadian defence raise, Pokémon cards are a hot commodity.
- [Dominion Dynamics lands record-setting defence raise](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/dominion-dynamics-lands-record-setting-defence-raise): Is a federal defence contract up next?
- [Pokémon cards are hot, and collectors gotta catch ‘em all](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/pok-mon-cards-are-hot-and-collectors-gotta-catch-em-all): We hope you didn't throw out that old binder full of them. 
- [Extra credit](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/extra-credit): A Canadian carbon capture milestone, The Not-So-Magnificent Seven.
- [The Mag 7’s spending spree is spooking investors ](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/the-mag-7-s-spending-spree-is-spooking-investors): The Not-So-Magnificent Seven. 
- [Canadian company reaches carbon capture milestone](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/canadian-company-reaches-carbon-capture-milestone): A Montreal startup just made carbon capture history. 
- [Good enough](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/good-enough): A new open-source AI turns heads, Germany’s auto industry reels.
- [Chinese cars are devastating German automakers. Is North America next?](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/chinese-cars-are-devastating-german-automakers-is-north-america-next): Competition from China has created an existential crisis for Germany's auto industry.
- [The AI world is abuzz about a new open source model](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/the-ai-world-is-abuzz-about-a-new-open-source-model): Open-source LLMs from China are closing the gap with the frontier labs in the U.S.
- [The Peak Weekend Reader](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/the-peak-weekend-reader-c8c9): Why does Toronto have so many empty storefronts?
- [In a city with so many vacant storefronts, why is it so difficult for small businesses to find retail space?](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/in-a-city-with-so-many-vacant-storefronts-why-is-it-so-difficult-for-small-businesses-to-find-retail): While prime commercial strips sit empty, in Toronto, even small businesses with plenty of cash are struggling to find space to set up shop.
- [Power trip ](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/power-trip): Alberta mulls new rules to court data centres, Olympic athletes are getting paid.
- [Olympic athletes are about to get (a little bit) paid](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/olympic-athletes-are-about-to-get-a-little-bit-paid): After 130 years, amateur hour is over.
- [Alberta is opening up its power grid to Big Tech](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/alberta-is-opening-up-its-power-grid-to-big-tech): Data centres encouraged to BYOP (bring your own power).
- [Welcome to the era of shopping apps that sell nothing](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/welcome-to-the-era-of-shopping-apps-that-sell-nothing): A nicotine patch for online shopping addicts.
- [Canada’s new pesticide bill raises concerns](https://www.readthepeak.com/p/canada-s-new-pesticide-bill-raises-concerns): A weedy situation is growing.