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European Union countries intend next year to push for more gas deals – including long-term contracts – to replace Russian supplies, draft conclusions for an EU leaders’ summit on Thursday showed. The draft, seen by Reuters, said the EU should move quickly to start jointly buying gas – an idea suggested by the EU last year to use the bloc’s heft as the world’s biggest gas market to negotiate lower prices, but which it has yet to put into practice. At the same time, countries should also accelerate talks with reliable suppliers “to secure the supply of gas in view of winter 2023/2024 with a view to concluding long-term contracts,” said the draft, which could change before it is adopted by leaders. Russia was Europe’s top gas supplier but has cut off the majority of European deliveries since its invasion of Ukraine in February, sending energy prices soaring and driving EU countries to secure extra supplies from Algeria, Norway and the United States. Brussels has said the majority of Rus...

A serial founder and former public company CEO, Dan Richards is an award-winning member of the marketing faculty at the Rotman School of Management, where he also oversees the credit course associated with MBA student internships. Today, many employees view being asked to go into the office for even one or two days a week as an unreasonable request. In their view, the past two years have proved they can be just as productive from home while enjoying flexibility and saving on time, cost and commuting hassle. A recent report , prepared by the Future Skills Centre, Environics Institute for Survey Research, and the Ted Rogers School of Management’s Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University, shows almost four in five Canadians say they like working from home more than the office. Even if some employees acknowledge there are benefits to working from the office, many take the view that all of those advantages accrue to their employer, while they bear all the costs. In informal ...