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Canadian teenagers smarter than most about money, OECD finds

Canadian teenagers are more financially literate than most people their age in other rich countries, but more than one in eight still fails to meet what the OECD considers a baseline level of proficiency in the topic. More 11:26 AM ET read comments

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People with serious food allergies want impostors to stop faking it in restaurants

People with serious food allergies want others to stop faking allergies in restaurants. They worry the tall tales may compel kitchen staff to stop taking any claim seriously. More 11:39 AM ET read comments

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GM's emissions scandal and dangerous avocados: CBC's Marketplace consumer cheat sheet

Miss something this week? Here's the consumer news you need to know. More 11:56 AM ET video

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Homeland Security chief mulling greatly expanded airplane laptop ban

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says he's considering banning laptops from the passenger cabins of all international flights to and from the United States. More 12:54 PM ET

• EU demands urgent talks with Washington over airline laptop ban May 11
• U.S. likely to expand airline laptop ban to include some European countries May 11