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Add it nowThe three Canadian teams in Major League Soccer are back in Canada for good, the league announced Thursday. The Public Health Agency of Canada and Minister of Immigration have approved a National Interest Exemption that allows all MLS players to participate in cross-border matches subject to stringent health and safety protocols. Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver had played all their home matches in the United States until recently because of pandemic-related border restrictions.
In pandemic-pummeled Florida, angry parents clashed with Broward County school board members this week over whether their children will be forced to wear masks in class. In South Carolina, school officials reminded parents that state lawmakers have barred mask mandates. In states such as North Carolina and Alabama, some public school districts announced they will require face coverings for students even as neighboring counties told parents masks will remain optional.
Data analytics giant SAS Institute Inc, which has been privately held for over forty years, said on Thursday it was preparing for an initial public offering by 2024. The decision to go public is driven by the need to offer employees stock options to attract tech talent, as well as succession planning to position the company for long-term growth, co-founder and long-time chief executive Jim Goodnight told Reuters in an interview. The announcement comes weeks after a report that chip and software company Broadcom Inc was in talks to buy the company for over $15 billion.
Qualtrics International Inc on Thursday said it would acquire privately held Clarabridge for $1.1 billion in stock. Qualtrics, which was spun out of SAP SE earlier this year and remains majority-controlled by the German software company, makes software that helps companies gather feedback from customers about their experiences with products and services. Most of Provo, Utah-based Qualtrics' software uses online surveys to gather that feedback directly from customers.
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InStyleUber Technologies Inc is pushing back its back-to-office date to late October globally, and all employees in the United States will have to be fully vaccinated before returning to office, a spokesperson said on Thursday. The news comes a day after major tech companies including Twitter Inc, Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook Inc said all U.S. employees must get vaccinated to step into offices, as the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant drives a resurgence in cases. In April, Uber said it expected its employees to return to office by Sept. 13.

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