Stephan's Friday Picks

• Families are shrinking as people have fewer children - or none at all (CBC)
• Boar's Head disaster shows the price of deregulation (Bloomberg)
• Behold dairy lobby's power, as Bloc holds Liberals hostage over supply management (Globe and Mail)
• How Bogg bags, the Crocs of totes, won over America's moms (Bloomberg)
• From the archives (2017): The many failings of supply management are the government's problems, not the farmers' (Globe and Mail)

 Stephan's Thursday Picks

• Walmart's terrible, horrible, no-good, very badly timed JD.com block trade (FT)
• FTC can proceed with its antitrust claims against Amazon, judge rules (Washington Post)
• CVS, considering a breakup, will find its hard to do (WSJ)
• Canadian Tire store in Toronto under investigation for alleged mistreatment of temporary foreign workers (Globe and Mail)
• The Whole Foods 'Chantilly Gate' saga shows complaining works sometimes (Eater)

 Stephan's Wednesday Picks

• CVS explores options including breakup, sources say (Reuters)
• PepsiCo nears deal for tortilla chip maker Siete Foods (WSJ)
• Meet the star of Sushi-Con: A 400-pound tuna (NYT)
• The great $4.5 billion container heist (Bloomberg)
• How chicken tenders conquered America (NYT)

 Stephan's Tuesday Picks

• Roger Martin: Personal effectiveness strategy (Medium)
• Vintage shopping is booming. Banana Republic and others get in on the action (NYT)
• Major CVS shareholders plans activist push (CNBC)
• Is food the new fuel? Convenience stores look to become food destinations (Globe and Mail)
• Inside Domino's quest to revive sales with 'emergency pizza (WSJ)