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3.5 year - 2.30% + MORE Dec 26th
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
Manitoba Crown corporations, communications jobs need trimming: premier + MORE Dec 29th
Manitoba’s Crown corporations, especially their communications departments, seem next in line for Premier Brian Pallister’s cost-cutting efforts.
In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Pallister touted his 2016 measures to reduce spending in government — cutting the number of.... More »
Big Six banks all hold contentious Israeli defence stock, but one Scotiabank-owned investment manager stands above all - The Globe and Mail Sep 2nd
Big Six banks all hold contentious Israeli defence stock, but one Scotiabank-owned investment manager stands above all The Globe and Mail.... More »
SpaceX stock jumps after record IPO, making Musk the first trillionaire - CBC Jun 12th
SpaceX stock jumps after record IPO, making Musk the first trillionaire CBCSpaceX stock jumps nearly 30% following largest IPO ever Yahoo FinanceSpaceX soars 23 per cent in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire BNN BloombergSpaceX IPO makes Elo.... More »
Fox and Disney shareholders approve deal for entertainment assets + MORE Jul 27th
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. and Walt Disney Co. said on Friday their shareholders voted to approve Disney's $71 billion US purchase of Fox's film and television assets..... More »
Steps Foundation Stock Contest raising money for financial literacy – how ironic is that!
– http://canadianfinancialdiy.blogspot.ca
The other day I received an email from a member of the Steps Foundation, promoting their latest fundraising venture, an online stock contest with play money and real stocks. For a $50 entry the biggest portfolio after 1 month (contest starts June 25, though one can apparently enter late, and ends July 26).wins half the money from the total of entry fees (I cannot find the rules on the website, maybe they appear after one has paid, but I know because the email I received had the rules attached). Now the Steps organization looks legit (yes, I did check it out some since scammers are not confined to Nigeria) and their aim to raise funds to support other organizations that actually teach financial literacy by debt counseling and that kind of thing does jive with what I try to do informally with this blog. So I do have some sympathy for their aims.However, the contest itself exemplifies the very worst way to approach the stock market, as a kind of short term lottery to make the most money in the shortest time…
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Avi Jorisch: Despite Sanctions, Iran's Money Flow Continues
– online.wsj.com
It’s time for the Swift global financial network to cut off service to all of Iran’s banks, not just 14.
China's clampdown on credit, shadow banking, roils markets
– theglobeandmail.com
Tough new credit rules, designed to deflate dangerous financial bubble, will put brakes on growth
