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How Immigration Boosts Canadian Trade
– ratesupermarket.ca
When I first moved to Canada from India over five years ago I was surprised to find that, while 11,462 km from my country and birth and homesick, I didn’t actually miss India. It was all around me, from the people to the food to Bollywood. This shouldn’t come as a surprise – India has the third highest number of citizens who have immigrated to Canada. As well, there is a rapidly growing Indo-Canadian community, estimated to total over 1 million. As a result, Canada’s trade relations with India has received a boost, growing 38 per cent to $5.8 billion as India is a priority market under Canada’s Global Market Action Plan.
Also read: Why Banks Are Targeting New Canadians>
Immigration’s Impact on the Export Industry
A 2010 Conference Board of Canada report, titled Immigrants as Innovators, supports the concept that higher immigration directly results in an increase in imports and exports. According to the report, a 1 per cent increase in the number of immigrants to Canada corresponds to an increase in imports of 0…
Big Italian banks report strong earnings after cleaning up finances for Europe-wide test
– canadianbusiness.com
MILAN – The recent Europe-wide health check on banks is producing results for Italy, whose top two lenders on Tuesday posted a strong rise in quarterly profits after cleaning up their finances in anticipation of the test.
While nine smaller Italian banks failed the test, putting a negative spotlight on Italy’s failure to generate economic growth, UniCredit and Intesa SanPaolo, the country’s two biggest banks, passed with strong marks.
Before the test, the two banks cleaned out their books by writing off bad loans, a painful process that seems to be paying dividends. On Tuesday, both reported profits in the three months ending Sept. 30 more than doubling, early signs of recovery in the banking sector.
UniCredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni told an analyst conference call that the test had rewarded “the strong effort UniCredit has made in the last year to strengthen our balance sheet.”
UniCredit, Italy’s largest bank by assets, exceeded analyst forecasts by posting net income for the quarter of 722 million euros ($958 million), up from 204 million euros a year earlier…
While nine smaller Italian banks failed the test, putting a negative spotlight on Italy’s failure to generate economic growth, UniCredit and Intesa SanPaolo, the country’s two biggest banks, passed with strong marks.
Before the test, the two banks cleaned out their books by writing off bad loans, a painful process that seems to be paying dividends. On Tuesday, both reported profits in the three months ending Sept. 30 more than doubling, early signs of recovery in the banking sector.
UniCredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni told an analyst conference call that the test had rewarded “the strong effort UniCredit has made in the last year to strengthen our balance sheet.”
UniCredit, Italy’s largest bank by assets, exceeded analyst forecasts by posting net income for the quarter of 722 million euros ($958 million), up from 204 million euros a year earlier…
How Immigration Boosts Canadian Trade
– ratesupermarket.ca
When I first moved to Canada from India over five years ago I was surprised to find that, while 11,462 km from my country and birth and homesick, I didn’t actually miss India. It was all around me, from the people to the food to Bollywood. This shouldn’t come as a surprise – India has the third highest number of citizens who have immigrated to Canada. As well, there is a rapidly growing Indo-Canadian community, estimated to total over 1 million. As a result, Canada’s trade relations with India has received a boost, growing 38 per cent to $5.8 billion as India is a priority market under Canada’s Global Market Action Plan.
Also read: Why Banks Are Targeting New Canadians>
Immigration’s Impact on the Export Industry
A 2010 Conference Board of Canada report, titled Immigrants as Innovators, supports the concept that higher immigration directly results in an increase in imports and exports. According to the report, a 1 per cent increase in the number of immigrants to Canada corresponds to an increase in imports of 0…
