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3.5 year - 2.30% + MORE Dec 8th
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 »
Making sense of the markets this week: January 23 + MORE Jan 22nd
Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.
U.S. earnings season is in full swing
Earnings season is off and running. As always, the financials were battling to be the lead-off batter, as we look .... More »
OAS payment dates in 2025, and more to know about Old Age Security + MORE Jul 28th
If you’re approaching or planning for retirement, you may have questions about Old Age Security (OAS) benefits, like: Do I need to apply for OAS? How much will I receive in OAS? When do OAS payments go out? We cover these questions and more below. But first, here’s a quick overview of how OAS wo.... More »
Samsung Electronics forecasts 31 per cent drop in 1Q operating profit + MORE Apr 6th
SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating income likely declined 31 per cent over a year earlier.
The company’s earnings preview put its January-March operating profit at 5.9 trillion won ($5.4 billion), which was higher than analysts̵.... More »
Couche-Tard's Q2 earnings up 9% from acquisitions, fuel sales + MORE Nov 27th
The world's second-biggest convenience store operator beat revenue expectations, as the Quebec-based retailer's net earnings rose nine per cent in its most recent quarter thanks in part to acquisitions, improved fuel sales and lower taxes..... More »
Video: Whistler couple's success on Dragons' Den pays offVancouver SunWhistler couple Norm and Natasha Strim's little gourmet condiment business Nonna Pia pays off on Dragons' Den. With B.C. sales of $722,000, they went on the CBC television show Dragons' Den in search of investment. Dragon David Chilton offered to …and more »
3.5 year – 2.20%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-10-20. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
4.5 year – 2.50%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-06-13. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
How to bounce back from disaster: book review
– macleans.ca
THE RESILIENCE DIVIDEND: BEING STRONG IN A WORLD WHERE THINGS GO WRONG
Judith Rodin
With constant terrorist threats, Islamic State beheadings, Ebola and extreme weather, no wonder it feels as if humanity is under siege. But there is hope, asserts Judith Rodin. It is derived from our tremendous capacity for resilience: “to prepare for disruption, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to grow from a disruptive experience,” as she defines it.
Given that we can learn (at least, in theory) from drastic events such as 9/11, hurricane Sandy and the SARS pandemic, we adapt and transform. Resilience may not be an inherited characteristic, yet if the 20th century has shown anything, it is that humanity knows how to bounce back. That, suggests Rodin, is the “resilience dividend.” Or put another way, the trick is to figure out how to overcome our penchant to be apathetic until something really bad happens; in Rodin’s thinking, we need to install the traffic signal at a busy intersection before a pedestrian crossing the street is killed, not after, as is too often the case…
40 days – 2.75%
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This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 0000-00-00. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
