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Freshii aims to add 150 to 160 restaurants this year + MORE Mar 22nd
Freshii released its first earnings report since it began trading on the TSX, reporting $16.1-million in revenue
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Business Highlights + MORE May 12th
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Middle class shrinks in 9 of 10 US cities as incomes fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — In cities across America, the middle class is hollowing out.
A widening wealth gap is moving more households into either higher- or lower-income groups in major metro areas, with fewer remaining in the middle, accordin.... More »
You love your iPhone. But should you invest in Apple? + MORE Sep 27th
Financial planners caution against buying stock solely because of a company’s brand-name recognition..... More »
Engadget Podcast: Switch 2 review, Summer Game Fest and WWDC 2025 - Engadget Jun 13th
Engadget Podcast: Switch 2 review, Summer Game Fest and WWDC 2025 EngadgetSwitch 2 is the continuity candidate that might just win PolygonNintendo Switch 2 Sales Boom, But Tariff Uncertainty Clouds Stock Outlook MorningstarNintendo Switch 2 Outselling the OG Switch 2.... More »
Aurora acquires stake in medical pot company The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings + MORE Jan 5th
EDMONTON, B.C. _ Aurora Cannabis Inc. has signed deals to acquire an initial minority stake in The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. and to purchase up to 20 per cent of TGOD’s annual cannabis production.
Aurora (TSX:ACB) says it plans to acquire a 17.62 per cent stake in the privately held.... More »
Trump defends ‘Trump University’ from Rubio, Cruz attacks
– canadianbusiness.com
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is playing defence on at least one issue these days: his role in a now-defunct real estate seminar business called Trump University.
At a rally in Arkansas on Saturday, Trump took a break from his stump speech to downplay a class-action civil lawsuit pending against the business, which was founded by Trump and offered students instruction on real estate investments.
“It’s a small deal, very small,” Trump said of the suit, which could force him to take the stand this summer.
Trump specifically railed against the judge in the case, and at one point noted the judge’s Hispanic ethnicity.
Trump claimed the case should have been thrown out years ago, “but because it was me and because there’s a hostility toward me by the judge – tremendous hostility – beyond belief.” He then noted, as an aside: “I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine. He’s Hispanic — which is fine…
At a rally in Arkansas on Saturday, Trump took a break from his stump speech to downplay a class-action civil lawsuit pending against the business, which was founded by Trump and offered students instruction on real estate investments.
“It’s a small deal, very small,” Trump said of the suit, which could force him to take the stand this summer.
Trump specifically railed against the judge in the case, and at one point noted the judge’s Hispanic ethnicity.
Trump claimed the case should have been thrown out years ago, “but because it was me and because there’s a hostility toward me by the judge – tremendous hostility – beyond belief.” He then noted, as an aside: “I believe he happens to be Spanish, which is fine. He’s Hispanic — which is fine…
Rubio tax returns show steady salary, boosted by book deals
– canadianbusiness.com
WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio released summaries of his last five years of tax filings on Saturday, revealing him to be a candidate with a senator’s steady annual income of $176,000 who reaped repeated windfalls from book deals. During his first four years in the Senate, Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, together earned an average of $531,000 a year.
Since winning election to an office in Washington, Rubio’s income has ranged from $276,059 to $938,963, and he has paid between $46,500 and $254,894 in federal income tax. A comparison with personal Senate financial disclosures shows most of the income came from a business that collected royalties on two books: Rubio’s memoir, “An American Son,” and a pre-campaign tract, “American Dreams.”
In 2012, Rubio’s most lucrative year, his effective tax rate topped out at a little more than 31 per cent. But by 2014 — the last year for which a return summary is available — the family’s income dropped to $335,963, an amount on which the Rubios paid a 24 per cent tax rate…
Since winning election to an office in Washington, Rubio’s income has ranged from $276,059 to $938,963, and he has paid between $46,500 and $254,894 in federal income tax. A comparison with personal Senate financial disclosures shows most of the income came from a business that collected royalties on two books: Rubio’s memoir, “An American Son,” and a pre-campaign tract, “American Dreams.”
In 2012, Rubio’s most lucrative year, his effective tax rate topped out at a little more than 31 per cent. But by 2014 — the last year for which a return summary is available — the family’s income dropped to $335,963, an amount on which the Rubios paid a 24 per cent tax rate…
