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Alberta to announce new oil and gas royalty framework today + MORE Jan 29th
CALGARY — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will be in Calgary today to reveal the province’s new oil and gas royalty framework.
The announcement comes as oil hovers around US$30 a barrel and industry players have warned the government against doing anything to worsen the pain.
The new system w.... More »
How to protect personal assets if your business fails May 6th
Q. We are closing our business due to the recent pandemic events. We had been looking at selling it anyway due to a struggling economy, challenging franchise, and so on.
We are personally liable to the bank for our build-out loan, as well as to the landlord. Basically, we would love to avoid losing .... More »
French ex-minister in court over tax fraud, money laundering + MORE Feb 8th
PARIS — Jerome Cahuzac was the face of France’s fight against tax evaders — until he was forced to acknowledge that he himself was dodging taxes, hiding money in tax havens around the world.
President Francois Hollande’s onetime budget minister is now facing the prospect of prison as.... 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 »
Alberta regulator's new rules throw oil deals into doubt + MORE Jun 23rd
Financial stress test by Alberta Energy Regulator could lead to fewer buyers for energy assets in play
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30 days – 1.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
From the internal report on GM’s mishandled ignition switch recall to the federal government’s new anti-spam laws causing headaches, and $2,000 Stanley Cup tickets, it was a busy week in financial news. CBC Producer Jacqueline Hansen will catch you up with our business week wrap.
Wilbur Ross using new IPO to fund asset purchase
– theglobeandmail.com
The ‘blank cheque‘ company doesn’t currently have a business plan other than to engage in a merger or acquisition
90 days – 1.60%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-11-28. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
The weeks after Findependence Day
– moneysense.ca
(Photograph by Jonathan Chevreau)As MoneySense Editor Duncan Hood mentioned in his latest Editor’s Letter, my personal Findependence Day (or Financial Independence Day) was May 20, my last day as a full-time employee at Rogers Publishing. The concept of Findependence and Findependence Day can be found in chapter one of the financial novel of the same name, and which is the chief focus of this blog.
At one point in the book, I say that the day after Findependence Day may be just like the one before it, except that from this moment on you work because you want to, not because you have to. Right now, I neither have to nor want to, so I’m declaring this summer a sabbatical. After 35 consecutive years in journalism, with never more than two weeks off in a row, it’s a long-awaited chance to do a lot of reading and thinking and exploring new opportunities.
Is semi-retirement the best of all worlds?
Some of the books I’ve been reading are What Color is Your Parachute? For Retirement; Mitch Anthony’s The New Retirementality; Ian Taylor’s Are you ready for Semi-Retirement? and others I’ll mention in future posts…
