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What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market? Jan 28th
A frenzy over an artificial intelligence chatbot made by Chinese tech startup DeepSeek was upending stock markets Monday and fuelling debates over the economic and geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China in developing AI technology.
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Volunteering in times of financial hardship can seem impossible. Here's how to balance giving back with your own finances Apr 20th
With a global trade war escalating at a time when many were already facing a cost of living crisis, people who want to give their time are having to make "tough" decisions..... More »
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Stop calling Canada's latest big idea a sovereign wealth fund | About That - CBC + MORE May 1st
Stop calling Canada's latest big idea a sovereign wealth fund | About That CBCOpinion: Should debt-ridden Canada really be borrowing $25-billion to invest more? The Globe and MailPrime Minister Carney announces the Canada Strong Fund – Canada’s first sovereign wealth fund&n.... More »
How to fund accessible home renovations in Canada + MORE Jul 5th
My house, as I told my insurance broker recently, is the Canadian housing equivalent of ancient. Built in the 1910s in Saskatoon, this house has many foibles. To hang pictures, I have to use wood screws lest regular nails bounce off of the layers and layers of paint. My basement is a little more tha.... More »
A Wave of Start-ups Are Disrupting the $2-Billion Funeral Industry
– canadianbusiness.com
Like many tech-savvy Millennials, Mallory Greene always knew she wanted to launch her own start-up. She mulled over ideas and options while building up her resumé at the investment company Wealthsimple, where she was the head of corporate social responsibility. For several years, she just had no idea what kind of business she might want to run. “Then I realized it was in front of me the whole time,” she says. “I grew up around death.”
Greene’s mom is a hospice nurse. Her dad is a funeral director—the Dan Aykroyd to her Anna Chlumsky from My Girl. “My school friends ridiculed me because they thought it was so disturbing,” she says. “People constantly ask if my life was just like that movie.”
In 2019, at the age of 26, Greene founded Eirene, a direct-to-consumer cremation (and aquamation—more on this later) service that lets users bypass archaic and expensive funeral homes in favour of a streamlined all-digital process, where the body of a loved one can be ferried away within hours of dying and their ashes delivered to your door within the week…
