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Don’t make these mistakes when investing in AI May 12th
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It’s easy to see why businesses would want to experiment with artificial intelligence: it can help identify pain points in a company’s workflow, leading to more efficient supply chains or internal processes, which saves time and money. It also allows workers to.... More »
Ford hires 400 for Canadian connected car research + MORE Mar 30th
Ford Motor Co. will hire approximately 400 employees from embattled communications company BlackBerry Ltd. as part of sizable new investments in Canada that include a connected-vehicle research centre in Ottawa, the smartphone maker said Thursday.
Ford said the Ottawa research centre is part of a $5.... More »
‘People Work for Money’: Pay Transparency Is More Important Now Than Ever + MORE Jun 30th
After endless hours of swaddling/feeding/rocking my baby daughter into submission, I spent the precious little downtime I had during maternity leave in 2021 and 2022 applying for a new communications job.
Before my mat leave, I was stagnating in my old role. Bored and undervalued, I needed a.... More »
Best bank accounts for side hustles in Canada 2026 + MORE May 20th
More and more Canadians are learning how to hustle, with an estimated 28% of Canadians taking on short-term or freelance work, according to an H&R Block study. Gig work can be great for supplementing your income or paying for unexpected expenses, but you may want to keep that income separate fro.... More »
Inside TD’s One-Click ETF Portfolios + MORE Feb 18th
The ongoing popularity of asset allocation ETFs is undoubtedly a good thing—maybe even revolutionary. Canadians have enthusiastically embraced the one-ticket portfolios from Vanguard and iShares in particular—VGRO alone has $1.7 billion in assets. (BMO’s smaller family of one-ETF p.... More »
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ becomes fastest movie to $1 billion
– canadianbusiness.com
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has reached $1 billion at the box office, reaching the milestone with record-setting hyper speed.
The Walt Disney Co. said “The Force Awakens” crossed the billion-dollar mark Sunday, accomplishing the feat in just 12 days. The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was Universal’s “Jurassic World,” which did it in 13 days in June. “Jurassic World” also had the benefit of record grosses in China. “The Force Awakens” doesn’t open in the world’s second-largest movie market until Jan. 9.
J.J. Abrams’ installment of “Star Wars” also posted the biggest Christmas Day box office in history with $49.3 million and the best second-weekend earnings with $153.5 million.
“The Force Awakens” has been setting records since its debut Dec. 17. It brought in a galactic $238 million in North America over its opening weekend, besting previous record-setter “Jurassic World,” and set international opening-weekend records in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe…
The Walt Disney Co. said “The Force Awakens” crossed the billion-dollar mark Sunday, accomplishing the feat in just 12 days. The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was Universal’s “Jurassic World,” which did it in 13 days in June. “Jurassic World” also had the benefit of record grosses in China. “The Force Awakens” doesn’t open in the world’s second-largest movie market until Jan. 9.
J.J. Abrams’ installment of “Star Wars” also posted the biggest Christmas Day box office in history with $49.3 million and the best second-weekend earnings with $153.5 million.
“The Force Awakens” has been setting records since its debut Dec. 17. It brought in a galactic $238 million in North America over its opening weekend, besting previous record-setter “Jurassic World,” and set international opening-weekend records in Australia, New Zealand and throughout Europe…
Jacques Boissinot/CPMONTREAL — The Quebec government is considering a bill that could see members of the legislature get a substantial increase in their base salary and make them the country’s best-paid provincial politicians.
The proposal is essentially the result of recommendations in a report from retired Supreme Court justice Claire L’Heureux-Dube on how to improve their pay conditions.
Under the plan, the base salary would climb to $140,000 from $90,000, although the hike would kick in at the earliest in 2018 and only if the bill passes unanimously in the national assembly.
Liberal house leader Jean-Marc Fournier argues the eye-popping salary numbers wouldn’t mean an additional burden on taxpayers because politicians will assume responsibility for funding a greater share of their pension plan.
“There are savings of $400,000 yearly — some $4 million over 10 years,” Fournier said.
Fournier says eliminating $16,000 in tax-exempt earnings, boosting the share of politicians’ pension contributions to 41 per cent from 21 per cent, cutting certain allowances and making changes to collective insurance would offset any such pay hike…
