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How much are solar panels in Canada? Mar 28th
Should you put solar panels on your roof? It sounds like a great idea to generate electricity from the renewable and free resource that is the sun, but the answer depends on many variables, ranging from your household’s energy consumption and where you live to the size of your budget. Let’s.... More »
Greece debt crisis: How will Greeks vote? - BBC News + MORE Jul 2nd
BBC NewsGreece debt crisis: How will Greeks vote?BBC NewsOn Sunday, Greece will hold a referendum asking whether proposals made by creditors last week should be accepted or rejected. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is urging a "No" vote, while Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has accused th.... More »
The value of Dividend Advisor Feb 12th
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor.
I’ve read dozens of personal finance and investing books that tout the merits of indexing investing.
It’s all true.
To be clear, the trend towards low-cost, indexed investments has been great for retail investors. Indexing works on many fronts: it i.... More »
Ontario’s balanced budget is laudable, but where’s the plan to tackle debt? + MORE Apr 27th
The province needs something like Quebec’s debt-fighting fund to rein in its longer-term financial threat
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Lisa Hannam on measuring time and money, and more + MORE Nov 1st
Money isn’t just about paycheques, belongings, savings, real estate and investing—it’s all these things and more. With the goal to keep MoneySense.ca an accessible resource to Canadians at all levels of financial literacy, editor-in-chief Lisa Hannam has grown the editorial team, publishing mo.... More »
Consumer Financial Cover-Up
– online.wsj.com
An agency won’t tell employers or Congress how it calculates bias.
Catalyst to launch IPO for prize holding
– theglobeandmail.com
Hopes to raise up to $200-million to boost operation that loans to companies seeking hard-to-find credit
China to build more railways to help raise number of urban residents as it seeks more growth
– canadianbusiness.com
BEIJING, China – China will build more railways and increase the number of small and medium-sized cities as it seeks to raise the proportion of urban residents in the population, which it sees as the country’s next big engine for economic growth.
The plans are contained in a 2014-2020 urbanization document unveiled Sunday by the State Council, China’s Cabinet, that was reported by the official Xinhua News Agency.
The plan says rural residents employed in cities will see their incomes rise, increasing consumption, while investment in urban infrastructure, public service facilities and housing will drive economic development.
At present, permanent urban residents make up 53.7 per cent of the population of almost 1.4 billion. China plans to raise this to 60 per cent of the total population by 2020 — on a par with that of developing countries with similar per capita income levels as China and lower than the average of 80 per cent for developed countries.
Xinhua said the plan states that regular railways will cover cities with more than 200,000 residents by 2020 and high-speed railways with connect those with more than half a million residents…
The plans are contained in a 2014-2020 urbanization document unveiled Sunday by the State Council, China’s Cabinet, that was reported by the official Xinhua News Agency.
The plan says rural residents employed in cities will see their incomes rise, increasing consumption, while investment in urban infrastructure, public service facilities and housing will drive economic development.
At present, permanent urban residents make up 53.7 per cent of the population of almost 1.4 billion. China plans to raise this to 60 per cent of the total population by 2020 — on a par with that of developing countries with similar per capita income levels as China and lower than the average of 80 per cent for developed countries.
Xinhua said the plan states that regular railways will cover cities with more than 200,000 residents by 2020 and high-speed railways with connect those with more than half a million residents…
Asian stock markets shrug off Crimea vote result but safe-haven yen remains strong
– canadianbusiness.com
HONG KONG – Asian stocks drifted Monday as investors largely shrugged off a weekend vote in which Crimeans opted to leave Ukraine and join Russia.
Safe-haven assets such as the Japanese yet got a boost after preliminary results showed an overwhelming number of voters in the Ukrainian region approved splitting off and joining Russia in Sunday’s vote. Final results are expected later Monday.
The U.S. has threatened Russia with sanctions should it annex Crimea and President Barack Obama and other top U.S. officials warned Moscow against making further military moves toward southern and eastern Ukraine.
Fears about regional instability did not, however, translate strongly into investor pessimism in Asia. The biggest loser was Japan’s Nikkei 225, which dropped 0.4 per cent to 14,264.21, fuelled by the yen’s recent gains.
“If there are signs of Russian influence extending beyond Crimea, expect risk aversion to reverberate,” said Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank in Singapore, adding that “safety bolts” such as yen, gold, Swiss francs and U…
Safe-haven assets such as the Japanese yet got a boost after preliminary results showed an overwhelming number of voters in the Ukrainian region approved splitting off and joining Russia in Sunday’s vote. Final results are expected later Monday.
The U.S. has threatened Russia with sanctions should it annex Crimea and President Barack Obama and other top U.S. officials warned Moscow against making further military moves toward southern and eastern Ukraine.
Fears about regional instability did not, however, translate strongly into investor pessimism in Asia. The biggest loser was Japan’s Nikkei 225, which dropped 0.4 per cent to 14,264.21, fuelled by the yen’s recent gains.
“If there are signs of Russian influence extending beyond Crimea, expect risk aversion to reverberate,” said Vishnu Varathan of Mizuho Bank in Singapore, adding that “safety bolts” such as yen, gold, Swiss francs and U…
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