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Light rail, longer monorail could make Las Vegas more mobile, cost $12 billion plus + MORE Dec 13th
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Those trademark Las Vegas lights may one day woosh by windows of a light rail train ferrying visitors from the airport to casino lobbies.
Local transportation leaders are floating a 30-year-plan that could cost more than $12 billion involving everything from wider sidewalks a.... More »
Japanese messaging app Line shares surge in debut in Tokyo + MORE Jul 15th
TOKYO – Line Corp.’s shares surged in its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, a day after its initial public offering in New York, as investors cashed in on the popular Japanese messaging app that features emoticons.
The biggest technology sector IPO of the year for both nations.... More »
Activision Blizzard 'won't hesitate to fight' to defend Microsoft's acquisition | VGC - Video Games Chronicle Nov 25th
Activision Blizzard 'won't hesitate to fight' to defend Microsoft's acquisition | VGC Video Games ChronicleU.S. will likely challenge Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition: report MobileSyrupThe FTC May Move To Block Microsoft’s Monster Activision Blizzard Acquisition&n.... More »
3 Visual Storytelling Tips to Give Your Online Brand an Edge Apr 30th
Content that includes a visual gets 94% more views than pure text alone. In other words, visual storytelling should be a huge part of your company’s marketing strategy.
But many businesses feel overwhelmed by creating visual assets. It can be intimidating, but these tips will help you out.
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Canadian bank earnings forecast bright but housing, NAFTA cloud outlook + MORE Feb 20th
The forecast for Canada's biggest banks is bright thanks to U.S. tax reform and higher interest rates, but as they report first-quarter results this week, domestic mortgage demand and the North American Free Trade Agreement could cloud the long-term outlook, analysts say..... More »
Ivanhoe Energy declares bankruptcy as restructuring talks with creditors fail
– canadianbusiness.com
CALGARY – Ivanhoe Energy Inc. says it is bankrupt after restructuring talks with creditors proved unsuccessful.
The company had been working with Ernst & Young to reach a viable restructuring proposal and had already extended the deadline for filing a proposal by a month.
The Vancouver-based heavy oil company has projects in Ecuador and Mongolia and was working to develop a proprietary upgrading process for heavy oil.
The Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ delisted the company’s shares in February.
Ivanhoe Energy is one of several companies backed by Robert Friedland, a mining promoter who has played key roles in developing the Voisey’s Bay nickel deposit in Labrador and the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold deposit in Mongolia.
The post Ivanhoe Energy declares bankruptcy as restructuring talks with creditors fail appeared first on Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News.
The company had been working with Ernst & Young to reach a viable restructuring proposal and had already extended the deadline for filing a proposal by a month.
The Vancouver-based heavy oil company has projects in Ecuador and Mongolia and was working to develop a proprietary upgrading process for heavy oil.
The Toronto Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ delisted the company’s shares in February.
Ivanhoe Energy is one of several companies backed by Robert Friedland, a mining promoter who has played key roles in developing the Voisey’s Bay nickel deposit in Labrador and the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold deposit in Mongolia.
The post Ivanhoe Energy declares bankruptcy as restructuring talks with creditors fail appeared first on Canadian Business – Your Source For Business News.
Canada Stocks to Watch: Air Canada, Alamos Gold and More
– blogs.wsj.com
Air Canada raised its financial targets. It’s one of the stocks we’re watching Tuesday.
Janet Yellen Is No Stock Market Sage
– online.wsj.com
If you sold your biotech stock based on the Fed chair’s assessment of the market in July, you’d be sorry now.Business Highlights
– canadianbusiness.com
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More older Americans are being buried by housing debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al and Saundra Karp have found an unconventional way to raise money and help save their Miami-area home from foreclosure: They’re lining up gigs for their family jazz band.
They enjoy performing. But it isn’t exactly how Al, an 86-year-old Korean War vet, or Saundra, 76, had expected to spend their retirement.
Of all the financial threats facing Americans of retirement age — outliving savings, falling for scams, paying for long-term care — housing isn’t supposed to be one. But after a home-price collapse, the worst recession since the 1930s and some calamitous decisions to turn homes into cash machines, millions of them are straining to make house payments.
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Next up for Wal-Mart pay raises: department managers
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is raising starting wages for more than 100,000 U.S. department managers and workers in its deli and other specialized departments.
The moves mark the next wave of pay raises by the nation’s largest private employer, which has been under pressure from labour-backed groups for the treatment of its workers…
More older Americans are being buried by housing debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al and Saundra Karp have found an unconventional way to raise money and help save their Miami-area home from foreclosure: They’re lining up gigs for their family jazz band.
They enjoy performing. But it isn’t exactly how Al, an 86-year-old Korean War vet, or Saundra, 76, had expected to spend their retirement.
Of all the financial threats facing Americans of retirement age — outliving savings, falling for scams, paying for long-term care — housing isn’t supposed to be one. But after a home-price collapse, the worst recession since the 1930s and some calamitous decisions to turn homes into cash machines, millions of them are straining to make house payments.
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Next up for Wal-Mart pay raises: department managers
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is raising starting wages for more than 100,000 U.S. department managers and workers in its deli and other specialized departments.
The moves mark the next wave of pay raises by the nation’s largest private employer, which has been under pressure from labour-backed groups for the treatment of its workers…
What keeps RBC’s chief financial officer up at night
– theglobeandmail.com
The banks’ problem: If a big, new player emerges in the payments industry, traditional banks will play a lesser role with the consumer
