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Gordon Pape is forced to make a 2,300 km road trip back from Florida — and spots an investment opportunity along the way + MORE Apr 8th
Fleeing Florida due to the COVID-19 crisis, the writer is reminded that there is still a vital part of the U.S. economy that isn’t paralyzed..... More »
Former Olympic rower missing from Victoria + MORE Nov 18th
VANCOUVER — At least three investigations are underway in the case of an investment dealer and former Canadian Olympic rower who has gone missing from Victoria.
Investia Financial Services Inc. has launched a probe into the activities of Harold Backer, who is also the subject of two missing-person.... More »
Hawaii’s Outrigger Hotels being sold to investment firm + MORE Nov 9th
HONOLULU, Hawaii – The Hawaii family-owned hotel chain Outrigger Hotels and Resorts is being sold to a Denver-based investment firm.
Outrigger and KSL Capital Partners jointly announced the deal on Tuesday. They didn’t disclose terms of the agreement.
The sale includes hotels in Hawaii a.... More »
90 days - 1.75% + MORE Jul 13th
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
South Africa, Zimbabwe look for mining revival under new leaders + MORE Feb 26th
The downfall of former presidents Jacob Zuma and Robert Mugabe is seen as the best opportunity in many years to remove the steep barriers to investment in both countries.
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60 days – 1.55%
– 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.
120 days – 1.70%
– 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.
What silicon valley really teaches us
– macleans.ca
Robert Galbraith/ReutersIn 2011, an American president grappling with a stagnant economy and an angry electorate could do no better than to visit the visionaries in Silicon Valley and be seen seeking their counsel. So off Barack Obama went that February to rub elbows with Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s then-CEO, Eric Schmidt. The financial crisis and recession that gutted the American economy had barely bruised the California tech hub. And against the backdrop of the rest of corporate America—automakers on the dole, manufacturers shipping jobs overseas, fat cat bankers cashing massive bonuses—the valley positively shone. Obama wasn’t alone in hailing the region as an economic model for America’s future, but the President cemented that notion when he gushed, “No part of the country better represents America’s driving spirit than Silicon Valley, with its entrepreneurship, dynamism, blood, sweat and tears.”
To that today, he might add, “and its tax dodgers, class warfare, wage suppression and crass materialism…
5.5 year – 2.80%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-03-11. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
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.
