May
17The Savings account interest rate at Sovereign Bank has just changed from 0.9% APY to 0.75% APY with a minimum of $100 required. See the full details and rate info at Sovereign Bank Money Market/Savings $1000 rate. Triple Your Interest Savings Must have a checking account and automatic transfer of $100 or more to the Triple Your Interest Savings account per month to receive the rate.
I would like to thank the Mortgage Brokers Association of British Columbia for inviting me to speak to you this afternoon. The title of your conference is intriguing.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, was set in the Roaring Twenties, a period of notable advances coupled with economic excess—and followed by the devastation of the Great Depression.
I am not sure what the conference organizers had in mind when they picked the theme for today’s events, but perhaps they wanted to draw attention to the parallels between this earlier era and recent events. In th
Apr
11Alongside the soaring popularity of start-ups and super tech firms is the faltering success of traditional advertising agencies.
All evidence points to the fact that the landscape is shifting away from slick executives and attention-grabbing marketing moves – But what does this mean for the savvy investor?
After all, advertising giant WPP’s share price has been sliding for an entire decade, according to Brand Republic, only resurging last month. “Any reasonable investor would have hoped to see some capital appreciation in that period.”
But the lack of any potential upswing in profits is a concern for ‘MarComs’- or Marketing Communications. Of the companies that were listed on the stock exchange in January 2001, a pitiful three are able to show any improvement in their share price today, adds Brand Republic. <
Apr
04On spending for the November Presidential elections comes this Associated Press article regarding President Obama campaign:
WASHINGTON — The costly Republican primary has been draining Mitt Romney’s wallet and giving President Barack Obama time to build an expansive campaign architecture with offices in 45 states and hundreds of employees.
The bad news for Obama is he’s had to start paying for all this now.
Obama has spent more than $135 million — more than GOP challengers Romney and Rick Santorum combined — on his re-election apparatus, according to an Associated Press analysis of Federal Election Commission records. That sets Read more…
Mar
30The Checking account interest rate at Asheville Savings Bank, S.S.B. has just changed from 1.5% APY to 1.25% APY with a minimum of $1 required. See the full details and rate info at Asheville Savings Bank, S.S.B. Checking Account rate. Smart Style Must have a direct deposit, ACH debit card. Statement electronically and ten check card purchases. If requirements are not met, the account will earn 0.05% APY.
Mar
22Good afternoon and thank you for the kind invitation to speak to the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce.
The climates and geographies of Brazil and Canada couldn’t be more different. Yet our countries have much in common.
We are both resource- and land-rich—Canada is the world’s second-largest country, Brazil the fifth largest. We are both among the world’s top 10 oil producers. We share a democratic system of government and market-based economies. And our monetary policies are both anchored by an inflation target with a flexible exchange rate.
In recent years we both faced a global financial crisis that emanated from beyond our borders. We weren’t immune but came through it better than most.
Among G-7 countries, Canada had the shortest recession and one of the strongest recoveries. The recession in Canada lasted three quarters and our GDP is now 3.3 per cent above its pre-recession peak. Even more
