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Canada's Indebted Seniors
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
Last Updated on Friday, 15 February 2013 08:09
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Canada's Cash Hoarders
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
In developed nations around the world, politicians are prone to harp on the issue of lowering corporate taxes. Politicians directly link lower taxes with economic growth and job creation. Having spent 30 years working in the oil and gas sector, it seemed to me that this wasn't
Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 11:01
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Can Leak Detection End the Pipeline Impasse? Interview with Adrian Banica
Category: Economy Written by James Stafford
Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with enough left over to also tie a bow around it. Today, getting a pipeline built is not so easy - there are too many environmental concerns and
Last Updated on Monday, 11 February 2013 13:07
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Aubrey McClendon and the Destruction of the Natural Gas Market
Category: Economy Written by Dan Dicker
Aubrey McClendon is gone – or at least he's on his way out from Chesapeake energy (CHK). But the destruction of the natural gas market, where he was the ringleader in the shale gas land grab and cratering well price, is his real legacy, and not likely to be recovered from anytime soon. While
Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 13:35
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Where is Unemployment Headed in 2013?
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
Research by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examines the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections for medium-term labor force participation, an issue that will have a significant impact on the unemployment trend over the coming year. With the still elevated post-recession
Last Updated on Friday, 01 February 2013 11:25
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Debt and Savings in Low and Moderate Income America
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
A report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) provides us with a view of household finances in the United States, focussing on households in the bottom 40 percent of all U.S. households with incomes under $35,600 annually. These households are termed low- to
Last Updated on Monday, 28 January 2013 09:43
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Canada's Housing Market Affordability
Category: Economy Written by Glen Asher
The fine researchers at Demographia have once again released their annual International Housing Affordability Survey comparing housing affordability in 337 metropolitan markets throughout Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia. In this posting,
Last Updated on Friday, 25 January 2013 07:41
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