In meetings, the attention death-spiral has many causes — a lacklustre PowerPoint, a colleague’s droning delivery, someone uttering the word “synergy” — but the outcome is always the same: a dispiriting realization that you’ll never get that hour back. Even before the pandemic turned us all into Zoombies trapped in a video-conferencing loop, meetings were […]
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Housing experts say prospective homebuyers hoping today’s interest rate hike will cool the country’s heated real estate market will likely be disappointed. They believe pent-up demand for homes is so high and supply still so scarce that the Bank of Canada’s decision to hike the rate to 0.5 per cent from 0.25 per cent won’t […]
As Russian tanks rolling through Ukrainian cities meet fierce local resistance, some of Canada’s top business leaders are fighting the invasion another way — by pulling their money out of Russia. More than 100 of Canada’s top business leaders and investment managers have signed a letter vowing to sell off all of their Russian investments, […]
The Canadian arm of PwC — one of the world’s largest accounting and consulting firms — has agreed to pay regulators more than $1 million after 1,200 employees were caught sharing or receiving answers for internal training tests. The total includes a $750,000 (U.S.) fine levied by the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (CAOB), […]
When workers head back to the office in the coming months, the spaces might look similar to how they were left when the pandemic began in March 2020. But flicking on a light switch, visiting the washroom or even heading to another floor could reveal a slew of issues missed amid the health crisis. “When […]
Markets are getting volatile. Should you seek shelter in dividend stocks? | The Star “,”heading”:””,”fullWindow”:false,”fullBleed”:false,”showFullBleedOnMobile”:false,”headColor”:””,”type”:”html5mobile”,”textColor”:””,”mobileImageUrl”:””,”bgColor”:””,”imageUrl”:””,”registeredOnly”:false,”linkUrl”:””,”aodaTitle”:”iframe”,”internalScroll”:false,”displayStyle”:”small-up”},{“text”:”That doesn’t mean you should dump all your growth stocks, Calvert says. He recommends a diversified portfolio, with a mix of blue-chip dividend stocks, smaller-cap growth stocks to mitigate risk, and other kinds of investments as well.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:”“Having exposure to other fixed-income […]
Laurel Price was surprised to learn that TD Canada Trust’s recent 2021 “Love and Money” survey found that 74 per cent of divorced Canadians polled felt their financial status is the same or better than when they were married. “I took a financial hit because I didn’t have a pre-nuptial agreement around my pension,” said […]
Millennial Money is a weekly submission-based series that provides financial advice to millennials. Read the full series here. At 39, Luis has finally landed a full-time job after moving to Toronto from the Philippines five years ago. “It’s been a long time coming, but finally something opened up for me,” said Luis, who earns $35,000 […]
The Faceoff: Molson Coors’ move from brewing company to beverage company makes gains while price hikes help the bottom line at Anheuser-Busch. Which comes out on top? | The Star “,”heading”:””,”fullWindow”:false,”fullBleed”:false,”showFullBleedOnMobile”:false,”headColor”:””,”type”:”html5mobile”,”textColor”:””,”mobileImageUrl”:””,”bgColor”:””,”imageUrl”:””,”registeredOnly”:false,”linkUrl”:””,”aodaTitle”:”iframe”,”internalScroll”:false,”displayStyle”:”small-up”},{“text”:”“We grew the top-line for the first time in a decade,” Molson Coors president and CEO Gavin Hattersley told analysts this week. “,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:”“We now have […]
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