The Canadian economy posted its worst showing on record in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country shutting down businesses and putting people out of work. Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product shrank 5.4 per cent in 2020, the steepest annual decline since comparable data was first recorded in 1961. The […]
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Kitco Market DataGold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday February 11, 2021 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver. It runs a website, Kitco.com, for gold news, commentary and market information Source link
THE owner of Harvester, All Bar One and Toby Carvery has axed 1,300 jobs following the coronavirus crisis. Pub operator Mitchells and Butlers said it could no longer support these roles due to lockdown restrictions on boozers across the country. 1 Mitchells and Butler has cut 1,300 jobs, it confirmed todayCredit: Getty – Contributor Revealing […]
IN keeping with its mission of guiding local micro, small and medium-size enterprises (MSMEs) on the path of becoming export-ready and equipping them with the knowledge to navigate the market space, Export Max III has officially launched its mentorship programme. The programme follows a concept of big brother/big sister alliance for export growth and will […]
Players from the National Football League were among the first to voice their support. Then came Stacey Abrams, the Democratic star who helped turn Georgia blue in the 2020 election. The actor Danny Glover traveled to Bessemer, Ala., for a news conference last week, where he invoked the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s pro-union […]
TORONTO — Are we more vulnerable to fraud due to the pandemic? I would argue yes, we are. Fraudsters have become more intrusive and are very skillful at deciding who to target. Criminals have always preyed on those who may be showing signs of perceived weakness. Those experiencing isolation as we enter into year two […]
Former US President Donald Trump may have disappeared noisily into history but the sword of Damocles which he has left over the head of the Maduro administration in Venezuela remains dangling menacingly and Trump’s successor, Joe Biden, appears in no hurry to remove it. This week Caribbean News.net quoted “experts” as warning that South America’s […]
SPORTS Direct boss Mike Ashley has offered rival Sir Philip Green a £50million lifeline for his crumbling Topshop empire. The businessman is looking at acquiring Arcadia group’s brands – just two years after insisting he wouldn’t buy Arcadia “for a pound”. 6 Topshop faces collapse in days, according to reportsCredit: Reuters 6 Mike Ashley is […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Caribbean Airlines Cargo has partnered with exporTT to better connect Trinidad and Tobago businesses to regional and international markets. A strategic alignment has been formed, operating on the understanding that both organisations share similar goals and service many of the same clients. The areas of focus for the partnership will be information […]
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is expected to say this morning precisely how bad a year the Canadian economy suffered in 2020. Preliminary estimates from late January suggested the economy suffered its worst year on record with contraction of 5.1 per cent last year, which would be the worst decline in six decades of comparable data. […]