Share Wow, surprise! When we consumers suffer the highest taxes, the business is enjoying the lowest! The question remains: what are the incentives existing — if any — that would encourage businesses to pass on their tax savings onto consumers? And the key to this question is COMPETITION. Do we have a competitive environment that [...]
Share CIV – One of Hong Kong’s most famous ever entertainers and Vancouverite Lydia Shum will be laid to rest in Burnaby next week. Shum died Tuesday after a 18-month battle with cancer. In an obituary published in major HK newspapers today, her family indicates that Shum’s body will be buried at Forest Lawn, a [...]
Share This investing pattern is most pronounced in British Columbia, where residents made an average contribution to their savings/investments of $5,054 compared to an average of $1,596 to their RSP Scotiabank release – Nearly 80% of Canadians who have savings/investments feel that it is either very or fairly important to make regular contributions to their [...]
Share CIBC release – Cheung Kong Holdings of Hong Kong Takes C$350 Million Private Placement in CIBC Toronto-based CIBC received written commitments from a group of institutional investors, including Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. of Hong Kong, to invest, by way of a private placement, a total of $1.5 billion in CIBC common shares. Cheung Kong [...]
Share Gov of BC release – Premier Gordon Campbell will promote B.C.’s expertise in green technology and life sciences, as well as opportunities in trade, education and investment as he leads a mission to China and India Nov. 27 through Dec. 7. “British Columbia has expertise in the development of innovative, green technology and there [...]
Share Ipsos-Reid release – In the two nights following Finance Minster Flaherty’s announcement, Canadians were asked how they feel about the strength of the Canadian Dollar and how that reality should affect the prices Canadians pay at retailers. In this regard, six in ten (57%) Canadians believe that ‘it will take some time for prices [...]
Share I found this very interesting article about a westerner’s experience of doing business with the Chinese. Doing business in China: what to do and what not to do By Craig ReederSpecial to Business Matters Editor’s Note: A recent report by the U. S. Department of Commerce said one in 20 American businesses do business [...]
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