The $25 Billion Mistake Americans Are Making Each Year
While it’s always smart to invest money you’re not using in the stock market, the best place for your near-term or emergency savings is none other than the bank. Still, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take steps to snag the highest possible interest rate on your savings. Unfortunately, most Americans don’t do enough research when […]
The Costs of Entering Hospice Care
IN 2016, MORE THAN 1 million Medicare beneficiaries died while receiving hospice care, according to data compiled by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. “Few people know that hospice is not just for the patient, but for the family,” says Edo Banach, president and CEO of NHPCO, a nonprofit representing hospice and palliative care […]
Apple numbers jar investors
Apple’s faithful customers aren’t snapping up iPhones quite as enthusiastically as anticipated heading into the crucial holiday shopping season. But the latest models costing $1,000 and more are popular enough to keep propelling profits ever higher for the world’s most prosperous company. The mixed bag emerged in the quarterly results Apple released Thursday amid jitters […]
Enbridge reports Q3 loss
Enbridge Inc. says it lost $90 million in its latest quarter as it was hit by a number of one-time charges. The pipeline and utility company says the loss amounted to five cents per share for the quarter compared with a profit of $765 million or 47 cents per share a year ago. The loss […]
Home supply up, sales drop
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home supply is rising and reaching levels not seen in roughly four years, even as the average price inches up year-over-year. The board says the composite benchmark price for all homes was $1,062,100 in October — up one per cent since October 2017, but down 3.3 per […]
Time change a low priority
Of all the issues facing businesses, getting rid of daylight time doesn’t come up in boardroom discussions about how to improve Canada’s economy, says the president of the Business Council of British Columbia. Greg D’Avignon said Friday businesses spend little time considering the pros and cons of moving clocks backwards and forwards by one hour […]