Trump warning to GM
Donald Trump tweeted a warning shot across GM’s front bumper Tuesday, threatening to pull all U.S. subsidies for America’s largest automaker if its plans to slash jobs and production at North American plants prove to be a precursor to building interconnected electric cars in China. The U.S. president’s senior economic adviser was in the middle […]
Cdn auto industry in peril
Unifor president Jerry Dias says General Motors’ plan to close its car plant in Oshawa, Ontario puts it on the brink of leaving Canada completely. The head of Canada’s biggest private-sector union represents about 2,500 workers at the factory the carmaker plans to shut at the end of 2019. After meeting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
5 Ways Small Business Owners Can Start Preparing For Retirement
Small business owners are often so involved with the day-to-day operations of their business, many feel they don’t have the time to look down the road and plan for retirement. And as a result, some entrepreneurs may never be ready to retire. According to a survey by Manta, one-third of business owners don’t have any […]
What to Know About High Yield Reward Checking Accounts
Interest rates are rising little by little, but if you meet certain requirements, you can get double the ~ two percent yield of big banks by switching to a high yield reward checking account. Offered by smaller regional banks and credit unions to attract clients, high yield reward checking accounts offer rates as high as […]
Is a property crash coming? We answer the 20 most pressing personal finance questions
How much should I set aside for a “rainy day”? And where do I keep it? First, pay down your debts. It is foolish to keep, say, a £3,000 balance in savings while repaying the monthly minimum on a £5,000 credit card debt. That said, try to keep about £500 aside for emergencies – a […]
Financial literacy education in Reserve Bank’s and ASIC’s sights
Economics has been called the dismal science, and it would seem the public education system shares that view. Just 40 per cent of Australian high schools offer economics as a subject compared to more than 90 per cent back in the early 1990s — and most of those that do are private and selective schools. […]