Believe it or not, airline quality hasn’t been this good in decades
Maybe the skies are getting a little friendlier. Last year, major airlines in America received the best score ever in the 29-year history of an annual study that tracks consumer complaints, on-time performance and mishaps like mishandled baggage and passengers getting bumped off oversold flights. The Airline Quality Rating awarded its best overall score ever […]
You don’t need a 4-year college degree for these high-paying jobs at Google, Apple, Netflix
College is overrated. Well, at least sometimes. New data from millions of users and job listings from career networking site LinkedIn shows that many top companies including Google GOOG, -0.27% AAPL, +1.57% Airbnb, Facebook FB, -0.45% Oracle ORCL, -0.39% and others all have high-paying, in-demand jobs where a four-year degree isn’t required. “The four-year degree […]
12,500 oil job-loss forecast
A new report says direct employment in Canada’s oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year. PetroLMI says the workforce is forecast to drop to about 173,300 in 2019, a decline of 23 per cent from 226,500 in 2014. It says the oil and gas labour market shrank […]
Housing starts up
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the pace of housing starts picked up in March. The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts climbed to 192,527 units in March, compared with 166,290 units in February. Economists on average had expected an annual pace of 196,500, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. […]
TSX, Dow down
Canada’s main stock index was down in late-morning trading as a broad-based retreat more than offset gains by energy stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 42.83 points at 16,353.32. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 105.17 points at 26,319.82. The S&P 500 index was down 4.87 points at 2,887.87, while […]
Urged to end ‘bully’ offers
Ontario’s realtors say the province should ban so-called “bully” offers that they say give some home buyers an unfair advantage. Ontario Real Estate Association President Karen Cox says the government should use its current review of the act that governs realtors in the province to bar the practice. So-called “bully” offers are submitted by a […]