Get The Hip Waders Out
07/07/2021 6:02 AMThe election's coming and the BS is about to flow. Big promises with no price tag...and no follow through. No serious talk about economic growth or government waste and the usual BS about...
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TikTok is taking the book industry by storm, and retailers are taking notice
07/06/2021 1:47 PM"BookTok" has sent old books back to the top of bestseller lists and helped launch the careers of new authors. Videos with the BookTok hashtag have been viewed a collective 12.6 billion times. Author Adam Silvera four years ago released the young adult science fiction...
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US Oil Prices Soar To 6-Year High In OPEC Standoff
07/06/2021 7:29 AMThe U.S. benchmark oil price WTI Crude hit its highest level since November 2014 early on Tuesday, after OPEC+ on Monday called off its third attempt to reach an agreement over oil policy management for the coming months. In Asian trade earlier in the day, WTI...
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What’s next for Amazon’s Bezos? Look at his Instagram
07/06/2021 6:44 AMDwayne "The Rock" Johnson said it was time to bust out the tequila. Standing by the seashore, the celebrity wrestler and film star put his arm around Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O) founder. Bezos, in sunglasses, smiled for a picture and then shared it on the...
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(Michael Levy) Being Gouged at the Pumps
07/06/2021 6:32 AMThe BC provincial government frequently points fingers at the big gas companies for price gouging but with over a third of the price of gas going to taxes who's gouging who? (Photo: Global...
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Consumer confidence in Canada hits record on vaccine reopenings
07/05/2021 2:13 PMCanadians are entering the second half of the year more confident about their economic prospects than they’ve ever been. Consumer sentiment marched higher to a new record last week, according to polling by Nanos Research Group for Bloomberg News, driven by optimism...
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Semiconductor Shortage Slams Auto Sales in June
07/05/2021 7:01 AMToyota, after hoarding chips, blows away GM for first time ever. Ford Motor was the last major automaker to report US sales for June on Friday. Most others reported US sales on Thursday. GM and FCA don’t report monthly sales; they only report quarterly, so Q2 sales....
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REvil Strikes Again. Bitcoin And The Ransomware Problem
07/05/2021 6:45 AMRussia-based hacking group REvil attacked over 200 US networks and demanded $70 million in Bitcoin as ransom. The leading cryptocurrency is increasingly used in Ransomware attacks, and this is causing problems for the authorities. Russian-based ransomware group...
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Can Central Banks and Government Ever Stop Spiking the Punch Bowl?
07/05/2021 6:13 AMThe economic party was always going to be a blast given how much money governments borrowed and spent, along with record low interest rates - the question is how long does it last and what comes...
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Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat and Goofy Award – July 3rd
07/03/2021 10:47 AMQuote of the Week Brilliant advice for students - and the rest of us - by 15 Harvard, Yale and Princeton professors summed up in just 3 words. Shocking Stat To borrow from JP Morgan - you can ignore the actions of the Communist Party of China - the problem is - they...
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