Empty Shelves in NZ: International Supply Chain Delays Broaden
05/17/2021 8:13 AMTemporary shipping delays caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic - leading to shortages of products across New Zealand industries - are likely to continue until the end of the year, experts say. Supply chain issues are affecting pet food supplies, the automotive...
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The Hollowness of the “Inequality” Lament
05/17/2021 6:00 AMWe know - it's the thing to say but those that want a brownie badge for saying it - don't even bother to define it, let alone propose practical policies to address...
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Quote of the Week & Goofy Award
05/15/2021 10:44 AMQuote of the Week Universities have broken their unspoken agreement with society by pushing political ideology at the expense of open debate. Goofy Award Well that settles it. According to some prominent politicians the only people who have a problem with...
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Mike’s Comment
05/15/2021 10:30 AMAs usual our leaders talk a good game but they're going to blow a generational opportunity. Not a single party has a practical plan to increase resource production to take advantage of the push to renewable...
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Entire Show – May 15th
05/15/2021 10:20 AMOur leaders are blowing a generational economic opportunity. Top economist, John Johnston on whether it's time to buy some US dollars and take some stock money off the table. Is Ozzie seeing a top in real estate. And attention all "deplorables" don't miss the...
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Win A Trillion Dollar Bill!
05/15/2021 8:34 AMHistory is replete with stories of what happens when people lose faith in paper currencies. And some of them occurred recently. We’re giving away 5 real, collectible 100 Trillion bills – a great contest against the backdrop of the Western world’s unprecedented money...
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The DJIA fell ~1,500 points from Monday to Wednesday but bounced back ~900 points by Friday. In other news…
05/15/2021 6:39 AMThe Dow Jones and S+P futures closed at All-Time Highs Friday, May 7, traded higher during the Sunday overnight session but turned lower Monday morning and tumbled ~1,500 points to Wednesday’s lows. The DJIA rallied back ~900 points Thursday and Friday. Bond futures...
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Hong Kong luxury house ‘sets record with US$2.5 million yearly rent’
05/14/2021 6:55 AMA house on 73 Mount Kellett Road on the Peak was leased for HK$1.6 million (US$206,000) a month, Hong Kong Economic Times reported, citing unidentified sources. That translates into about US$2.5 million a year for the tenant. The amount surpassed the previous record...
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Would you like an entire luxury car or a purse? The price points are the same.
05/14/2021 6:43 AMBirkin bags hit record prices even as the world ground to a halt. New York (CNN)The desirability of an Hermès Birkin handbag -- a symbol of rarefied wealth -- is such that not even a global pandemic can dull demand for it. Instead, it has helped fire it up even...
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The CBC’s Partisanship Just Cost You More Money
05/14/2021 6:24 AMRemember when the CBC sued the Conservative Party for using a snippet of the leaders debate in a campaign ad in 2019. Well they just lost in Federal Court - no surprise - and guess what? We're paying the...
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