Elon Musk Says Will Sell Tesla Stock if UN Can Describe How $6B Solves Hunger Crisis
11/01/2021 12:39 PMElon Musk said he'd sell Tesla stock and donate the proceeds if the UN could prove that just a tiny percentage of his wealth could save tens of millions of lives. Musk was responding to comments by David Beasley, the director of the UN's World Food Programme, who told...
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Trading Desk Notes For October 30, 2021
11/01/2021 11:35 AMTesla soars – stock indices hit new All-Time Highs Tesla’s market cap was ~$1.14 Trillion at the end of October- up ~$340B for the month. $340B is more than the total market cap of 481 of the companies in the S+P 500. Massive buying of (very) short-dated call options...
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Canadian Sisters Win Defamation Case After Social Media Campaign Alleged They Mocked George Floyd’s Murder
11/01/2021 10:58 AMTwo Ontario sisters have been awarded $100,000 in a defamation suit against an activist who started a social media campaign against them, alleging a Snapchat video they made mocked the murder of George Floyd. The sisters, Shania and Justine Lavallee, were both fired...
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East Vancouver home on block designated for six-storeys sold at double assessed value for $2.8 million
11/01/2021 10:19 AMHere’s an example of how zoning for more density increases land value. On July 28, 2016, Vancouver city council approved the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan. The plan provides direction for residential and other developments in the area bounded by Clark Drive,...
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Wheat prices surge to 2012 high, threatening to speed food inflation
11/01/2021 9:45 AMBenchmark wheat in Chicago climbed above US$8 a bushel for the first time in almost nine years amid growing inflation pressures that threaten to raise already soaring food prices worldwide. Futures linked to other grain varieties in the U.S. and Europe also surged,...
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Quote of the Week, Shocking Stat & Goofy Award – Oct 30th
10/31/2021 10:40 AMQuote of the Week In January the PM predicted what the impact of a vaccine mandate would be...and he was right. Shocking Stat Two stats this week surprised even those people who've been saying that inflation's going to be a problem for consumers and business. Goofy...
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Mike’s Comment – Oct 30th
10/31/2021 10:32 AMMike talks about the message behind the most controversial cabinet pick in memory that even had Liberal heads...
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October 30th Episode
10/30/2021 7:28 AMOne senior Liberal is quoted as calling Steven Guibeault's selection as Environment Minister "vandalizing the economy." Plus ace oil analyst, Eric Nuttall on the surprising future of oil, and the Prime Minister's thoughts on the impact of a vaccine mandate...made last...
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Premier’s office to be exempt from scrutiny under law changes: Michael McEvoy
10/29/2021 1:44 PMB.C.'s premier’s office would be exempt from citizen’s information requests under proposed Freedom of Information and Privacy Act changes, the provincial information and privacy commissioner has said. In an open letter to Minister of Citizen’s Service Lisa Beare,...
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Green Energy: A Bubble In Unrealistic Expectations
10/29/2021 11:59 AMSponsor content received from Integrated Wealth Management This week’s EVA provides another sneak preview into David Hay’s book-in-process, “Bubble 3.0” discussing what he thinks is the crucial topic of “greenflation.” This is a term he coined referring to the rising...
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