Risk-averse kids
Author Marina Adshade on how to raise an entrepreneur and other stories.
Bank of Canada lowers key interest rate by 0.5%
On Wednesday, the central bank announced a jumbo rate cut—its fifth cut in a row since June—and signalled a...
- Kids these days are more risk-averse, Marina Adshade writes in the latest issue of Canadian Business. One reason for this might be single-child families. Research suggests having siblings increases a child’s chances of economic success.
- The U.S. markets are on fire, but there’s still no economy recovery in sight. Richard Warnica explains the disconnect.
- The Competition Bureau’s case against the Toronto Real Estate Board has been thrown out. The Bureau was looking to overturn TREB rules that prohibit real estate agents from setting up virtual offices. While we’re on the topic of real estate, a new survey of Ontario real estate professionals finds that smoking in the home could lower its resale value by as much as 29%.
- Grocery Alerts has posted 38 kitchen tricks to save time and money. Our favourite involves pancake mix and an empty ketchup bottle–genius.
- Read Maclean’s Scott Feschuk’s open letter to his money. It’s a hilarious, if not cautionary, account of what happens Vegas.
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