Podcast Episodes

Day trading tax 📈 — Interest rates stay flat. Canadian tax courts cracking down on TFSA. And canola oil is getting big into fuels.

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Tiff Macklem is nothing if not a man of his word. Despite mounting pressures, the Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its promise and continued to hold steady …

3 years, 1 month ago

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Review hijack 🛍️ — Interest rates are looking down. Big fine for review hijacking. And return to office incentives.

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High interest rates are hurting wallets, but there may be an end in sight.

Supplement-maker The Bountiful Company will pay a US$600,000 fine to the US…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Sleep deals 💤 — Sleep Country makes another deal. And the courts are looking to scrap Mr. Big.

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If you thought tax season couldn’t get any more stressful, the people responsible for getting your returns back are out of office for the foreseeable…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Infested mansion 🏠— Apple moves some manufacturing to India. 24 Sussex is in trouble. And Google can’t fire Germans.

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Apple’s first-ever retail store in India is set to open any day now, but that’s hardly the only move the biggest tech giant is making into the world’…

3 years, 1 month ago

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The Big Short 💸— Investors are betting against TD. Friendshoring has challenges. And new doctor rules.

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Don’t freak out, but global investors are staking a lot of money on one of Canada’s biggest banks hitting some seriously choppy waters.

To paraphrase …

3 years, 1 month ago

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Quiet cities 🏢 — Finland is in NATO. Twitter is pushing pay-to-play. And Canadian downtown cores are quiet.

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The happiest people on earth have joined the West’s most important military alliance.

Today in news we wish was an April Fool’s joke, Twitter is **all…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Fighting acquisition 🥊 — WWE is bought. A Canadian astronaut is going to space. And Aritzia has a new law suit.

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Hot off of WrestleMania, the world’s largest pro wrestling promotion is linking up with the world’s biggest mixed martial arts brand to bodyslam thei…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Mobile deal finalized 📱 — Rogers-Shaw is over. Sea-Doos and Ski-Doos are still popular. And there’s a subsidy war brewing.

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The federal government approved Rogers’ ~$26 billion takeover of Telus, and slapped down 21 conditions to ensure the deal benefits Canadians.

Bombardi…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Loan sharks 🦈 — AI is taking jobs. China bails out countries. And loan sharks get new rules.

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We’ve got good news and bad news. Good news: Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) promise to boost productivity and global GDP! Bad news: it coul…

3 years, 1 month ago

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AI worries 👾 — Technologists are concerned about the pace of AI. Google is rolling out new heat wave alerts. And the feds are introducing new taxes.

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Kind of like us at an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant, AI is doing too much way too fast.

With warmer weather ahead, Google wants to make sure you do…

3 years, 1 month ago

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