Australia often has been dubbed “Lucky Australia.” Over the past year or so that…
Canada’s Business
Profound consequences of working with an aging workforce
Even under the best of circumstances, managing the workforce is difficult and complicated.…
The financial industry has become a terrible waste
Despite last year’s debacle in the stock and bond markets, young people graduating from…
Greatly improved
Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist, vividly described the deplorable treatment of workers,…
Horribly inefficient
There are innumerable examples of non-profit organizations that usually are advised to become more…
Canadas 4-Fs status will help to ensure its prosperity
In the Unites States, at Armed Forces’ induction stations those deemed medically unfit have…
Boxing Day now a distorted custom
Every so often something comes along that shows how much our economy and our customs have been…
Humdrum sales now the norm
Retailers have been going to extraordinary lengths to boost sales and profits. On the day after…
Rebalancing
When trends change, it usually takes some time for the general public to recognize what is taking…
Turning of the tide
Although unemployment remains stubbornly high and wage increases are scarce, corporate profits are…
Using cash
It is well known that companies in Canada are piling up cash. How that hoard is used remains an…
Hoarding cash
A perplexing problem is the huge hoard of cash that corporations are sitting on and why. The…
Unknowable
Most of us are aware of the hazards of making predictions; unfortunately, economic forecasting,…
Simply outlandish
Canadian investors increasingly have been engaged in a simply outlandish tactic: placing…
The aftermath
The lessons of history have been ignored by governments who have continued to maintain cheap credit…