Experts foresee so many filings in the coming months that the courts could struggle to salvage the businesses that are worth saving. Already, companies large and small are succumbing to the effects of the coronavirus. They include household names like Hertz and J. Crew and comparatively anonymous energy companies like Diamond […]
Lloyd Wilks is an executive director of CounselQuest Inc., a leader in litigation and corporate investigations support, an active member of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers and co-founder of Malachy Soiree, an annual fundraiser dedicated to transforming the Neonatal Intensive. Care Unit at St. Michael Hospital in Toronto. Lloyd […]
Over the last several decades, the Federal Reserve and the US government have almost exclusively directed their policies toward “stimulating” spending. Artificially low interest rates incentivize borrowing and discourage savings. But spending money isn’t the only thing that makes the economy go around. Savings are crucial and the lack of […]
Leslyn Lewis is a Canadian lawyer and political candidate living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Likewise, in February 2020 Lewis was confirmed as an official leadership contestant for the Conservative Party of Canada, after the resignation of former party leader Andrew Scheer in December 2019. Similarly, it is necessary to indicate […]
The national debt pushed above $26 trillion last week. In just a little over two months, the US government has added over $2 trillion to the debt. The budget deficit has already set an all-time record with four months left in the fiscal year. In April, the US Treasury sold […]
For example, GST/HST should be charged on the price of the actual gas, not the additional one-third the government charges us as fuel taxes Like most Canadians, I don’t enjoy paying my bills every month. But what particularly frustrates me is the tax on tax we pay in some of our […]
(Kitco News) — Turkey’s central bank has become the world’s biggest official-sector buyer of gold, said Commerzbank. Analysts cited data from the International Monetary Fund showing that the Turkish central bank upped its gold reserves by 890,000 ounces to a record 21.28 million in May. “This equates to purchases of just under […]
Introduction Stock markets around the world have tumbled since late February, when international investors began to worry about the spread of the coronavirus outside of China and its impact on the global economy. Although equity markets have partially recovered since then, the Euro Stoxx 50 lost 12.3% in the week […]
Does Carbon Dioxide cause climate change? a) Carbon dioxide is a minor player in any further warming. It is uniformly distributed in the atmosphere but only absorbs infrared (heat) in a very narrow wavelength range. The CO2 wavelength range is outside the range of most of the solar radiance that […]
Central bankers look set to go on a gold buying binge this year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows. And the leading reason for the likely desire to buy bars of bullion is fear of another financial crisis, according to a recent report from industry group […]