I’d like to update the previous list I posted on which companies have laid off workers – how many jobs have been cut since the October stock market drop.
Since then, there was one day in which more than 75,000 jobs were cut in a single day alone! The current number of confirmed layoffs since November [...]
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According to a report studied by Eoin Callan of Canada’s Financial Post, the Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE: BNS) has “emerged during the credit crisis as one of the top 10 most stable banks in the world, according to a global ranking of the financial sector.” Moreover, in even more shocking news (if you recall [...]
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According to news reported by Amanda Lang on BNN’s SqueezePlay yesterday, Barack Obama says there are more bank failures to come. (He’s speaking of US bank failures, of course…)
Kevin O’Leary also said that the US bank deleveraging is going to continue for the next 2-5 years. This means it’s going to take quite some time [...]
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The so-called “Buy American” clauses in U.S. President Barack Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill package may initially sound like a good idea given all the recent layoffs and newly unemployed workers, but it recalls that ugly bumper sticker that I love to hate and tend to snicker at those driving the cars on which it is [...]
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Things are getting worse in Canada, too… but thankfully our honest and upright bankers are stepping back when they know they might do well to forgo a bit of their bonuses. Scotiabank’s CEO lopped off about 2.5 million in his yearly take-home, and Royal Bank’s CEO decided to forgo his stock options for the year.
It’s [...]
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