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What I Learned About the Economy From Watching Food, Inc. (dir. Robert Kenner, 2009)

June 30, 2009 · 17 comments

in agriculture, business, capitalism, commodities, economy, films, health, infrastructure, nutrition, survival

NB: As you can imagine from watching a film like Food, Inc., it can be hard to separate the emotion and just report “calmly” on the plain facts presented by the film.  Originally I wrote this the same day I saw it, but I’ve since gone back and edited it to try to tone down [...]

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Jim Flaherty’s Interview with BNN’s Amanda Lang at the Conference of Montreal

June 11, 2009 · 2 comments

in Canadian, Canadian economy, G20, business, international economy, stimulus

The International Economic Forum of the Americas’ Conference of Montreal was covered this week by BNN’s Amanda Lang, who interviewed the World Bank President (Robert Zoellick), the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (Dominique Strauss-Kahn), former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright and the CEO of General Electric (Jeffrey Immelt).
I’ll provide a brief overview [...]

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Franchising for Cashflow

August 15, 2008 · 2 comments

in business, guest post

Over the past 5 years I’ve had the opportunity to buy, operate, and sell five franchised restaurants. The restaurant businesses, and specifically franchised restaurants, have provided significant additional cash flow for my family (on top of my earnings as a financial advisor 2002-2006, and now private equity fund manager 2007-present).
I think the key is [...]

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Top Stock Picks from BNN Guest Analysts

August 6, 2008 · 2 comments

in Canadian, business

Here are the stocks I’m watching lately, supported by votes of confidence from the guest analysts brought in lately on BNN:
Arc Energy Trust – (AET.UN-T): $28-29
Crescent Point Energy – (CPU.UN-T): $33-34
Husky Energy – (HSE-T): $43-44
Freehold Royalty Trust – (FRU.UN-T): $21-22
Diana Shipping – (DSX-N): $28-29
Interesting that most of them are oil plays. Oil per barrel [...]

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Google Going After Bell Canada (BCE)

July 8, 2008 · 0 comments

in business, news and updates

This should be interesting.  I’m glad I won’t be a BCE holder much longer.  Today’s story in the Financial Post (Toronto) – Google Slams Bell for Throttling Internet – shows that Bell Canada is still being held to task for its bandwidth control practices.  I checked up on the share prices, but there isn’t much [...]

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Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They are Making (by David Rothkopf, Viking Canada, 2008)

June 26, 2008 · 3 comments

in books, business, politics

Lately I’ve found a new source of distraction in this sporadically intriguing book by David Rothkopf:
The book is ostensibly about the world’s power elite and the nature of their power, wealth and influence. Sounds like predictable, run-of-the-mill summer reading? It’s not. It’s actually quite a nuanced approach to the subject. Rothkopf [...]

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