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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/27/budget-09-make-the-next-generation-pay/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/27/budget-09-make-the-next-generation-pay/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:06:13 +0000 Duncan Hood http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=31514 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/01/27/budget-09-make-the-next-generation-pay/feed/ 3 So the budget is out and it looks like the Tories are going to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/29/how-busting-madoff-cost-the-us-government-billions/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/29/how-busting-madoff-cost-the-us-government-billions/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:42:36 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=25767 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/29/how-busting-madoff-cost-the-us-government-billions/feed/ 6 Over at the American Interest editorial blog, economist Peter Heller looks at where the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/19/lendor-else/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/19/lendor-else/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:44:52 +0000 Steve Maich http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=25225 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/19/lendor-else/feed/ 35 STEVE MAICH ON ALL BUSINESS http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/18/pick-your-poison-inflation-or-deflation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/18/pick-your-poison-inflation-or-deflation/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:06:09 +0000 Duncan Hood http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=25164 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/18/pick-your-poison-inflation-or-deflation/feed/ 26 Duncan Hood on All Business http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/a-pickup-truck-full-of-good-news/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/a-pickup-truck-full-of-good-news/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:09:39 +0000 Colin Campbell http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24594 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/a-pickup-truck-full-of-good-news/feed/ 7 Hundreds of thousands of jobs may or may not be at risk as the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/as-interest-rates-hit-record-low-what-next/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/as-interest-rates-hit-record-low-what-next/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:52 +0000 Colin Campbell http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24578 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/16/as-interest-rates-hit-record-low-what-next/feed/ 7 The U.S. Federal Reserve cut its target interest rate to a never-before seen low... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/12/are-we-doomed-to-build-another-bubble/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/12/are-we-doomed-to-build-another-bubble/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:42:29 +0000 Colin Campbell http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24168 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/12/are-we-doomed-to-build-another-bubble/feed/ 12 When the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 and the economy entered a recession, it... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/12/the-sad-reality-facing-general-motors/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/12/the-sad-reality-facing-general-motors/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:16:35 +0000 Steve Maich http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=24112 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/12/the-sad-reality-facing-general-motors/feed/ 38 BY STEVE MAICH http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/11/will-foreclosures-hit-canadian-homeowners/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/11/will-foreclosures-hit-canadian-homeowners/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:35:33 +0000 Jason Kirby http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23933 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/11/will-foreclosures-hit-canadian-homeowners/feed/ 6 BY JASON KIRBY http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/10/a-hot-new-investment-tip-just-sleep-on-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/10/a-hot-new-investment-tip-just-sleep-on-it/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:04:04 +0000 Jason Kirby http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23760 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/10/a-hot-new-investment-tip-just-sleep-on-it/feed/ 3 BY JASON KIRBY http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/09/letters-from-keynes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/09/letters-from-keynes/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:05:58 +0000 Colin Campbell http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23381 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/09/letters-from-keynes/feed/ 18 This letter was sent to U.S. President Franklin D.  Roosevelt in 1933 by John... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/09/bank-of-canada-cuts-rates-but-will-the-big-five-follow/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/09/bank-of-canada-cuts-rates-but-will-the-big-five-follow/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:15:45 +0000 Colin Campbell http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/09/bank-of-canada-cuts-rates-but-will-the-big-five-follow/feed/ 7 All Business http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/did-gm-betray-america/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/did-gm-betray-america/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:52:26 +0000 Steve Maich http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=23031 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/08/did-gm-betray-america/feed/ 21 BY STEVE MAICH http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/500000-us-job-losses/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/500000-us-job-losses/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:02:30 +0000 Steve Maich http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=22497 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/500000-us-job-losses/feed/ 7 Sometimes all you can really say is “ouch.” Over half a million jobs lost... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/the-auto-crisis-a-buyers%e2%80%99-market/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/the-auto-crisis-a-buyers%e2%80%99-market/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:00:06 +0000 Colin Campbell http://blog.macleans.ca/?p=22499 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/05/the-auto-crisis-a-buyers%e2%80%99-market/feed/ 28 ALL BUSINESS http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/04/breaking-speculation-could-weston-buy-up-loblaw/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/04/breaking-speculation-could-weston-buy-up-loblaw/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:48:34 +0000 Duncan Hood http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=22160 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/04/breaking-speculation-could-weston-buy-up-loblaw/feed/ 1 George Weston Ltd. has just announced that its subsidiary Dunedin Holdings is in discussions... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/an-internet-company-all-grown-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/an-internet-company-all-grown-up/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:37:49 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=21867 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/an-internet-company-all-grown-up/feed/ 0 For a time, it seemed Google was pulling in more money than it knew... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/the-bailout-even-more-than-you-thought/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/the-bailout-even-more-than-you-thought/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:51:58 +0000 Duncan Hood http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=21839 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/03/the-bailout-even-more-than-you-thought/feed/ 9 As this surprising graphic shows, the amount of money pledged to bail out the... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/that-recession-its-official-and-it-started-last-year/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/that-recession-its-official-and-it-started-last-year/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:04:26 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=21122 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/that-recession-its-official-and-it-started-last-year/feed/ 5 That’s right. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research—the group that officially decides... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/the-simpsons-takes-on-mapple-and-steve-mobs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/the-simpsons-takes-on-mapple-and-steve-mobs/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:39:23 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=21108 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/the-simpsons-takes-on-mapple-and-steve-mobs/feed/ 2 A brilliant parody of all things Mac. Nothing is spared. Even the famous ’1984′... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/i-got-your-stimulus-right-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/i-got-your-stimulus-right-here/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:55:09 +0000 Steve Maich http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=20994 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/i-got-your-stimulus-right-here/feed/ 10 In today’s Financial Post, Jackie Thorpe provides some much-needed perspective on the current debate... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/as-axe-swings-at-gm-will-pontiac-survive/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/as-axe-swings-at-gm-will-pontiac-survive/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:28:19 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=20591 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/as-axe-swings-at-gm-will-pontiac-survive/feed/ 6 Rumours have been flying this week that GM is planning to drop some of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/figuring-out-stephen-harpers-math/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/figuring-out-stephen-harpers-math/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:59:04 +0000 Steve Maich http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=20525 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/28/figuring-out-stephen-harpers-math/feed/ 29 Puzzling. How could it be that a government headed by an economist could be... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/27/welcome-to-the-auto-industry-bizzaro-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/27/welcome-to-the-auto-industry-bizzaro-world/#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:31:38 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=20198 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/27/welcome-to-the-auto-industry-bizzaro-world/feed/ 1 Porsche has an ugly four-door sedan/hatchback.  Volkswagen has a pickup truck. And the Detroit... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/26/blackberry-burn/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/26/blackberry-burn/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:38:04 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=19991 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/26/blackberry-burn/feed/ 1 The New York Times tech correspondent, David Pogue, lays a beating on RIM’s new... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/18/peter-is-just-way-off-base/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/18/peter-is-just-way-off-base/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:20:03 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=18324 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/18/peter-is-just-way-off-base/feed/ 9 This video has been making the rounds, and if you haven’t seen it yet,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/11/could-the-us-go-bankrupt-literally/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/11/could-the-us-go-bankrupt-literally/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:41:22 +0000 Duncan Hood http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=17140 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/11/could-the-us-go-bankrupt-literally/feed/ 6 The U.S. economy is still by far the world’s biggest, and as a borrower,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/03/attention-america-dont-vote/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/03/attention-america-dont-vote/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:03:08 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=14466 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/03/attention-america-dont-vote/feed/ 12 In this PBS video, a U.S. economist argues why you shouldn’t vote.  The argument... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/30/read-her-lips-aka-never-say-never/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/30/read-her-lips-aka-never-say-never/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:11:07 +0000 Martin Patriquin http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=14258 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/30/read-her-lips-aka-never-say-never/feed/ 22 From a story in today’s Post about the federal government’s push for a federal... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/27/drive-less-live-longer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/27/drive-less-live-longer/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:58:35 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13961 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/27/drive-less-live-longer/feed/ 2 Part of our story on the Joy of Frugality in the latest issue of... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/selling-to-the-frugal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/selling-to-the-frugal/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:45:36 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13896 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/selling-to-the-frugal/feed/ 2 Consumers are clearly developing a taste for frugality, as we discovered while researching our... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/so-a-banker-walks-into-a-bar%e2%80%a6-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/so-a-banker-walks-into-a-bar%e2%80%a6-ii/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:54:29 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13873 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/so-a-banker-walks-into-a-bar%e2%80%a6-ii/feed/ 1 There seems to be quite a bit of demand for levity these days, judging... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/dig-out-your-old-calendars-were-going-back-waaaay-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/dig-out-your-old-calendars-were-going-back-waaaay-back/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:20:37 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13843 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/24/dig-out-your-old-calendars-were-going-back-waaaay-back/feed/ 1 As markets continue to fall, analysts have simply started using historical dates to forecast... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/23/shoot-them-in-the-headge-fund-to-kill-them/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/23/shoot-them-in-the-headge-fund-to-kill-them/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:39:44 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13727 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/23/shoot-them-in-the-headge-fund-to-kill-them/feed/ 0 Last night I thought I’d come up with the perfect original Halloween costume for... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/21/so-a-banker-walks-into-a-bar/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/21/so-a-banker-walks-into-a-bar/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:19:19 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13534 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/21/so-a-banker-walks-into-a-bar/feed/ 20 Financial reporters (including this one) have tortured countless metaphors in their quest to explain... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/20/bailouts-now-damn-the-consequences/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/20/bailouts-now-damn-the-consequences/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:57:32 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13512 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/20/bailouts-now-damn-the-consequences/feed/ 8 When you’re standing in the midst of an economic storm, it’s hard to see... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/20/im-a-mac-and-i-show-no-mercy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/20/im-a-mac-and-i-show-no-mercy/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:17:41 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=13511 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/20/im-a-mac-and-i-show-no-mercy/feed/ 11 Apple isn’t going to let this Vista advertising debacle drop.  Its latest ad:... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/14/how-to-save-banks-and-start-trade-wars/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/14/how-to-save-banks-and-start-trade-wars/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:37:10 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=12688 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/14/how-to-save-banks-and-start-trade-wars/feed/ 8 Does anyone else find the following argument scary? Canada’s banks are supremely healthy, best... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/08/harper-and-the-oddsmakers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/08/harper-and-the-oddsmakers/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:35:42 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=11952 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/08/harper-and-the-oddsmakers/feed/ 2 Over at the always interesting Intrade predictions market (where people can buy contracts to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/03/jobs-im-not-dead-already/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/03/jobs-im-not-dead-already/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:56:55 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=11419 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/03/jobs-im-not-dead-already/feed/ 9 It’s gotta wear a guy down constantly having to convince everyone you’re not dead.... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/02/potash-under-attack-from-short-sellers-yeah-right/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/02/potash-under-attack-from-short-sellers-yeah-right/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:35:40 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=10923 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/02/potash-under-attack-from-short-sellers-yeah-right/feed/ 7 I was wondering how long it would take for the accusations to fly that... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/capitalism-as-we-know-it-will-be-wiped-out/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/capitalism-as-we-know-it-will-be-wiped-out/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:16:06 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=9885 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/capitalism-as-we-know-it-will-be-wiped-out/feed/ 8 Since the economic crisis kicked into high gear this month, many pundits have tried... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/damned-if-you-bailout-damned-if-you-don%e2%80%99t/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/damned-if-you-bailout-damned-if-you-don%e2%80%99t/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:15:36 +0000 Colin Campbell http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=9906 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/damned-if-you-bailout-damned-if-you-don%e2%80%99t/feed/ 2 Last week, the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan was universally panned as a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/bursting-the-dot-corn-bubble/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/bursting-the-dot-corn-bubble/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:18:43 +0000 Jason Kirby http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=9877 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/30/bursting-the-dot-corn-bubble/feed/ 2 Back in August I wrote a piece for the magazine on the inflated value... http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/26/rbc-will-show-some-gutsmaybe/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/26/rbc-will-show-some-gutsmaybe/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:32:23 +0000 Steve Maich http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=9497 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/09/26/rbc-will-show-some-gutsmaybe/feed/ 11 I am delighted to see that Gord Nixon is prepared for a little prudent...