Daily Archives: April 30, 2019

First quarter job cuts confirm economic weakness spreading

The US Challenger jobs report this week offered some insight into our economic cycle as well as ongoing upheaval in the energy and automotive sector.  US job cuts in the first quarter were 190,410, 10.3% higher than in the final … Continue reading

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Turning food waste into biodegradable plastics

With poor countries now rejecting our mountains of plastic waste, and plastic particles already contaminating water and food systems worldwide, the need to reduce packaging while also producing environmentally friendly plastics is one of the most urgent issues of our … Continue reading

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BC’s ‘dirty money’ crackdown biting casino profits/investors

Over the past decade, developers and investors noted that Vancouver casino revenues grew handsomely while most other casino areas had flat-lined.  Then, in 2018, after years of accepting suitcases and hockey bags full of cash without questions, a new focus … Continue reading

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