Author Archives: Danielle Park

Slowdown spreading with or without further trade agreements

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Danielle Park

Stock markets are rallying this morning on a delay of more trade tariffs between the world’s two largest national economies. But the industrial policy, intellectual property and transfer of technology disputes between China and the US are not likely to … Continue reading →

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Publishers Clearinghouse: selling hope and customer data

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Danielle Park

According to Publishers Clearinghouse’s fine print, the odds of winning its $1,000 a week sweepstake is one in 6.1 billion… How does the company make billions when it’s known for giving money away? pic.twitter.com/FTYylxl8Dy — Business Insider (@businessinsider) February 22, … Continue reading →

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Realty insiders blame tighter lending not too high prices and debt

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Danielle Park

Nationally, Canadian home sales were down 19% year-over-year in December and the average sale price -4.9%.  Unsurprisingly, rather than acknowledge that a cyclical downturn is the natural product of unsustainably high home prices and household debt levels, the Canadian Real … Continue reading →

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