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When Justin Trudeau comes to Washington later this week, Canada’s new prime minister will become the first Canadian leader in almost two decades to be welcomed by the White House with a state dinner. It’s an important relationship, the U.S. gets more oil from Canada than any other country and it’s one of this nation’s biggest trading partners. But relations lately have been a little frosty after years of Conservative leadership in Ottawa that was often at odds with the Obama administration. That changed when 44-year-old Trudeau took office last fall.  Here is a direct video link.

Shervin Pishevar, co-founder and chairman of Hyperloop Technologies, says the technology is ready and in just four years we could be transported at near supersonic speeds. Here is a direct video link.

Home prices in [Hong Kong] surged 370 percent from their 2003 trough through the September peak, spurred by low mortgage rates, tight supply of new units and buying from mainland Chinese.  Now those forces are reversing.  See:  Hong Kong homes sales tumble 70% as slowdown intensifies.

The property slump in Hong Kong is showing very few signs of abating. Residential home sales are now at a 25-year low. Bloomberg’s Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam reports on “Trending Business.”  Here is a direct video link.