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Peer to peer: Know when to hold or fold when business struggles

Peer to peer: Know when to hold or fold when business struggles

How do I know when my business model is failing and what should I do to adjust?
Insider trading: April 12, 2016

Insider trading: April 12, 2016

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended April 6, 2016. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.
GDP posts surprising gains in January

GDP posts surprising gains in January

National gross domestic product (GDP) growth was a stunningly upbeat surprise in January, advancing 0.6% from December in a gain that is the best in several years and the fourth in as many months. The increase, which followed a 0.
Beware the phantom VC with no CV

Beware the phantom VC with no CV

Company billing itself as a Vancouver private equity firm has a slick website but no other visible investment assets
Samji Ponzi scheme netted biggest fine in B.C. history

Samji Ponzi scheme netted biggest fine in B.C. history

Major banks were collateral damage in scam that raised $110m from more than 200 investors
Pulling market strings in Panama

Pulling market strings in Panama

Panamanian accounts used in stock manipulation schemes: BCSC
Levying fines is easy for regulators; collecting them isn’t

Levying fines is easy for regulators; collecting them isn’t

BCSC has received less than 1% of the fines it levied in its last fiscal year
Case studies in B.C. financial fraud

Case studies in B.C. financial fraud

Improperly using client funds, insider tipping and trading and wash trades are several common examples of how fraud manifests itself in B.C.
Adventures in tax avoidance: Canada’s deep offshore tax haven connections

Adventures in tax avoidance: Canada’s deep offshore tax haven connections

Much of the activity is legal, but it siphons away billions in tax revenue from government coffers
Vacay in Panama, real estate kids and damned fish

Vacay in Panama, real estate kids and damned fish

Reporter Jen St. Denis on the news that caught her eye this week. Photo: Colin Capelle, Flickr Creative Commons The Panama Papers continue to reverberate, a sentence I expect I’ll be able to continue to write for quite some time.