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Applying pension fund investment tactics to your business

If you're fed up with the stock market's unpredictability or have been unhappy with how your investments have performed, consider applying a pension fund-style investment strategy.
Taxes have increased more quickly than incomes: Fraser Institute

Taxes have increased more quickly than incomes: Fraser Institute

The average Canadian’s tax bill has outpaced the growth of the consumer price index, according to a Fraser Institute report released this morning.
B.C. wholesale sales outpace rest of Canada

B.C. wholesale sales outpace rest of Canada

Wholesale sales in B.C. far outpaced the Canadian average, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday.
Law society gets two court orders banning unauthorized practitioners

Law society gets two court orders banning unauthorized practitioners

The British Columbia Supreme Court has handed the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) court orders against two people practicing law who are not authorized to do so, the LSBC announced April 19.
Council poised to approve new Vancouver Art Gallery

Council poised to approve new Vancouver Art Gallery

The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) appears poised to get council approval to build a new $300 million, 310,000-square-foot art gallery on a 1.8-acre downtown city block bounded by Cambie, Dunsmuir, Beatty and West Georgia streets.
Consumer confidence sinking to lows not seen since “the Great Recession”

Consumer confidence sinking to lows not seen since “the Great Recession”

As the housing market continues to slip and Canadians experience worries over high debt, consumer confidence has dropped once again, according to TNS data released this morning.
New CIBC report offers tax tips for Canadians

New CIBC report offers tax tips for Canadians

With the annual income tax filing deadline less than two weeks away, CIBC tax and estate planning expert Jamie Golombek has penned a report to provide Canadians with tips of the trade to help them unearth available tax savings.

Insider trading

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending April 10. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.
Work with Australia to tap Asian market potential, former Aussie prime minister tells B.C. businesses

Work with Australia to tap Asian market potential, former Aussie prime minister tells B.C. businesses

Summit told engagement with Asia is key to exploiting world’s economic growth engine
Find Chinese signs difficult? Learn Chinese

Find Chinese signs difficult? Learn Chinese

The Lower Mainland has a language problem.