The scene inside Iqbal`s market might be mistaken for the main street of a prosperous rural village in the Indian subcontinent. Beneath sparse, fluorescent-tube lighting are big sacks of rice and grain and racks of raw spices; men chew betel and women cover their heads in all manner of...

Don`t miss the last paragraph... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-b...article1712854/ Derek DeCloet Land of the free, home of the tightwad One of the most enduring changes wrought by the recession is how once free-spending Americans have changed their ways. The most important thing...

http://www.investopedia.com/articles/mortg...e-investors.asp http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-inves...article1705967/ Jean Folger Investopedia.com Published on Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010 6:00AM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Sep. 15, 2010 7:16PM EDT Real estate has long been regarded...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-b...article1497017/ NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE CALGARY — From Thursday`s Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 12:00AM EST Last updated on Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010 3:34AM EST Alberta has raised $168-million in its biggest oil and gas land...

Housing Prices May Fall FurtherForbes Magazine from MBA NewslinkA number of factors suggest housing prices could drop another 10%.Over the past few months, there have been suggestions that the U.S. housing market might finally be bottoming out. Since July, the decline in sales of both new and...

From an article in the Oct 10 Calgary Herald Like many others, Dan Gustafson was greeted by smiling city officials at the open house on financial subsidies to create legal secondary suites. Like many others, he left shaking his head. Some were told they`d need the costly, politically...

We regularly review our ROE for each of our properties, and I encourage clients to do this with their portfolios. This is an important consideration when deciding how well a property is performing and how it can be improved. Sometimes ROE can be brought up to snuff simply by re-financing the...

Rules for Life 1. Live for something other than yourself. If you only think of yourself you will find thousands of reasons for being unhappy; you will never have had the treatment which you thought you deserved, and you will never have done all you wanted to do or should have done. Build up a...

A couple of suggestions for REIN techs- 1) Adopt a consistent naming protocol. Begin with 'REIN' and then name the specific file with the same format every time. This will make it easy for members to download and listen to your excellent recordings. 2) Ditch the requirement in the...

The 2009 US deficit is 43x greater than that of Canada while their population is only 9x greater. That means that the average American is carrying 5x more government debt on top of their personal debt. Yet American tax rates are significantly lower than our own? Download the attached file for...

REMA uses the Prime Rate as set in the program to calculate variable rate mortgages. To change the Prime Rate in REMA go to `My Preferences` in REMA and make the entry for the new Prime Rate. Just click on the Prime Rate button on the first screen in Preferences (titled System Preferences) then...

The legendary editor of The New Republic, Michael Kinsley, once held a "Boring Headline Contest" and decided that the winner was "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative." Twenty-two years later, the magazine was rescued from its economic troubles by a Canadian media company, which should have taught us...

KONRAD YAKABUSKI Globe and Mail Update January 9, 2009 at 8:13 PM EST MONTREAL — The worst economic crisis of a lifetime? Maybe if you were born in 1992. Job numbers out Friday – showing a jump in the national unemployment rate to 6.6 per cent – confirm that Canada has followed the United...

We are off in a couple of minutes for an evening with our extended family, hosted by Debbie`s very special 84 year old Aunt. Then tomorrow opening presents with our kids and grandkids in the afternoon, and Christmas dinner at our home with two dear friends whose family could not make it here for...

The headline got you to read the article, didn`t it. It got me to...Recession mindset takes toll on retail sales Then the opening sentence goes like this, crafted to get you to read on by raising your emotion coeffient yet higher: Fear of job loss is ushering in a new era of frugality, as some...

How high-risk mortgages crept north The untold story of how elements of the first Conservative budget in 2006 encouraged big U.S. players such as AIG to make a push into Canada, creating our version of subprime mortgages JACQUIE MCNISH AND GREG MCARTHUR From Saturday`s Globe and Mail...

An Open Letter to the Citizens of CanadaUse Your Voice. Stand Up For Democracy This letter is an appeal to all Canadian citizens to share your concerns and fight for democracy. In the recent federal election, Canadians voted for a minority government. You did not vote for an opposition...

KATHERINE O`NEILL Globe and Mail Update December 1, 2008 at 5:49 PM EST http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...y/politics/home EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is urging federal opposition politicians to “re-think” their plan to form a coalition government. “Put Canada first and...

I think that most would agree that our Prime Minister`s move on the funding of political parties issue at this time was both opportunistic and ill-advised. But let`s also recognize that the governing party has a great advantage in this ill-advised system of tax support, as the amount of that...

Now is not the time to impose a large tax increase on an industry vital to our economic health (and maybe to the nation`s economic health). Now is the time to find ways to create an environment conducive to businesses spending and building and growing. I propose a letter writing campaign to...