Personal Finance and Investing

It has been demonstrated repeatedly that sports can offer incredible benefits, but it is also true that there can be a dark side to sports. Is there a proper balance and if so, what is it?

Millions of people have been thoroughly entertained and energized with the games that have occurred in the sports world over the past several weeks. The Bowl games have been viewed by huge numbers of people and have been the topics of conversation at many a water cooler. Lifes’ lessons have been displayed on the field and on the television screen as we watch some teams perform brilliantly and achieve success while others make costly mistakes that result in failure. W

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• Hundreds of jobs threatened under work programme PCS reports that Work Programme contractor Working Links has sent redundancy letters to 600 employees.

I put down my pen on this topic, assuming youd had your fill of examples of the Senate of Canadas Report on the Business Development Bank of Canadas 10 year Statutory review (see prior post BDC snows the Senate part 5 Mar 18-11). But, just yesterday, BDC was back on Parliament Hill once again, expousing on the state of innovation in Canada. Different BDC team presenting this time, but the messages were familiar.

During this new hearing, Toronto Senator Irving Gerstein asked BDC Executive Jerome Nyca how much BDC capital goes directly into VC investments and how much goes into VC funds.

Mr. Nyca replied (pg.

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Credit card debt is a global problem that has led many to the poorhouse. However, with smart management, credit card debt can actually be a good thing. Let’s look at how to have smart credit card debt that will help your finances instead of hurt it. The premise may be a little odd to some people, but there is a way that you can use your credit cards to improve your credit rating and start investing in your future.

First, it is important to realize that credit cards are not free money – this is a problem that affects many when they get their cards for the first time. The

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