The Federal Government released the 2009 budget this week and it contained some interesting items....I am not an accountant so I will not analyze how the whole budget will affect each person and I am not political so no comments on whether it is good or bad.
I found the below (from Google) info from a KPMG newsletter...all in all money in your pocket is better than money out.
My highlights- 15% ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on January 30, 2009
Ritchie Simpson from CENTUM Advantage Financial Group just sent me the following message.
"Well, if you haven't heard by now the Bank of Canada has lowered the Over-night Rate to a new 50-year low of 1%; the Over-Night Rate is the figure the Bank of Canada uses to signal to Canada's chartered banks what they should do with their lending rates. It appears that the chartered banks will ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on January 20, 2009
Recently it was announced that Century 21 in the USA will no longer do TV advertising. They were one of the first national real estate franchises to do TV advertising with some many memorable ads. You can read the story that came from Adage Daily here. Although the first reaction is that it is about the downturn in the economy and a way to cut back expenses but they have decided ...
Posted by Joel Ives
on January 15, 2009