According to the latest numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, in the first nine months of this year, the value of imports and exports between the U.S. and China was US$441.6 billion. The U.S.- Canada trade relationship, meanwhile, was worth slightly less, at $438.1 billion. But the reason behind the shift in numbers has […]
Toronto Business Posts
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Divides Auto Parts Industry
As the auto parts sector awaits the appointment of a new trade minister, the industry is split over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal that Canada signed and will soon have to ratify. Although the TPP, agreed to in principle on Oct. 5, mandates that tariffs on autos and auto parts be reduced to […]
House prices overvalued in 11 of Canada’s 15 biggest cities, CMHC says
Canada’s national housing agency is warning of “problematic housing market conditions” in most of the country’s major housing markets. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation said in its Housing Market Assessment report on Thursday that many housing markets are showing troubling signs in four criteria: Overheated home sales. Too many homes being built. Prices increasing too quickly. High prices. […]
Inheritances are about love, money and greed
Mark Goodfield has seen a lot interesting behaviour at the point where family dynamics and inheritances intersect over his 25 year accounting career that has often involved advice on wills and estate planning. Some of it is loving and kind, some of it . . . well, not so much. Goodfield started The Blunt […]
Imprimis drug compounder offers cheap version of Turing’s $750 pill
Stepping into the furor over eye-popping price spikes for old generic medicines, a maker of compounded drugs will begin selling $1 US doses of Daraprim, whose price recently was jacked up to $750 US per pill by Turing Pharmaceuticals. San Diego-based Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Inc., which mixes approved drug ingredients to fill individual patient prescriptions, said Thursday […]
