It’s nice to see University of Toronto as a major partner in a new advance in energy storage: Now, a group of researchers led by Professor Ted Sargent at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of …
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March 23, 2016
The US 1 year break-even inflation rate is getting reasonable: The Treasury market is signaling inflation expectations are rising, and one metric shows traders anticipate cost increases will reach Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s 2 …
March 22, 2016
We’ve blown a lot of money in Ontari-ari-ari-o, but at least the Chileans know how to make solar power useful: Valhalla Energia is seeking partners to build a 600-megawatt solar project in Chile that will …
March 21, 2016
I mentioned Google’s proposed sale of Boston Dynamics on March 17. Jack Clark of Bloomberg has some colour commentary on the matter: Google’s decision to try to shed its Boston Dynamics robotics group highlights a …
March 18, 2016
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March 17, 2016
There is an indication that Google has become a mature company – and that’s not a good thing: But behind the scenes a more pedestrian drama was playing out. Executives at Google parent Alphabet Inc., …
March 16, 2016
Today’s big new was the FOMC Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace despite the global economic and financial …
March 15, 2016
Bloomberg reminds us that forecasting is hard: Click for Big First National Financial Corporation, proud issuer of FN.PR.A, has been confirmed at Pfd-3 by DBRS: DBRS Limited (DBRS) has today confirmed the Issuer Rating of …
March 14, 2016
Nothing happened today. Wait, I’m wrong. China is drafting a Tobin Tax: China’s central bank has drafted rules for a tax on foreign-exchange transactions that would help curb currency speculation, according to people with knowledge …
March 11, 2016
There’s a horrible jobs market in Canada: Canada’s jobless rate unexpectedly rose to 7.3 per cent in February, the highest level in nearly three years as the hard-hit resources sector shed another round of jobs. …