No wife, no kids, no dog, no cat — but can he retire?
This 64-year-old lives a Spartan life, and despite $1 million in financial assets, fears running out of money
Monthly Archive: March 2018
Asian shares track tech, consumer stocks’ rally on Wall St
Shares rose in Asia on Friday after technology and consumer-focused stocks led an overnight rally on Wall Street, marking a dramatic end to the market’s most volatile quarter in more than two years. Many regional markets were closed for Good Friday. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index added 1.4 per cent to 21,454.30 and the […]
Could enemies sabotage undersea cables linking the world?
WASHINGTON — Russian ships are skulking around underwater communications cables, causing the U.S. and its allies to worry the Kremlin might be taking information warfare to new depths. Is Moscow interested in cutting or tapping the cables? Does it want the West to worry it might? Is there a more innocent explanation? Unsurprisingly, Russia isn’t […]
Staff of the satire website The Onion has unionized
CHICAGO — The staff of the humourwebsite The Onion has decided to unionize. Workers at the website and its sisters, A.V. Club and ClickHole, will be represented in collective bargaining talks by the Writers Guild of America East and will negotiate with the owners, including the Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. A.V. Club’s deputy managing director, Caitlin […]
Saskatchewan issues threat of its own to B.C. as Trans Mountain pipeline battle escalates
“I hope it doesn’t come to this, but if B.C. blocks pipelines for Canadian oil, Saskatchewan will consider retaliation, including restricted export permits for our oil,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said
Why phantom distributions can be scary at tax time
With the rise of ETFs — at the end of February there were 583 different funds with about $150 billion under management — what’s known as phantom distributions have increased taxpayers’ stress
Beaufort Sea lease sale solicitation draws objections
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Donald Trump’s pledge to make the United States “energy dominant” is extending to Arctic Ocean waters despite a pending lawsuit and lack of approval for a required five-year drilling plan. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Thursday opened a 30-day comment period seeking solicitations of interest in lease blocks within […]
Five reasons why investors are right to worry about trade wars
To start with trade wars mean more paperwork, less efficiency and higher costs for companies, and invariably for consumers
Judge rules coffee sold in California needs cancer warnings
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California law requires coffee companies to carry a cancer warning label.
Advocacy group: Exxon knew of corruption in oil deal
DALLAS — An anti-corruption group says Exxon Mobil bought rights to drill in an area off the coast of West Africa despite its concerns about possible corruption. Global Witness said Thursday that Exxon knew that the oil field, called Block 13, had been previously awarded to another company through bribery. The group said in a […]