Monthly Archive: May 2018

With Canada’s Big Three in the life insurance set to report Q1 earnings for 2018, which stock looks the best value?

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“Now’s the time to leave and look for new challenges” Life Insurance Blog

BEIJING — A cherubic British cartoon character has become an unlikely target of China’s censors as fans use her porcine likeness in rap videos and “gangster” tattoos. The cherubic swine’s subversive alter-ego has made her a viral hit but also a target of government workers who police the internet. Videos with the hashtag #PeppaPig could […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s image as a striving, modern nation that upholds the rule of law has been undermined by an epic corruption scandal at state investment fund 1MDB. Prime Minister Najib Razak, who set up the fund, is facing May 9 national elections that will test his legitimacy. Past Malaysian governments largely succeeded […]

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut drivers would get a financial break under a tentative proposal that could eventually lead to electronic tolling on the state’s highways. A document highlighting aspects of the draft legislation, which could come up for a vote in the House of Representatives as early as Wednesday, shows Connecticut drivers with an E-ZPass […]

NEW YORK — An affordable way for New Yorkers to eat caviar is back on the menu at a Grand Central Terminal restaurant. The caviar sandwich, priced under $15 dollars, briefly disappeared from the Oyster Bar’s menu several months ago after the cost of bowfin caviar soared. Executive Chef Sandy Ingber tells The Wall Street […]

NEW YORK — A private equity firm emerged Tuesday as the winning bidder for the Weinstein Co., the studio forced into bankruptcy by the sexual misconduct scandal that brought down Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein Co. announced in a statement that no other bidder made a better offer than Dallas-based Lantern Capital, which made […]

SAN ANTONIO — A bank that held roughly $32 million in debt by the Schlitterbahn Riverpark & Resort in Texas’ North Padre Island has taken ownership of the park at a foreclosure auction. San Antonio lawyer Jon Lowe, who conducted the auction, told the San Antonio Express-News that IBC Bank made a $20 million “credit […]

SHANGHAI — A company that made shoes for Ivanka Trump and stands accused of serious labour violations plays an unexpected role in a blockbuster propaganda film about China’s renaissance under President Xi Jinping. The state-backed documentary “Amazing China” portrays the Huajian Group as a beneficent force spreading Chinese influence and prosperity — in this case, […]