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Stephen S. Poloz VP EDC Economics Weekly Commentary Weakness from within in South Korea - August 20, 2008
The story is getting all too familiar: yet another economy joining the ranks of those succumbing to the slowdown that began in the large economies. Scoping the reach of the slowdown has turned a lot of attention to bellwether trading economies in the Asia-Pacific zone. In this context, recent softening in South Korea shouldn’t be surprising – is it just a rerun of the unfolding global story? Past issues | his WN page
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Supply of doctors and nurses is key to improving health care
Controversy might be swirling around former health minister Philippe Couillard's new job with a private equity fund, but in the broader picture, whatever Couillard ends up doing will be of little consequence to the state of Quebec's health-care system.
Fri 22/08/2008 Hi there, I just spent two interesting, a little odd days at Meech Lake with the Minister of Finance, participating with 20 or so others in his annual retreat. Met a very interesting person there, Andrea Mandel-Campbell, googled her and what pops up, lovely lady, but you. My, my, my who does not sit around that great table? Salute to you (and David, too, of course) and fondest regards, your Stephen Blank
Saturday 23 August 2008 Doctoring medicare
For the second year in a row, the incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association has used his inaugural speech to the physicians' annual convention to bash our public health-care system, vowing to fight for a parallel private one.
Saturday 23 August 2008 Poor earning virtual gaming gold
Nearly half a million people in developing countries earn virtual goods in online games to sell to players, a study shows.
Many online games have tried to tackle the trade in game gold
Nearly 500,000 people in developing nations earn a wage making virtual goods in online games to sell to players, a study has found.
Research by Manchester University shows that the practice, known as gold-farming, is growing rapidly.
The industry, about 80% based in China, employs about 400,000 people who earn £77 per month on average. see Secondlife.asp
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Retailer Lowe's Cos reported a higher-than-expected
quarterly profit on Monday as U.S. consumers spent tax rebate
checks on spring projects, but it forecast third-quarter results
below Wall Street estimates. Full Article
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home builder sentiment was stuck at a
record low in August, as stringent lending and a flood of foreclosed
homes dragged on the real estate market, according to data from
the National Association of Home Builders released on Monday. Full Article
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp , aiming to boost sagging
sales, rolled out a major promotion for U.S. dealers on Monday
that includes employee-level discounts on almost all the Chevrolet
cars and trucks in its showrooms. Full Article
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks sank on Monday as the prospect
of more losses from the mortgage crisis hurt the shares of banks
and the two biggest home finance providers, pushing all three
major indexes down about 1.5 percent. Full Article
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc will drop its hostile
$2 billion bid for rival video game publisher Take-Two Interactive
Software Inc on Monday and instead pursue private talks with
the company. Full Article
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