Month: February 2020

How top 2020 presidential hopefuls want to help ease child care costs

Child care costs have been growing twice as fast as overall inflation in the U.S since the 1990s. In response, several presidential candidates have rolled out proposals to address this burden on American families. Here’s a look at where they stand.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/how-top-2020-presidential-candidates-want-to-help-ease-child-care-costs.html

First Nations’ Fight With Canada Threatens the Entire Economy – Bloomberg

The latest showdown between indigenous groups and the government is backing up cargo-ship traffic, halting passenger rail, and delaying freight trains.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-24/first-nations-fight-with-canada-threatens-the-entire-economy

What Is Coronavirus: Mapping the Pneumonia-Like Respiratory Illness in China, Globally

A new respiratory virus, thought to have originated in a food market in Wuhan, China, has put health authorities on high alert. The spread of the novel coronavirus—named 2019-nCoV—has impacted travel, business and spread concern around the world.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-wuhan-novel-coronavirus-outbreak/

Who Will Be the Next Bank of Canada Governor?

Economists are declaring it’s a two-way race to succeed Stephen Poloz as governor of the Bank of Canada, with the central bank’s No. 2, Carolyn Wilkins, and BlackRock Inc.’s head of research, Jean Boivin, vying for the role.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-who-will-be-the-next-bank-of-canada-governor/

Teck Warns of $852 Million Hit if Trudeau Rejects Oil-Sands Mine – Bloomberg

Teck Resources Ltd. said it would take a C$1.13 billion ($852 million) impairment charge if Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet rejects its proposed Frontier oil-sands mine, raising the stakes for the government’s decision.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-21/teck-warns-of-852-million-hit-if-trudeau-rejects-oil-sands-mine

What Is Coronavirus: Mapping the Pneumonia-Like Respiratory Illness in China, Globally

A new respiratory virus, thought to have originated in a food market in Wuhan, China, has put health authorities on high alert. The spread of the novel coronavirus—named 2019-nCoV—has impacted travel, business and spread concern around the world.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-wuhan-novel-coronavirus-outbreak/

Trudeau Pleads for Patience Amid Crippling Rail Blockades – Bloomberg

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for patience and dialog as indigenous-rights protests that have brought rail traffic to a halt across Canada drag on.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-18/trudeau-faces-lawmakers-amid-crippling-rail-blockades-in-canada