Negative Interest Rates Could Lose Power Over Time, Poloz Says

Edit Bloomberg 21 Apr 2016
Negative rates may become less effective at boosting economic growth the longer they’re in place, according to the Bank of Canada ...Experience in other countries who had more difficult situations than ours showed that negative interest rates can actually function,” Poloz said....

Make war, not love — B.C. NDP goes negative at Vaisakhi

Edit Canada Dot Com 21 Apr 2016
About 100,000 people hit the streets of Vancouver on Saturday for the annual Vaisakhi celebration featuring a parade, music, colourful fashion and delicious food. And vote-hungry politicians, of course. No pol with a half a brain would dare miss the biggest Indo-Canadian shindig of the year ... ....

Data cafe: Why core imports have turned negative

Edit Yahoo Daily News 21 Apr 2016
After turning positive in February, non-oil, non-gold imports collapsed in March, belying signs of a revival in domestic demand ... However, consumption goods imports reported an uptick as electronic goods grew 19% ... Overall imports in FY16 declined 15.3% to $379.6 billion. ....

Bill Shorten says royal commission should ask if bank staff pressured to extend credit

Edit The Guardian 21 Apr 2016
@Paul_Karp ... We spend more on taxpayer subsidies on negative gearing than higher education Bill Shorten ... “I’ll tell you what isn’t rich – it’s people who are paying their mortgage and don’t have 10 negatively geared houses, it’s people who don’t have millions in superannuation ... “But in this country at the moment we spend more on taxpayer subsidies on negative gearing than higher education – is that the sort of country we want to be?”. ....

'Lyin' Ted' is back: The 'new Donald Trump' looked like his familiar bombastic self

Edit Business Insider 21 Apr 2016
It took less than a day for the "New Donald Trump" to become the familiar Donald Trump on the campaign trail. Many observers noted a gentler side of Trump during his primary-night victory speech at Trump Tower. The real-estate mogul referred to Sen ... "Lyin' Ted." ... "Lies, oh he lies." ... John Kasich ... "Kasich hasn't had one negative ad against him. As soon as he has the first 10 negative ads against him, he'll drop like a rock, believe me." ... ....

4/12/2016 - Board of Supervisors Acts to Prevent Illegal Dumping (Santa Cruz County, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
(Source. Santa Cruz County, CA) PRESS RELEASE. PRESS RELEASE. Date. April 12, 2016. Release. Immediately. Contact ... Illegal dumping one of county residents' leading concerns, and negatively impacts local riparian corridors and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary ... process for violators ... "Dumping has an incredibly negative effect on the environment, watersheds and open spaces," Supervisor Ryan Coonerty said ... Original Document....

UPDATE 2-Canada might need more than 3 years to recover from oil slump - BoC

Edit CNBC 21 Apr 2016
OTTAWA, April 20- It could take Canada more than three years to recover from a shock caused by low oil prices, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said on Wednesday, citing persistently negative factors in the economy. A sharp fall in oil prices prompted the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates twice last year in a bid to counter lower growth and rising... ....

Wenger worried

Edit The Telegraph India 21 Apr 2016
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that The Emirates stadium is in danger of becoming a "negative environment" with swathes of season ticket holders expected to miss Thursday's Premier League clash with West Bromwich Albion ... ....

Credit rating at risk of being slashed on sale prospects

Edit Scoop 21 Apr 2016
April 21 (BusinessDesk) - UDC Finance's AA- credit rating was placed on CreditWatch Negative by Standard & Poor's pending its potential sale by Australia & New Zealand Banking Group and the likelihood of a weaker rating as a stand-alone business ... ....

Standard & Poor's downgrades Catholic Health Initiatives debt ratings

Edit Business Journal 21 Apr 2016
A major ratings agency lowered its debt ratings Wednesday on Catholic Health Initiatives, saying that the Arapahoe County-based health system’s persistent operating losses and drop in unrestricted cash have created a negative outlook for the company ... CHI,… ... ....

Bernie Sanders Has Trickier, Narrower Road in Democratic Race

Edit New York Times 21 Apr 2016
The Vermont senator, after a loss in New York and with tough contests ahead, also faced calls from Hillary Clinton backers to take a less negative tone ... ....

‘IPR protection helps firms be competitive’

Edit The Hindu 21 Apr 2016
Launching an ‘IP Smart Toolkit’ developed by the U.K ... “That can actually deter companies, negatively impact their investment decisions or delay them,” he said. ....
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