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C.D. Howe | John Lester | Apr 5, 2022 Canada needs to create an Intellectual Property (IP) Box to improve its lacklustre innovation performance, according to a new study from the C.D. Howe Institute. An IP Box would tax income from patents and other intellectual property at a special low rate. This initiative would boost

Venusverse | Janelle Chalouhi | Apr 19, 2022 Canadian women are underrepresented in tech and particularly in Web3. The Canadian cryptocurrency-NFt-Web3 space is 95% men and a mere 5% women. It’s a massive gap for Canada.  Despite the enumerated benefits of diversity (McKinsey), when it comes to women in tech there continue to be inequality,

Mentor Works | Myra | Apr 18, 2022 Many Canadian businesses seek out foreign workers to help fill labour needs after exhausting the domestic candidate pool and when there are no Canadian citizens or permanent residents available to fill positions. These individuals can arrive in Canada through a range of positions such as a temporary

OFSI | Mar 15, 2022 The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) examines the culture practices of federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) and how the risks created, perpetuated, or magnified by a FRFI’s culture can affect their safety and soundness.  OSFI plans to issue a principles-based, outcomes-focused culture risk management guideline for consultation

Upload VR | Ian Hamilton | Apr 11, 2022 Epic Games continues to align with partners on efforts to build a 3D-focused version of the Internet with $2 billion raised from the investors behind Lego and Sony. Epic just launched Unreal Engine 5 for a wide range of 3D creation tasks ranging from film production

The Defiant | Samuel Haig | Apr 19, 2022 Background In the summer of 2020, Ethereum lending protocol Compound worked out that if you give away free governance tokens for borrowing and lending crypto, people will flock to your platform and pump the value of your new token.  But when that free money spigot ran

Forbes | Jack Kelly | Mar 29, 2022 Lynne Oldham is a highly successful global chief people officer and business leader with 20 years of experience in strategic human resources leadership and key talent acquisition in various industries, driving profitable growth strategies for startups, private and public companies and international organizations. She was the chief

Millions of student loan borrowers will be closer to debt forgiveness after a number of changes the Education Department plans to make to the lending system.

In addition to joining the ranks of investors, many women also are putting their money to work outside of their retirement accounts, research shows.

Consumer prices jumped 8.5% in March from a year ago. Here's how retirees can cope with higher prices amid rising inflation.

For most Americans, a tax refund is an opportunity to shore up a safety net. If your savings is on track, put a portion toward something that makes you happy.

April 18 is the 2021 federal tax deadline for most Americans. Here's what to know before filing an extension or sending your return.

A bipartisan House bill revives past efforts to let individuals on Medicare contribute to health savings accounts, or HSAs, which they currently can't do.

The onset of Covid-19 prompted a sudden drop in income for many Americans. If that were to happen again, many would still be unprepared, a poll finds.