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Posted in econ 101 on Jun 24th, 2008
Some of you may need kleenex. This is a story of the best of the business world. It’s easy to forget that big businesses can make positive change and be a Good Thing in this old world of ours.
Consider this story. Levi Strauss got called out for one of the worst PR [...]
Posted in philosophy of $, pleasure of $, praxis on Jun 23rd, 2008
This weekend I splurged and spent a chunk of change at a spa.
And not any old spa. The Spa Utopia. Pan Pacific location. Yes, it’s every bit as wonderful as it sounds.
It raised the questions it usually does: I walked by beggars, including women who sleep on stairs and cardboard, enroute [...]
Posted in case study on Jun 22nd, 2008
5 years ago, Kat joined my very first Smart with Money seminar series.
She came by accident more than anything – happened to see the advert the same day it started, the time and location was convenient so she impulsively signed up and showed up.
Kat was in her mid-30s, and had recently quit her high-paying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2008
Thanks to Darth Guru for pointing to this!
Posted in philosophy of $ on Jun 12th, 2008
Carnegie Community Action Project (CCAP) a very worthy organization has forwarded this for dissemination:
C A R N E G I E C O M M U N I T Y A C T I O N P R O J E C T
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
For Immediate ReleaseFriday, June 13, 2008
Downtown Eastside Welcome Wagon to [...]
Posted in freebies or nearly on Jun 12th, 2008
You heard it here (nearly) first!
1. Local uber-success story John Chow is running a contest on his blog for a bag full of great loot (great equates to things like a flip phone, for example) sponsored by market leverage. I’m in, and so can you be. Just pop on by [...]
Posted in econ 101 on Jun 10th, 2008
Photo Credit: Madaboutasia
Maclean’s Magazine recently published an issue with the headline:
LIFE AT $200 A BARREL.
You won’t be able to eat, travel or live as you do now.
Say goodbye to the age of plenty.
And it occurred to me: I don’t really believe it.
It hasn’t
sunk
in.
I have the luxury of walking to work, and I gave up [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 8th, 2008
Despite the fact that I work for Canada’s best-kept-secret bank that usually gives the highest interest in Canada, each paycheque I carve off a chunk and send it over to that big orange-coloured online bank.
Why do I do it? Because my day-to-day banking is at Citizens, and if I keep my savings at [...]
Posted in fun with money on Jun 6th, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 4th, 2008
photo credit: evilangela
1. Hockey Fans. Some inside scoop: you must join this contest. Inside scoop: odds are really quite nice. So just enter. Enough already. And congrats Detroit and our own Newfoundland!
2. Vancouverites – know anyone with kids looking for an eco-camp for the summer?
What could be more [...]
