The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
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CIMB Investment Bank - www.cimb.com
CIMB Group is a regional universal bank operating in high growth economies in ASEAN. CIMB Group has the widest retail branch network across the region and is an indigenous ASEAN investment bank.
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AFFINBANK is a commercial bank with a network of 90 branches nationwide. We serve both retail and corporate customers. AFFINBANK’s wholly-owned Islamic banking subsidiary Affin Islamic Bank Berhad (AFFINISLAMIC) offers a complete range of Syariah-compliant financial products and services.
Read more »Do Canada's Newspapers Have a Future?
Can a Canadian industry that has been abused for more than 15 years by speculators, incompetents and in some cases, outright thievery, reinvent itself to occupy a meaningful place in a fast-changing media world?
Read more »US, Canada, and Spain 'win' the battle for expensive cellphone bills
It's not the kind of thing you'll probably want to brag about winning, of course, but, according to the essay based from the new research conducted by the OECD, people in the US, Canada and Spain come out on the top of the heap when it comes to high cellphone bills.
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Government called to delay new visa rule
Mexican businesswoman says it could be their last trip to Canada “If they don’t want my $13,000 or $14,000, I’ll spend it somewhere else where they don’t ask me for a visa. ... I don’t want to go through the trouble of asking for a visa ... it’s a lot of hassle,” she said.
Read more »GM 'prepared' for possible bankruptcy
Ailing US auto giant General Motors has said it is "prepared" for bankruptcy proceedings if not able to restructure out of court, according to a regulatory filing it made to the Treasury Department.
Read more »Blogger takes road trip to AIG headquarters
Richard Blair of All Spin Zone has had it with the AIG leeches feeding off of the American taxpayer, and is hitting the road to its head quaters. He emailed me (and other bloggers last night):I'm pretty much living day-to-day at this point, having been laid off in late 2008. So, the AIG bonus thing has really, really, gotten under my skin.
Read more »Auto rescue deal may be unravelling
Ford joins Chrysler in blasting GM, union for failing to deliver deeper cuts in workforce costs
A deal for concessions to save teetering automakers in Canada may be unraveling.
Judge Slams CRA for Mocking Couple :CRA SOTW
Couple's tax battle ends on high note as Judge allows expense claim
for music venture
Madoff fraud investigation widens
With disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff now behind bars, attention has turned to whether others were involved in his estimated $50bn fraud.
While Madoff insists he acted alone, prosecutor Lev Dassin said he was investigating if others had joined in the crime.
Gov't to Small Biz: Stimulate Yourselves
Of billions flowing to boost BC economy, a mere trickle for start-up owners. He's an entrepreneur in the heartland of B.C. A Quesnel-based businessman who lives with his wife, dogs and small child on an acreage near town and chops firewood in the winter cold. For years, he's wanted to build a set of advanced greenhouses that could grow year-round produce for local markets.
Read more »Royal Bank turns $1.05-billion profit in first quarter
Royal Bank (TSX:RY) has turned in a first-quarter profit of $1.05 billion, down 15 per cent from last year's $1.25 billion but above levels expected by most analysts.
Read more »Canada's Dumb Scrap with China
US bullied us into an ill-founded trade complaint. Now we look silly. Late last month, the World Trade Organization released a much-anticipated decision involving a U.S.-led complaint against China over its intellectual property laws.
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