Description: Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu discusses the procedural changes that led Air Canada to post its best second quarter earnings ever; Air Canada has been in business for 75 years. Source: CBC Date: Oct. 18 2013 Video link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2412964045/ Questions for Discussion: Explain the process that eventually led to Air Canada’s successful quarter earnings?… Read more »
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Public cost of low wages
Description: Sylvia Allegretto, Labour Economist at University of California, Berkley, discusses the high public costs of paying low wage to fast food employees: it costs U.S. public $7 billion dollars to compensate these employees. More than half of fast food employees are enrolled in U.S. public programs. Source: CBC Date: Oct 18 2013 Video link:… Read more »
Is there value in pursuing post-secondary education?
Description: Canadian universities are seeing record enrolments but fees are getting more expensive. There’s been an ongoing debate on whether there’s value is paying such high fees for post-secondary education. Source: CBC Date: Oct. 08, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2411181426/?page=2 Questions for Discussion: What are the benefits and drawbacks of pursuing post-secondary education? What are the… Read more »
Youth and unions
Description: Youths are turned off by unions. Despite the fact that young people receive low wages with little or no benefits, they seems less interested in promoting unions. Source: CBC Date: Oct. 09, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2411422768/?page=2 Questions for Discussion: What are some of the reasons why today’s youth are not interested in unions? How… Read more »
Canadian startups changing the way men shop
Description: Most men would avoid going to malls and going through reaps of clothes. New Canadian start-ups, such as Indochino, Frank & Oak and Suitly, have found a way out for Men to shop without stepping in a mall. Source: Financial Post Date: Oct. 6, 2013 Text Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/10/06/how-canadian-startups-are-changing-the-way-men-shop/ Questions for Discussion: What are the… Read more »
Promoting NHL in the U.S. market
Description: U.S. is a crowded market for professional sports. While NHL is the number 1 professional sport in Canada, it is ranked 4 in the U.S. Source: CBC Date: Oct. 04, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2410484343/ Questions for Discussion: Why have the southern teams not been able to make money? Suggest some measures to promote NHL… Read more »
Future of Newspapers
Description: Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, calls print papers a luxury item which are well on their way out. On the other hand, Conrad Black argues that it’s too early to call for the demise of print newspapers. Source: CBC Date: Sept. 25, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2408595473/ Questions for Discussion: Analyze the arguments that Conrad Black has… Read more »
Can Fairfax save BlackBerry?
Description: Fairfax financial has made a $4.7 billion bid for BlackBerry. This bid amounts to an offer of $9 per share. In 2007, BlackBerry boasted a share price of $230.52. This is a remarkable drop for a company that started the smartphone market. Source: CBC Date: Sept. 23, 2013 Video Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Business/ID/2408193839/?page=2 Questions for Discussion:… Read more »
BlackBerry to post $1 billion loss in the second quarter
Description: Future looks even bleaker for BlackBerry Ltd. It is set to cut another 4,500 jobs worldwide as it prepares to post a loss of nearly US $ 1 billion for the second quarter. Source: Financial Post Date: September 20, 2013 Text link: http://business.financialpost.com/2013/09/20/blackberry-ltd-shares-halted-in-toronto-new-york-pending-news/?__lsa=3e04-944c Questions for Discussion: Why is BlackBerry struggling to find buyers? What… Read more »
Reasons to keep working in retirement
Description: Andrew Allentuck discusses five reasons why people need to keep working in retirement. It is evident that more Canadians are unsure whether they’ll save enough to cover their living expenses when they reach their retirement age of 65. It seems working beyond retirement age is fast becoming a new reality. Source: Financial Post Date:… Read more »
