A 2013 study of more than 22,500 undergraduate university students found that 85 per
cent had at least one credit card, including 29 per cent with two or more.
Of the participants with no training, 18 per
cent had at least one crash, just slightly ahead of the 16 per cent of memory course participants who had accidents.
You make the minimum payments on all of them each month, and you throw every extra
cent you have at the debt ranked highest, until it's paid off.
Eighty - four per cent of mortgage holders said they can handle an increase of $ 200 per month in their mortgage payments, and 78 per
cent have at least 25 per cent equity in their homes.
Not exact matches
Nanos Research, which conducts a weekly survey for Bloomberg, found that almost a quarter of respondents
at the end of September said their personal financial situation
had worsened over the past year, compared with about 20 per
cent in early August.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were up 45
cents at $ 68.55 a barrel,
having recovered from an intraday low of $ 67.17.
The slowdown in mining project work
has resulted in a 26 per
cent fall in the number of environmental professionals employed
at the state's biggest consulting firms over the past year.
The CAD is currently sitting
at 95
cents, a change in pace from the historic heights and close parity with the American dollar the loonie
has experienced in recent times.
Yet the Prime Minister's Office appears to think an economy that
has been growing
at an annual rate of around three per
cent for nearly a year is too weak to absorb interest rates that still are near record lows.
According to an advance copy of the plan, the charges to make a voice call while traveling,
at present 35 euro
cents a minute,
would fall to 24 euro
cents by July 1, 2014.
Oil
has dropped more than six per
cent since closing
at a two - year high of $ 110.53 on Sept. 6.
Brent crude futures were down 49
cents at $ 73.57 a barrel by 0911 GMT, while U.S. «Underlying sentiment is bullish... we
've got an important decision from Trump coming up in May and we
have OPEC potentially trying to» overtighten'the market,» Saxo Bank senior manager Ole Hansen said.
At that rate, the cost of a typical 12 - ounce can of soda
would rise by 21
cents.
In the decade he's been
at the company, Violi
has seen the Canadian dollar go from around 75
cents to over a dollar and back to its current perch around 84
cents.
• Even though Canadians
have a lot of mortgage debt, national mortgage - in - arrears numbers remain very low,
at less than half of one per
cent.
All of that spending will
have a limited effect on the province's net debt - to - GDP ratio, however, which stands
at 37.1 per
cent.
A meal for two can be
had at a mid-range western or local restaurant for between $ 7 to $ 15 while a glass of ice cold beer costs about 55
cents.
Former IKEA franchise owner Alan Tribe
has taken charge
at local biotech firm Phylogica, lifting his stake to 20 per
cent and becoming chairman on the same day chief executive Stephanie Unwin was replaced by Rohan Hockings.
This financial picture, combined with the labour strife,
has forced its share price below 90
cents, down from $ 1.10 in January and a tiny fraction of its value five years ago, when it traded
at close to $ 20.
But he points to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer released earlier this year showing that, since 2009, the debt service ratio — a measure of income spent to pay debt —
has remained steady
at around 14 per
cent, not much higher than the long - term average.
Those fees
have since fallen back down to Earth, settling
at just 20
cents Thursday, according to Bitinfocharts.
The fact is, a higher proportion of teenagers work
at a minimum wage job in most provinces across Canada today than a decade ago (49 per
cent across Canada, 70 per
cent in Ontario in 2016), but a growing proportion of adults
have been doing so as well.
Woodside Petroleum Ltd subsidiary
ATS Inc
has made good on a promise not to extend its $ 1.16 billion hostile takeover bid for US - based oil producer Energy Partners Ltd, after failing to reach the minimum acquisition level of 50 per
cent.
Before long, the company was making progress — though you wouldn't
have known it from its stock price, which was stuck
at about 70
cents.
Gasoline prices
have dropped an average of 67
cents per gallon since the start of the year, saving consumers tens of billions of dollars
at the pump.
And analysts
have their consensus
at the tippy - top end of eBay's revenue guide, a penny above the EPS guide — $ 3.89 billion in revenue, 64
cents EPS.
He said the contractor
has removed 50 per
cent of costs from when it started production and is looking
at how to remove another 50 per
cent as it gets into full production, making it «an affordable airplane» to the U.S. government.
Western Australia
has recorded a 38 per
cent reduction in littering from 2008 and is
at its lowest level in nine years, according to the 2013 - 14 National Litter Index.
Perth - based mineral explorer GBM Resources
has announced plans to raise $ 1.14 million through the placement of 57 million shares to investors valued
at 2
cents per share.
At the same time, Canadian Tire Corp.
has a valuation of $ 11.5 billion and earns $ 10 a share — and pays a dividend yield of 2.14 per
cent.
Perth gold exploration firm Enterprise Metals
has completed a capital raising of $ 1.2 million, which was achieved through the placement of 24 million shares valued
at 5
cents per share.
Shares in Perth - based Carbon Conscious
have surged on news it commenced milk production
at a Chinese - owned dairy farm in the South West, with the company planning to expand its cow herd by nearly 500 per
cent by 2017.
Blackham Resources
has received commitments for $ 2.2 million through a placement of 10.5 million shares
at 21
cents to sophisticated and professional investors.
The state's rural confidence is
at its highest level in over two years after a rainy autumn
has found 84 per
cent of farmers expecting this year to be better or as good as last year's season.
The family that holds a majority interest in Diploma Group
has formally launched a takeover offer for all shares it doesn't own in the business,
at a bargain basement price of 1.5
cents per share.
Tap Oil shareholders
have lodged a big protest vote, with more than 35 per
cent of votes cast against three resolutions
at today's annual meeting, with dissident shareholder Chatchai Yenbamroong accounting for a large share of the opposition.
The Reserve Bank of Australia
has left the cash rate unchanged
at 2.25 per
cent after cutting it in February.
Gold and nickel producer Independence Group
has raised its full - year profit by 60.7 per
cent to $ 46.6 million on the back of the production commencement
at Tropicana and an improved nickel price in the second half of the year.
Western Australia's unemployment rate
has remained
at 4.9 per
cent in April, in line with the national rate which
has held steady
at 5.8 per
cent.
Work
has commenced on a new $ 124.6 million advanced water recycling plant
at Craigie, which could supply up to 20 per
cent of Perth's drinking water needs by 2060.
If every investor
had sold
at the debut, the stock
would not
have opened
at 73 per
cent above the IPO price.
TPG Telecom
has lifted its stake in Amcom Telecommunications to 19.9 per
cent, making it harder for Amcom to win approval
at next week's shareholder meeting for its planned merger with Vocus Communications.
Nedlands - based Proteomics International Laboratories
has made a solid debut on the ASX today, closing 2.5
cents above its issue price
at 22.5
cents per share, with about 1.13 million shares changing hands.
Gold and nickel producer Independence Group
has posted a 264 per
cent increase in profit for the six months to December, on the back of increased production from its Jaguar and Tropicana operations and
at lower costs.
«We look
at people who bought two years ago and they
've now made 30 per
cent on their purchase.
At present, the cost for Sound Rink to make a lanyard in China is just 35
cents, compared to nearly $ 1.00 it
would cost stateside, he says.
At its closest rival
AT&T Inc., wireless service revenue
has been rising just over 4 per
cent per year.
US department store sales
have dropped 18 per
cent since 2010, according to Bank of America estimates, while PwC expects
at least 90m sq ft of retail space will be closed this year.
Generally, you
have two options: deduct the mileage on business - related travel
at 56.5
cents a mile (that's the 2013 rate), or own a car that you use exclusively for business.
They
had closed up 66
cents at $ 15.62 in regular trading.