Research by YouGov for the Scottish Sun suggested 46 per cent of voters north of the border could back Nicola Sturgeon's party in the May 7 election, with 29 per
cent planning on voting Labour.
According to Hays Canada's survey What People Want 2013, which collected data from more than 3,000 working and non working Canadians, 88 per
cent plan on, or are considering acquiring news skills to capitalize on skills shortages in other industries.
To make it possible to stay right where they are, just over half of the boomers surveyed intend to do some remodeling, while 19 per
cent plan on undertaking some major renovations.
Not exact matches
The investment indicator in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer report, as the balance of opinion between firms
planning more spending
on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per
cent from 29 per
cent in the summer and 35 per
cent at the start of the year.
Rather, the board's official go - ahead will hinge
on whether customers agree to sign long - term contracts covering 60 per
cent of the plant's
planned production.
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.
Shares in VDM Group were up 125 per
cent on news it had attracted a new cornerstone investor for an $ 18 million capital raising, highlighting the company's
planned shift from construction to mining.
Shares in uranium miner Bannerman Resources dropped 15.3 per
cent on news it initiated a discounted share purchase
plan to raise up to $ 2 million.
Verizon said 30 per
cent of its contract customers are already
on the Share Everything
plans it introduced last summer.
The heavy rare earths developer announced this week it had received valid applications for $ 11.7 million in shares under the
plan, pitched at 7.8
cents a share at the time of closing
on the 12th of February.
TORONTO — The 2013 - 14 financial year was an unusually strong one for the Canada Pension
Plan Investment Board, which earned a 16.5 per
cent annual return
on the billions of dollars in assets it manages for the national retirement system, but its CEO cautions that level of growth likely won't soon be repeated.
Twenty - eight per
cent say they
plan on setting aside money in both accounts; 19 per
cent say they will just contribute to an RRSP and 13 per
cent say they will only use a TFSA.
The poll also found that 31 per
cent of those surveyed say they aren't
planning on putting away retirements savings at all this year, a jump from 28 per
cent in 2012.
Trump said Monday that Canada and Mexico might be spared from his
plans for a 25 per
cent tariff
on steel imports and 10 per
cent tariff
on aluminum imports if they agree to better terms for the U.S. in talks aimed at revising the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trump has announced
plans for a tariff of 25 per
cent on steel, and 10 per
cent on aluminum.
Two out of 10 Canadians (21 per
cent)
planned to travel
on reward points this year, up seven per
cent over last year.
According to the bank's 2012 Holiday Travel Outlook released Thursday, some 60 per
cent of Canadians
plan to travel over the holidays, spending an average of $ 563 apiece
on their trips.
In the 23rd Actuarial Report
on the Canada Pension
Plan (OCA, 2007), the Office of the Chief Actuary (OCA) certified that, in spite of the substantial increase in CPP benefit payments that would result from the retirement of the baby boom generation, the current legislated contribution rate of 9.9 per
cent for employers and employees combined would be more than enough to pay for benefits through 2075.
Ms Perkins said 70 per
cent of the staff at Canva had been working
on a project that was yet to launch for more than a year, but wouldn't reveal any information
on what the
plan involved.
The package includes a
plan to phase out coal - fired electricity generation by 2030, a commitment to generate 30 per
cent of Alberta's electricity from renewable sources by 2030, new financing for energy efficiency, and an economy - wide price
on carbon pollution.
Seventy - one per
cent said they'd been forced to cut back
on other expenses, while 64 per
cent were driving less and just over half cancelled their vacation
plans to stay closer to home.
TORONTO, May 15, 2017 - Building
on a strong 2016 annual return of 6.8 per
cent, Canadian defined benefit pension
plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017 returns of 2.9 per
cent, according to the $ 650 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All
Plan Universe, the industry's most comprehensive universe of Canadian pension
plans.
2017.05.15 Canadian pension returns post four consecutive quarters of gains: RBC Investor & Treasury Services Building
on a strong 2016 annual return of 6.8 per
cent, Canadian defined benefit pension
plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017 returns of 2.9 per
cent...
Building
on a strong 2016 annual return of 6.8 per
cent, Canadian defined benefit pension
plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017 returns of 2.9 per
cent...
On either
plan, you get free texting, 20
cents - per - minute calling, and the ability to use your phone in Canada or Mexico as if they were the 51st and 52nd states, with no roaming charges even for LTE.
The stock closed Monday up 37
cents to $ 48.94 — 20.9 percent above its price right before the Nordstroms revealed their
plans on June 8.
Survey shows average Valentine's Day shopper
plans on spending $ 173 Half of Valentine's Day shoppers intend to buy candy and sweets On average Canadians save more than 15 per cent on confectionary.
on spending $ 173 Half of Valentine's Day shoppers intend to buy candy and sweets
On average Canadians save more than 15 per cent on confectionary.
On average Canadians save more than 15 per
cent on confectionary.
on confectionary...
Youbit has already halted all deposits and withdrawals and
plans to return clients holdings at the rate of 75
cents on the Dollar.
According to currently available information
on planned coal port expansions, committed investment will increase port capacity by an estimated 13 per
cent over the next two years or so.
On the demand side of Russia's Asia gas pivot, China has
plans to increase the role of natural gas to 10 per
cent of primary energy consumption by 2020, or 360 bcm (about half the US's current gas consumption).
Detached homes were selling for more than $ 1.8 million in April before the province moved in to cool the market by implementing a 15 per
cent tax
on foreign buyers and extending rent control rules, two of 16 measures that were part of its Fair Housing
Plan.
Company announcements suggest that another 15 per
cent increase in transport capacity will come
on line in the next two years, with further substantial expansion
planned for later in the decade.
VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals» focus
on opening the door for temporary foreign workers and ignoring British Columbians who are hoping for LNG jobs has the premier's lead LNG proponent
planning to fill up to 70 per
cent of its...
With the
plan expected to add a cost of 1.9 per
cent per employee and the likelihood that employees over the age of 50 may never benefit from their own contributions, roundtable members were vocal in their concerns about the
plan's impact
on both competitiveness and employee support.
«A New Democrat government will increase the province's capital share from 33 per
cent to 40 per
cent to get moving
on the transportation
planning framework developed by Metro Vancouver mayors.
For the rest of this article, I'll focus
on the Shopify and BigCommerce's
plans around the $ 79 / month mark, with a price difference of only 95
cents and what appears to be a nearly equal set of features described
on each store builder's site, let's see how they differ in use, and how those differences can affect your business.
Business software giant aims to build
on 100 per
cent renewable electricity commitment with new
plan to become «carbon neutral»
Conversely, more respondents
plan on sending the same number of employees to conferences in 2018 (88 per
cent); this is a marked increase over the 24 per
cent who gave a similar response in 2015
64 per
cent of respondents
plan to spend more
on corporate travel in 2018; this is consistent with the upward trend seen in previous years
With
plans to move nearly 30 per
cent of its transactions
on to the digital platform by 2020, LuLu Financial Group is committed to remain
on the digital fast track.
It also announced
plans to increase the required deposit
on property loans from 20 per
cent of the loan value to 30 per
cent in areas where property price growth has been deemed excessive.
Fewer respondents
plan on sending additional employees to conferences in 2018 (4 per
cent); this number has been moving consistently lower since 2015
She imposed a five - year freeze
on the carbon tax, refuses to use carbon tax revenue to fund climate solutions, exempted the LNG industry from calculating greenhouse gas emissions
on 70 per
cent of its operations, cancelled a home retrofit program, and derailed public transit expansion
plans with a built - to - fail referendum.
As of Friday February 8, 60 per
cent of those
planning on shopping for Valentine's Day had not started, and only 15 per
cent had completed their shopping
«A recent study has shown that 37 per
cent of women aged 18 to 34 who attend Mass weekly and have been to confession within the past year completely accept the Church's teaching
on family
planning»
A recent study, «What Catholic Women Think About Faith, Conscience, and Contraception» (see whatcatholicwomenthink.com), has shown that 37 per
cent of women aged 18 to 34 who attend Mass weekly and have been to confession within the past year completely accept the Church's teaching
on family
planning.
Of the 129 that responded, 50 per
cent said they had reduced their
planned spend
on mental health between 2016/17 and 2017/18.
Campbell Arnott's told Coles in July it
planned to lift prices in October by up to 10 per
cent on a range of items, including Tim Tams, Scotch Fingers, and Monte Carlo biscuits, and some vegetable and meat stocks.
Analysts dismayed at the extent of CCA's profit slide in the last two years are divided over the strategy, which also includes a
plan to sell a 30 per
cent stake in Indonesia in return for $ 570 million cash to spend
on capex and market development.
Accolade Wines, which makes Hardys, Leasingham, Banrock Station and Grant Burge Wines, earlier this week pulled the plug
on a
planned $ 1 billion - plus float of the business because of the big shifts in the UK market, and also after overtures from potential Chinese buyers or commercial partners of Accolade, which is 80 per
cent owned by CHAMP Private Equity.