Veteran Entrepreneur Shares Tips for Balancing Business and Family Being young and inexperienced can be intimidating for stay-at-home entrepreneurs, but it doesn’t mean you’re making mistakes, says veteran businesswoman Renae Christine. Fresh out of college at 23, she thought she’d ...
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By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Editorial Operations Manager TORONTO, Ontario – When opportunity knocks, visionaries open the door. Such was the case with Phyllis James in 1995 when space opened up on Arrow Road, in Toronto, and she stepped forward ...
Read More »Dominica Government Raises Millions On Regional Government Securities Market
ROSEAU, Dominica CMC – The Dominica government said Tuesday it has been able to raise EC$20 million (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) on the Regional Government Securities Market (RGSM) through the sale of Treasury Bills. The government said that the ...
Read More »Arash Khalili: Getting Customers Into The Driver’s Seat, In Spite Of Credit Problems
By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Editorial Operations Manager With FIFA World Cup Soccer fever washing over the globe, to include our city, one establishment is showing customer appreciation and World Cup support at the same time. During the World Cup ...
Read More »Must-have Apps For Your Small Business
Need to create a great presentation for your next client pitch? There’s an app for that. Need to track your business mileage and expenses? There’s an app for that too. In fact, there’s an app—short for application software that makes ...
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Self-Made Millionaire Shares Common Mistakes to Avoid You don’t have to come from a wealthy family, have the next billion-dollar idea or work 18-hour days to become rich, says self-made millionaire Mike Finley. “You don’t have to be extraordinary in ...
Read More »Tips For Paying Off Your Mortgage Faster
By Jon McKay Pride Mortgage Agent Mortgages in Canada are generally amortized between 25 and 35 year terms. While this seems a long time, it does not have to take anyone that long to pay off his mortgage if he ...
Read More »Jon And Don McKay: Mortgage Agents Helping The Community, In More Ways Than One
By Dwain Wellington Rattray Pride Contributing Editor In what many consider increasingly challenging economic times, frequent sore spots are the financial roadblocks associated with real estate. Enter Don and Jon McKay, a father and son mortgage agent team, operating through ...
Read More »Don’t Be De-railed By Wedding Bells Money Blues
By Carla Hindman Director of Financial Education, Visa Canada Many people recall their wedding day as one of their happiest, filled with cherished memories and promises of a bright future. But at an average cost of more than $32,000 (according ...
Read More »CLICO For Sale
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad CMC – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago says it has put up for sale, the cash-strapped Colonial Life Insurance Company Ltd (CLICO), whose near total collapse four years ago, led to the Trinidad and ...
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