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The Oscars economy

The dollar value on everything from best director to best dressed

When Cassandra speaks

Meredith Whitney is one of the most outspoken bears on Wall Street

Employees at a call centre handle overseas enquiries for American clients during a night shift in the Philippines

Offshoring island

Shifting jobs to developing countries isn’t only good for them. Almost everyone else wins, too

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Cure-alls and calamities

Are stock option plans any better than cash bonuses? Not at all

Age vs. innovation

Who will design our iPads when the majority of the work force is geriatric? Answer: Innovation doesn’t end at 65

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Rob Carrick took your mortgage questions

Should you take advantage of low interest rates and take out a second mortgage? What are the risks?

Who do you call to clean up a mess like BCE? A man called Cope

George Cope inherited a company that was years behind its competitors, smarting from an aborted buyout attempt and developing a reputation for dismal customer service. If there was ever a time when steering Bell was the easiest game in town, it’s not now

Year of the Goose

How does a life-saving parka travel from the most inhospitable environments on the planet to the hottest boutiques in London, New York and Milan?

Hard-hat heaven

What recession? Thanks to the quiet victory of public-private partnerships, Canada's construction sector is booming

Investing lessons from six legends

What’s changed for the better—and for the worse—since 1987, the year of Black Monday and Ottawa’s decision to tear down the walls between banks and brokers

How to retire early with no money

It’s no secret that a majority of Canadians are ill-prepared for retirement. With only $9,000 in savings, Dave McGinn is one of them. That’s not going to stop him from attempting the impossible: to retire rich in 10 years.

There's millions in those milliseconds

On any given day, electronic upstart Infinium may trade more shares of TSX heavyweights than any of the big-bank investment dealers. Is this creative disruption of market tradition—or just plain destruction?

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