Sometimes you read in stories and in poems that “the Angel of Death” came to So-and-So, which is a nice way of saying that they died. Whether there really is an angel of Death is not the point. In India people have always said there was, but there he is more likely to be called [...]
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Yama goes about his business
You have heard the story of Savitri, the loving wife who cleverly saved her husband from the jaws of death. In the West you often hear “the jaws of death,” but, as you read in that story, the “angel” of death in India is a genial gentleman who can also grant favors, as he carries [...]
Management by Prioritising
THE bad news is time flies; the good news is you are the pilot. You cannot say you do not have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours every day that were available to Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein. Here is an illustrative story. A Time Management guru stood [...]
Gifted Children – Oscar Wrigley and Heidi Hankins – have much higher IQ than an average adult
MEET the two-year-old with the brain of Einstein. Oscar Wrigley has an IQ of at least 160 . . . and at two years and five months, is the youngest child to be accepted into Mensa, the international organisation for people with exceptional intelligence. His score is equal to Einstein and acclaimed British scientist Stephen [...]
Wealthy Investors, Pay more for the Privilege of Canadian Permanent Residence: Minister
“We can no longer be a passive player in the global competition for talent and investment,” Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said in a statement. “That is why we need to review and amend our immigration laws to create dynamic programs that allow immigrants’ investments to directly benefit the Canadian economy. Minister wants wealthy investors to [...]
Federal Budget expects surplus by 2015-16
Changes introduced in Old Age Security, if you are born on or after April 1, 1958. The federal government’s Economic Action Plan 2012 is squarely onside to eliminate the deficit by fiscal year 2014-15 — without introducing draconian budget cuts or new taxes. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget “remains focused on an agenda that will [...]
Household debts continue to draw the attention of policy makers
The Bank of Canada governor said he would be prepared to intervene if things got out of hand. “In exceptional circumstances, if there are issues that threaten financial stability, such as household debt … the bank could use monetary policy for that purpose,” he said. “That factors into our decision-making without question.” Household debt has [...]
No plans to intervene in the housing market: Flaherty
“I have no present plans to intervene in the housing market in Canada,” Flaherty recently told reporters in New York. “There has been some moderation in the market of late. I would prefer the market itself to correct to the extent a correction is necessary.” Flaherty seems presently of the view that it is up [...]
Addressing myths about online filing
Did you know? Many of the ideas floating around about filing online are actually not true. There are so many great reasons to file your income tax and benefit return over the Internet–more than half of the returns that come in to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) arrive electronically. Canadians know how easy, simple, and [...]
82,300 Jobs gain in March- Statistics Canada
The details from Statistics Canada’s jobs report were as impressive as the headline. Following four months of little change, employment increased by 82,300 in March, mostly in full-time work. This brought the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%. Employment gains in March were spread across several industries, including health care and social assistance; [...]
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