| Loonie breaks $1.02 U.S. as jobless rate tumbles
The Canadian dollar defied gravity Friday, rising above $1.02 (U.S.) at one point, as the high-flying currency got additional lift from a report showing Canada's unemployment rate fell last month to the lowest level in 33 years. It was a day of astonishing news for the Canadian economy, which had been expected to start feeling the pain from the summer subprime mortgage crisis in the United States that many thought would send shock waves rippling into in this country. Statistics Canada reported early Friday that the jobless rate had tumbled to 5.9 per cent in September and that the economy churned out an additional 51,100 new jobs during the month over August. It was the first time the unemployment rate had been below six per cent since November 1974, when Pierre Trudeau was the prime minister, Canada had not yet repatriated the Constitution and disco music was just beginning to catch fire.
Moving? You Do the Packing and Let EMBARQ Help with the Rest
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Moving requires more than just heavy lifting. It can also require hours of time on the phone setting up new services for your home. Now EMBARQ can help ease the stress of moving with a simple-to-use online Web site that can help you establish everything you need for your home, from phone service to trash collection. Customers who are currently located in, or moving to, EMBARQ service territory can use this tool to sign up for home phone, Internet and satellite TV services as well as other needed services such as electricity, gas, newspaper delivery, trash collection, banking services, lawn care and more. Customers can access the site by visiting http://www.embarq.com/move and entering their new street address and zip code for a listing of service providers in the area.
Posse to the rescue
At North County High School in Glen Burnie, Kyvory Henderson (second from right), a Posse Foundation scholarship winner, sits with classmates in an Advanced Placement social studies class. He is enrolled in five AP courses. (Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam / January 3, 2008) .
The 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards Gift Bag Goes Eco-Friendly
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards kicks off the awards show season when the ceremony airs LIVE on VH1, Monday, January 7 at 9:00 PM. Actor and comedian D.L. Hughley will host the ceremony held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The Broadcast Film Critics' Association (BFCA) created the Critics' Choice Awards to recognize excellence in cinematic achievement. Historically, the Critics' Choice Awards are the most accurate predictor of the Academy Award nominations. The winners are not the only ones that will win big at this year's show. Attending talent will receive gift bags including 24 items worth more than $8500. Many of this year's gift bag items support the nationwide green initiative ranging from environmentally friendly cosmetics, to children's furniture and bedding, to an eco-friendly resort stay.
Obama's inspiration is all some voters need
It is, in fact, people such as Kevin Sharp, a 40-year-old New Yorker who fled that city after 9/11 and settled into a pizza shop in Wicker Park, a newly fashionable neighborhood in Chicago's north side. Ask him about the election and he'll announce Obama as his choice. Quiz him on policy and he'll chortle at how little it means in the wake of the current administration, which he said was quite specific about its agenda, beginning with weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "The biggest lies that have been told have all been policy specifics," Sharp says. He likes Obama for his capacity to inspire, but has decided to vote on what he can deduce of Obama's character as opposed to Clinton, who he fears will do little more than provide a third term for her husband, the former president.
Web scams can bring holiday headaches
Just in time for Cyber Monday and the online holiday-shopping rush, high-tech Grinches are cranking up their fraud attacks with a new round of bogus e-mail, identity-theft experts say.
Have you won $2 million in a Christmas sweepstakes held by Coca-Cola in the United Kingdom? Can you make big bucks just by cashing checks for an Irish researcher, Chinese exporter or rich oil consultant in Dubai? Is there a problem with your account at Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, eBay or PayPal?
No. But you might think so if you fall for some of the recent e-mail scams infesting the Internet.
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MiMi + You Handmade “One-of-a-Kind” Necklaces
Sisters Mitra and Mina (MiMi) started MiMi + You in 2005. Mitra individually handcrafts each necklace in Toronto, Canada. The designs are inspired by their friends and community; the "You" part of the brand name. Each piece is as unique as the women who wear them: moms, teachers, entrepreneurs, business executives, activists, and actors. MiMi + You necklaces are currently available in boutiques throughout Los Angeles and by appointment/trunk shows in Toronto. .
Money briefs
The stereotype of the arrogant, won't-take-no-for-an-answer salesperson may still persist. A recent survey by the human resources company Development Dimensions International found that 41 percent of consumers rate the quality of the sales profession below mediocre, describing salespeople as "leeches" and "rashes." Still, they are a key resource when making shopping decisions. .
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