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Restaurant Brands International Inc and its franchisees will spend C$700 million ($546 million) over four years to revamp coffee chain Tim Hortons, following a round of bad publicity over its management of the Canadian chain.
The revamp, unveiled by managers on a conference call with analysts on Tuesday, followed first-quarter results which suggested initiatives including… CLICK HERE
COMMENT: Hi Martin, reading your article about the SPD imposing Marxism on Germany is horrifying. To see established political parties so greedy that they’re willing to partner with fringe parties to maintain control is nuts.
We’re currently seeing this in British Columbia where the Liberal party lost its majority due to a government formed by new Democrats and the Greens. Now, this handful of green party MLAs wield enormous powers. They’re impeding the expansion of kinder Morgan’s pipeline to Vancouver, despite FEDERAL regulatory approval.
How can so few, be so greedy, as to crush the economic activity and benefits that this creates for thousands of workers? Bring on the crash and reboot, I’m sick of this.
Mike C.
Calgary
As OPEC’s efforts to balance the oil market bear fruit, U.S. producers are reaping the benefits – and flooding Europe with a record amount of crude.
Russia paired with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries last year in cutting oil output jointly by 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd), a deal they say has largely rebalanced the market and one that has helped elevate benchmark Brent prices close to four-year highs.
Now, the relatively high prices brought about by that pact, coupled with surging U.S. output, are making it harder to sell Russian, Nigerian and other oil grades in Europe, traders said.
“U.S. oil is on offer everywhere,” said a trader with a Mediterranean refiner, who regularly buys Russian and Caspian Sea crude and has recently started purchasing U.S. oil. “It puts local grades under a lot of pressure.”… Click Here for complete article
1. Oil Analyst Extraordinaire Josef Schachter
With $10 of geo-political risk in the price of oil, the wild stock market & the Kinder Morgan pipeline debacle both sending out shock waves….Josef talks to Michael about the market impacts, the energy & energy service sectors & what investors should do to protect themselves
2. Coup d’État That May Shake the World
The Liberal’s have gone a step to fare when they made it clear a citizen doesn’t have right to Federal money if they disagree with the Prime Minister’s point of view.
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This article examines who is likely to come out on top in the manufacture of Lithium-ion batteries. Currently dominated by China with 60% of the Global market, with Panasonic and Tesla having together built a huge factory in Reno, Nevada, known as the Gigafactory
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