Author: Robert Richardson

New York City, once the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, announced plans Thursday to ease restrictions after 10 weeks under lockdown, the Washington Post reported.”Restarting won’t mean back to normal — we CAN’T rush back,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Thursday. “We need to keep this virus in check.”But even as the New York area began to emerge from strict social distancing measures, other states were seeing jumps in COVID-19 cases, the New York Times reported.

Source: As Hard-Hit Areas of America Show Slowing in Coronavirus Cases, Other Regions See Spikes – Drugs.com MedNews

A U.S. judge on Thursday said institutional investors, including BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) and Allianz SE’s (ALVG.DE) Pacific Investment Management Co, can pursue much of their lawsuit accusing 15 major banks of rigging prices in the $6.6 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market.

Source: U.S. judge orders 15 banks to face big investors’ currency rigging lawsuit – Reuters

A group of 150 non-profit and campaign organizations of Canada have launched a set of six principles for a just recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: 150 Canadian Non-Profits, Campaign Groups Launch Just Recovery Principles – The Energy Mix

Sweden’s chief epidemiologist showed contrition Wednesday as criticism mounted over the Scandinavian country’s hotly debated method of fighting the coronavirus, which has resulted in one of the highest death rates per capita in the world.

Source: Scientist admits Sweden could have battled virus better | CTV News

The BC Lumber Trade Council says it is disappointed by Friday’s decision, saying it remains convinced that the determination that the U.S. industry is injured by Canadian lumber imports is “flawed and without merit.”

Source: NAFTA panel sides with U.S. lumber decision, B.C. hopes for final win – BNN Bloomberg

Berlin Interactive Job Guide App and eBook

There are hundreds of job boards, both generic and niche, as well as aggregators, social media channels, networking groups and staffing company websites to choose from.

2020 presents a series of Employment Interactive Job Search, Economic Interactive Notes, Financial Market, Money and Banking terms and definitions with over 9900 quick links! Great for students on anybody that wants to keep up with all the terminology. This is an interactive series that helps guide you and keeps you up to date on all the employment and job search terminology, tools and help guides; past and present including access to charts, graphs and video presentations on the subject. Educational learning tools! Google Play App for IOS and Android and searching in 10 languages.

Your resume is your first opportunity to make a good impression with hiring managers. But how can you create a document that makes you stand out from the crowd? Your resume is your first opportunity to make a good impression with hiring managers. But how can you create a document that makes you stand out from the crowd?

Compare starting compensation for hundreds of positions and customize them for your market. Everything you need to identify salary trends and set your hiring budget or negotiate a job offer is at your fingertips. Compare starting compensation for hundreds of positions and customize them for your market. Everything you need to identify salary trends and set your hiring budget or negotiate a job offer is at your fingertips.

Here are the resources to help you throughout the process, from identifying a promising opportunity and writing a resume to interview with potential employers and negotiating a job offer. Get expert tips and advice for landing the right role for you.

Good to hear they are not wasting any time  jacking up prices……!

Wed., May 20, 2020 OTTAWA—Battered by the steep drop in air travel, the company that runs Canada’s air traffic control system is hiking fees by almost 30 per cent — costs ultimately passed on to passengers — after being unable to get federal help to cope with dramatic revenue losses.Nav Canada announced the increase Wednesday as plummeting air traffic hammers its bottom line.“We are proposing this only after pursuing all available alternatives, including government assistance,” Neil Wilson, the company’s president and CEO, said in an interview.“We will continue to pursue any other alternatives that are there to see if we can minimize or avoid the rate increase. But this is where we are at this point,” he said Wednesday.

Source: As COVID-19 grounds travellers, Canada’s air traffic control agency is hiking airline fees by 30 per cent | The Star

HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH CLASSES, IT turns out, have been around since the 16th century. That’s when a school rector in Bavaria, writing under the name Vincent Obsopoeus, published a poetic guide to responsible drinking, geared toward young men who—then as now—didn’t appear to know their limits. “Can it really be true?” asks “Drunkenness” herself in the book’s lyrical preface, written by a friend. “Should I really believe this book can teach people how to rationally lose control?”

Source: Tips for Responsible Drinking, From 16th-Century Germany – Gastro Obscura

An important item for people to understand is the tax consequences when withdrawals are made. All withdrawals are considered ordinary income taxed at your full marginal tax rate regardless of the original type of income.For many people, the more important item to factor in is the tax consequences upon death. Effective January 1, 2020, a new top personal income tax rate was introduced in B.C. This increase essentially adds an additional 3.7 per cent tax to many estates final taxes.When a registered account owner dies, the total value of their registered account is included in the owner’s final tax return. The final tax return is often referred to as a terminal tax return. The proceeds will be taxed at the owner’s marginal tax rate. The highest marginal tax rate is currently 53.5 per cent (British Columbia 20.5 per cent and federal 33 per cent).

Source: Kevin Greenard: Increase in B.C. taxes results in harsh tax on death | Times Colonist

SpaceX will take another crack at its first crewed mission today (May 30), weather permitting, and you can watch the historic liftoff live.A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the Crew Dragon capsule today at 3:22 p.m. EDT (1922 GMT) from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, kicking off the crucial Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station (ISS). You can watch the launch and lots of pregame festivities live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV; coverage begins at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT).

Source: SpaceX will try again to launch 1st astronaut mission for NASA today. Here’s when to watch live. | Space