Archive for the ‘Economic News’

  • Canadian Index of Wellbeing Comes with Mixed Results
    Recently I wrote about this years’ annual Toronto Vital Signs 2011 report, where the strengths and deficiencies in the city were identified and explored. Previous to that we covered when our city placed 9th greenest in North America, and when it ranked 4th as the most liveable city on the global list. We also featured Toronto coming in 2nd as a ‘City of Opportunity’...
    by at October 27th, 2011 at 12:10 am
  • Toronto’s Strengths and Weaknesses Identified in City’s Vital Signs Report
    Established in 1981, the Toronto Community Foundation is one of the largest community foundations in Canada.  With assets over $255 million dollar this foundation was created for the people of Toronto and by the people of Toronto. Its mission is “to connect philanthropy with community needs and opportunities to ensure the vitality of Toronto and make it the best place...
    by at October 14th, 2011 at 12:10 am
  • Canada Takes Top Spot on Forbes Best Country for Business List
    Being a Toronto based business we are partial to reports that recognize our city, province and country on a North American or global scale. We wrote about Toronto ranking 9th on the US and Canada Green City Index,  placing 4th on the most liveable (global) city list and also coming in 2nd as a ‘City of Opportunity’ among 26 leading global metropolises and when our...
    by at October 7th, 2011 at 12:10 am
  • Toronto Takes Top Spot in Latest Canadian Economic Activity Index Rankings and Other News
    Being a Toronto call centre, eBusiness and letter shop mail house that operates 24/7, we definitely benefit from having access to the brilliantly diverse and talented labour pool the city has to offer.  We also benefit from the opportunity that comes with being a leading centre of finance, culture and commerce even if it doesn’t come cheap.  So we were quite thrilled...
    by at July 22nd, 2011 at 12:07 am
  • More than 275,000 US nonprofits have tax exempt status revoked
    As I wrote here on the blog back in March thousands of nonprofit organisations in the US were expected to have their tax exempt status removed due to significant changes with the IRS after tax deadlines passed in April. Now that the reporting has been finalised the depth of the impact seems to have been far more severe than many analysts had originally predicted. Whether...
    by at June 23rd, 2011 at 12:06 am
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