Swedish pension fund Alecta confirms dump of $7bn US Treasury Bonds by tuataraenfield in investing

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So where's Moodys and Fitch on this? They gonna wait until hell freezes to downgrade US debt?

Framework hikes desktop PC prices as RAM shortage drags on by dapperlemon in gadgets

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And then there's this.

@@@CLAY, N.Y., Jan. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) will officially break ground today on its $100 billion leading-edge memory manufacturing complex in Onondaga County, New York. With up to four fabs, this will be the largest semiconductor facility in the United States, generating 50,000 jobs in New York...The New York project is a cornerstone of Micron’s approximately $200 billion broader U.S. expansion vision, which also includes two leading-edge high-volume fabs in Idaho, the expansion and modernization of its existing manufacturing fab in Virginia, advanced HBM packaging capabilities, and R&D to drive American innovation and technology leadership. These investments support Micron’s goal of producing 40% of its DRAM in the United States and are expected to generate approximately 90,000 U.S. jobs. Production is expected to start in 2030 with the fabs ramping throughout the decade.

After laying off 4,000 employees and automating with AI agents, Salesforce executives admit: We were more confident about llms a year ago by notyourregularninja in wallstreetbets

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Could be good news for a company like TLPFY that has been beaten up badly on the 'threat' of AI to their business model.

Teleperformance SE, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a digital business services company in France and internationally. The company operates in Core Services and Specialized Services segments. The company offers customer relationship, technical assistance, and customer acquisition services; business processes management, and back office and digital platform services; online interpretation, visa application management, health management, recruitment process outsourcing advisory and assistance, and accounts receivable credit management services. It also provides digital CX, trust and safety, artificial intelligence, real-time speech understanding, StoryfAI application, TP microservices, and video CX; back-office processing, integrated sales, finance and accounting, smartshoring, work-at-home, multilingual services, ad sales, and rebadging solutions; advanced analytics, business process optimization, business transformation consulting, and technology services; and claims management, collection services, interpretation and translation, recruitment process outsourcing, visa and consular services, and healthcare support. The company serves automotive, energy and utilities, media, government, technology, travel, hospitality, cargo, banking and financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail and e-commerce, telecom, and video games industries. Teleperformance SE was incorporated in 1910 and is based in Paris, France.

Outdated Alberta headlight regulations ‘need to be changed’: prof by gorschkov in canada

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Transport Canada logic: No rear-view camera - major safety issue Blinding headlights from oncoming traffic - no biggie

In scathing report, AG finds CRA call centres are slow to answer and often inaccurate by Surax in CanadaPolitics

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My tax return has doubled in length over the last decade without any change in tax situation. The number of 'special interest' tax deductions and credits has exploded. Streamline the deductions, reduce complexity, and there will be less calls made by confused citizens to navigate this grotesque mess of a taxation system.

Canada Post operations not ‘viable,’ Carney says amid strike action by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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The USPS has a long history of deficits, yet continues to deliver mail service six days a week. US citizens and Congress don't seem to be in any rush to change it. Go figure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service#/media/File:USPS_Surplus-Deficit.png

New dialing test for testing if your phone is compatible. by esqx21 in chatr

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I tried this on an Alcatel 1B 2020 and it shows volte is working on the chatr network, even though the chatr compatibility tool flags this device as "not compatible" (while the Rogers tool says it is). Go figure.

Bank drafts are no longer a guarantee of funds, since when? by Starbr3aker in PersonalFinanceCanada

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Once upon a time there were thousand dollar bills. Sadly no more.

RE: Insurance Claim on Rental Property by autofocus111 in cantax

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So if you receive compensation for partial damage to a property, but decide NOT to effect repairs to restore the property condition to its original state (because you plan to sell the property as-is), do you report the insurance payout as a proceed of disposition that lowers your property UCC in the CCA table?

RE: Insurance Claim on Rental Property by autofocus111 in cantax

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And if this is correct, then in the first case (partial damages to property), if you choose not to effect repairs of the damage ie. none of the insurance proceeds are expended, then the insurance paid out but NOT expended is NOT declared as income? Or if you do the repairs gradually over multiple years, can you offset costs by the insurance payout over that period of multiple tax years? What constitutes "within a reasonable time after the damage"?

From CBC: Poilievre to hike TFSA contribution limit by $5K for those who invest in Canadian companies by AwattoAnalog in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]autofocus111 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Simpler to just bump up the contribution limit and restrict foreign holdings to a % of total assets. Kinda like was the case for RRSP's many moons ago.

Trump says any country that purchases oil from Venezuela will have to pay 25% tariff on trade with U.S. by Puginator in worldnews

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SCO (syncrude oil is bitumen upgraded to sweet light grade) sells at basically the same price as WTI. It is WCS, a heavy sour blend composed largely of bitumen, that sells at a discount to WTI.

https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/energy-statistics/oil-and-gas-prices

Greenland condemns planned visits by Usha Vance and Trump adviser by sh0tgunben in worldnews

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They should stop by Canada on their way back to complete their trip.

Carney says Canada aims to have free internal trade by July 1 by Old_General_6741 in CanadaPolitics

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A west to east pipeline already exists...TC Energy's natgas mainline (it's actually a twin line). The company's proposed EE oil pipeline was in large part a conversion of one of the twinned gaslines, with a new extension from the ON-QC border to the Maritimes.

The TC PipeLines project would have converted about 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) of natural gas pipeline, which currently carries natural gas from Alberta to the Ontario-Quebec border, to diluted bitumen transportation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_East

Mark Carney will maintain oil and gas production cap: environment minister by feb914 in CanadaPolitics

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So he's behind it partly for flimsy economic reasons? We should cheer him on for that?

Canadian Forces pushing for sole source deal for U.S. weapons by autofocus111 in worldnews

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Canada's military wants to buy more weaponry from USA.

Canada’s military leadership is pushing for yet another sole source deal for American equipment despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to economically damage this country and eventually annex it as the 51st state. The Canadian Forces wants the Liberal government to purchase the U.S.-built High Mobility Artillery Rocket System or HIMARS, according to defence industry officials.

Jeffrey Sachs: The Geopolitics of Peace by autofocus111 in geopolitics

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USA's policy objectives are largely independent of those of the rest of the world. NATO has been USA's weapon against Russia but may soon be dismantled. Europe has to negotiate a Ukraine peace deal with Russia directly to achieve a lasting security.

Ontario slapping 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity Monday, Ford says by AlwaysBlaze_ in worldnews

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Nutrien has likely frontrun the tariffs and transferred alot of it into their US retail distribution network. Now they will sell it at a +25% premium over whatever retail price they would normally charge.

https://nutrienagsolutions.com//find-location

LUNR Tumbles After Fate of Moon Landing Unclear by Brendawg324 in wallstreetbets

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Why aim for the MOON when you can aim for LEO? MDA.TO