What Does ‘Affordable Housing’ Mean?

Private sector employment rose by 58,000 (+0.4%), while self-employed workers increased by 44,000 (+1.6%). Public sector employment fell by 27,000 (-0.6%). Ontario drives national gains Ontario accounted for the largest provincial increase, adding 52,000 jobs (+0.6%) in July. The province’s unemployment rate fell to 6.8 per cent, down from a recent high of 7.9 per…

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Most independent advisory firms are great at winning new clients, managing investments and helping navigate their financial lives. But recruiting, developing and hiring staff have been among the top challenges for registered investment advisors over the last several years. The talent search strategy has often consisted of asking around to family and friends, wholesalers, custodians…

Blockchain.com, a long-established digital asset platform, has moved to secure regulatory clearance that would allow it to expand into US prediction markets and cryptocurrency derivatives trading. The company informed CNBC that it has submitted applications for two licenses from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency responsible for overseeing futures and derivatives markets….

Trump’s optimistic framing, pointing to sub-80 dollar oil and easing consumer pain, reads as an attempt to project reassurance rather than a clear signal that risk has actually receded. The more telling variable for price is the internal Iranian power struggle rather than anything coming out of Washington. If the Pezeshkian camp gains ground and…