Obama’s win triggers stock market plunge
North American stock market indexes dropped sharply in morning trading Wednesday in the wake of U.S. President Barack Obama’s electoral victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. As of about 11:25...
View ArticleNate Silver, the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, and how it applies to the NHL
There is a lesson to be learned from last night’s United States presidential election, and in particular how forecasts and narratives made prior to it worked out in the end. It is a lesson on...
View ArticleEdmonton businesses keeping watch on U.S. presidential race, chamber says
Alberta businesses concerned about trade and pipeline issues are keeping a close eye on the American presidential campaign, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce president Janet Riopel says. “The new president...
View ArticleThursday's letters: Alberta should control spending side of budget equation
Re. “Higher taxes only way to sustain public service,” Joel French, July 25 Joel French’s claim that Alberta has “still not recovered” from Ralph Klein’s spending cuts doesn’t square with the facts....
View ArticleGary Lamphier: Stock markets rebound, but respite may be temporary
Stock markets bounced higher Monday, regaining some of the ground lost in Friday’s selloff, which marked the steepest losses since June. Toronto’s benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 57 points...
View ArticleOpinion: Presidential race no contest; there is only one qualified candidate
Canada’s position next to the U.S. is like a mouse living next to an elephant. If the elephant rolls over this could put the mouse’s life in serious danger. No wonder Canadians are watching the U.S....
View ArticleEditorial: Canada's politicians must resist the low road taken in the U.S.
There is a tendency from the north side of the 49th parallel to watch U.S. politics — especially its protracted presidential campaigns — for tactics, innovations and political ideas that might be...
View ArticleGary Lamphier: Markets in rally mode ahead of Tuesday's U.S. election
The final votes in the 2016 U.S. presidential election won’t be tallied until Tuesday evening, but investors have already cast their ballots, pre-emptively declaring that Hillary Clinton will defeat...
View ArticleOpinion: The election math behind how rural America put Donald Trump in office
In the wake of this most recent presidential election, the statisticians and pundits having been tossing out all manner of figures while conducting their autopsies on the U.S. body politic. Here is one...
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