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How Will Asia Make its Comeback

Peter Hall | Posted 12.29.2012 | Canada Business
Peter Hall

Weakness in the developing world has had an ugly recent effect: vibrant Asian economies wilted over the summer months, and now face a less certain path in the months ahead. Vaunted as a key engine of the world economy, Asian economic powerhouses are now contributing to the pervasive sense of global gloom. Will Asia self-start, or will re-ignition require a boost from another battery?

Seven Things You Didn't Know About Africa

Glen Pearson | Posted 12.25.2012 | Canada
Glen Pearson

War, famine, death, devastation -- we've heard it all so many times about Africa that we feel we know it by heart. It's time we acquired a new vocabulary. It's almost as if, right under our nose, while beset by our own economic problems, we missed what is clearly a remarkable economic and social shift in world developments. Here are just some examples of what's been going on.

Is It Worth The Trouble Of Learning French Anymore?

The Huffington Post Canada | Véronique Herry-Saint-Onge | Posted 07.04.2012 | Canada Living

This feature was produced by Véronique Herry-Saint-Onge, a student in Ryerson University's School of Journalism, in partnership with The Huffington P...

Rachel Mendleson

‘Even Our Path To Self-Destruction Is Going To Run Out Of Fuel’

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 05.14.2012 | Canada Business

Jeff Rubin has a message for all the economists and central bankers out there, waiting with bated breath for rock-bottom interest rates to kick the wo...

Occupy Movement Demands Fresh Thinking -- For Our Grandchildren

David Suzuki | Posted 01.10.2012 | Canada Politics
David Suzuki

Although not all corporations are bad, many of them, and the super-rich who run them, are increasing their wealth at the expense of generations to come -- poisoning air, water, and soil. The costs of those problems will be most strongly felt by successive generations to come, yet economists discount them.

TD Bank Chief Warns Of U.S.-Style Crisis In Canada

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Business

The head of one of Canada's largest banks is warning that the country is facing a financial crisis of similar proportions to those seen in the U.S. an...

Full Text Of Ed Clark's Speech At Ivey Awards Dinner

Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Business

Good evening. I'm delighted so many people have taken time out of their evening to be here -- especially on a night of gale forces and hard rain. ...

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Should Think Globally and Act Locally

Donald Lenihan | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Politics
Donald Lenihan

Poverty, environmental degradation and unemployment are no longer just local, regional or even national concerns, to be addressed by the appropriate level of government. They are part of the new global order -- a vast expanse of interconnectedness -- that calls for new multi-lateral solutions.

Rachel Mendleson

When It Comes To Globalization, 'Resistance Is Futile'

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada Business

With the loonie near parity, transportation costs climbing and protectionist trade provisions on the table in Washington, Canadian businesses can be f...

Multipolarity: It's Already Here

Edward Jackson | Posted 08.08.2011 | Canada
Edward Jackson

Six emerging economies will account for more than half of global growth by 2025. But "emerging" is really a misnomer. These economies exercise their expanding power every day on every continent in every sector. The only thing "emerging" about them is how powerful they could become.

The Real Threat Set: Humanity's Race Against Time

Daryl Copeland | Posted 07.23.2011 | Canada
Daryl Copeland

In the globalization era, the most profound challenges to human survival -- climate change, public health, food security, and resource scarcity, to name a few -- are rooted in science and driven by technology.