“Business people would do well to remember some of the principles and values that have steered many long-standing and successful enterprises through the inevitable turbulence every company experiences,” wrote Paul Tsaparis, executive-in-residence at 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business, in The Globe and Mail Feb. 21. “The landscape is littered with examples of companies that lost touch with their core businesses and values and have either failed or run into significant challenges. Nortel, Kodak and IBM are just a few names that come to mind.” .
A shift is taking place in the investment industry as more people become concerned about preserving the wealth they have, rather than accumulating more….Moshe Milevsky, a finance professor at 91ɫ, calls the five years before and after retirement the "risk zone" for investments, reported the Edmonton Journal Feb. 22. His study showed that once you start withdrawing income in retirement, the sequence of returns in the first few years is crucial..
In a speech on the state of the global mining industry, Ian Delaney, chairman of Sherritt International (S-T), stated in blunt terms that the world has entered an era of resource scarcity, in which most large-scale, high-grade deposits have already been identified by advanced technology, resulting in fewer and fewer major discoveries in recent years….Delaney was speaking to attendees of a day-long conference organized by students enrolled in the JD/MBA program at 91ɫ’s Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business on Feb. 8 in downtown Toronto, reported the Northern Miner Feb. 21. .
Giving people a place to call home can reduce the harm they do to themselves and others, Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia scientist Dr. Bernadette Pauly told a gathering of 91ɫ Region social service professionals. A guest of United Way 91ɫ Region and 91ɫ’s Knowledge Mobilization Unit (KMb), Dr. Pauly detailed her housing first and harm reduction programs on Canada’s west coast, reported the Aurora Banner Feb. 21. .