The IMF foresees growth of 2.8 per cent in Canada this year, far outpacing the expansion expected in the other G-7 countries. The American dollar also lost ground against other currencies after the IMF cautioned against the superpower’s fiscal and current-account deficits.
That’s not so good for my ebay selling 😉 I’ll make less with a stronger dollar. Oh well, it’s a small price to pay for a growing economy.
{ Japanese electronics giant Sony has taken an extraordinary step to cash in on the war in Iraq by patenting the term “Shock and Awe” for a computer game.
It is among a swarm of companies scrambling to commercially exploit the war in Iraq, which has killed more than 5,000 soldiers and civilians in the space of three weeks.
MediaGuardian.co.uk has learned that Sony is set to launch a computer game called “Shock and Awe”, having registered the defining phrase of the coalition’s military campaign as a trademark in the US. }
Sick how people like to profit from death and evil. No? Yet another reason why capitalism makes me sick.