• Florida ponzi schemer alleges TD played ‘critical’ role in $1.2-billion fraud –
• Japan tsunami debris hitting B.C. shores in ecological red flag for West Coast beaches –
• Canadian banks warming up to Cuba: Financial Times – Exciting times
• Global house prices: Castles made of sand | The Economist – Our interactive overview of global house prices and rents

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Those falling below the curve are the best investment opportunities, according to my hypothesis.

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• When bankers were good – Business Analysis & Features – Business – The Independent – Far from being socially useless, Victorian financiers campaigned to end slavery, built homes for the poor and saved fallen women. Emily Dugan finds modern-day parallels hard to come by
• Adidas’ miCoach SPEED_CELL offers data to athletes running in all directions – This is great.
• "The Mexican Mafia has much to teach us about crime and governance" – the MM protects taxpayers both in prison and on the street, it produces property rights by enforcing gang claims to territory and it adjudicates disputes, all to the extent that such actions increase tax revenue of course.
• Restaurant foods that are ripping you off – If you thought you bagged a bargain by skipping the $29, slow-cooked, burgundy-braised beef short ribs and opting for the $18 baked ziti with mushrooms, marinara sauce and chicken, you’d be wrong.

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• Canada’s top earners make $89K or more: StatsCan – CTV News – In order to make it into the top 1 per cent of earners, or the top 237,000 people, a Canadian would have to earn $181,000.
• Greeks Work Hard—So Why Is There a Debt Crisis? – EU Business News – CNBC – "A relatively smaller percentage of Greeks work longer and harder hours than their European peers to support a generally unproductive system.” – Socialism.
• Gigapixel.com – 2011 Stanley Cup Game 7 Canucks Fan Zone – BEFORE THE RIOT version 1 – The Vancouver Canucks Fan Zone along Georgia St. for Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final was captured at 5:46 pm on June 15, 2011. It is made up of 216 photos (12 across by 18 down) stitched together, taken over a 15-minute span
• Putting Names to the Greats of Indian Art – NYTimes.com – Art historians rarely rest, and the world is generally a better place for their exertions

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• Chadha’s asbestos gamble – Canada taking controversial stance
• Gadhafi forces given 4 days to surrender – Time has come for change
• 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error
• 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error

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