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Editor s Note: It is one of capitalism s many perversities that countless people around the world, including in the richest capitalist metropolises, such as New York, London, Berlin, and Los Angeles, are homeless, living on the streets, or under bridges, while thousands of luxury abodes sit empty, waiting to hit the right price in what the owners regard as the right reward for their speculation. While this problem will only get worse as the global capitalist crisis worsens, and more millions are literaly thrown into the garbage dump as superfluous people , from the standpoint of efficient, automated capital , reformers are coming up with solutions to mitigate the suffering. In this dilemma, while we think that the right solution to this problem is obviously a complete overhaul of society, that is, revolution, we also think that someting must be done in the immediate future to provide a secure form of shel
Young Investors Challenge Announces its Unprecedented Investment Competition
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A Free Investment Competition for Teenagers in Canada and the US with $10,000 in Prizes
MONTREAL, Dec. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - The Young Investors Challenge is pleased to announce its free online investment competition for 13- to 19-year-olds in Canada and the United States launching on January 4, 2021. Using an innovative web and mobile platform developed by three 18-year-old students, participants will have the opportunity to compete for $10,000 worth of cash and prizes risk-free.
Teenagers will have access to a virtual paper portfolio of $100,000 to invest in S&P 500® stocks and ETFs, including Apple (NASD: AAPL), Microsoft (NASD: MSFT), Facebook (NASD: FB), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A; BRK.B), and Tesla (NASD: TSLA). Participants will compete in challenges focused on portfolio performance and strategy development and will be judged by ind
MONTREAL The Montreal literary community has lost a talent, as Joel Yanofsky has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 65 years old. His wife Cynthia Davis spoke of Yanofsky being a kind and pleasant person to be around. I am very grateful for the 23 years I was lucky enough to share with Joel, she said. He was completely devoted and always kind to those of us blessed to be loved by him. I cannot imagine a better husband or father to our son. Joel made everything fun for us and we miss him so. Writers, academics, friends and fans of the written word began posting their thoughts and memories of the man on social media when it was announced that Yanofsky had died.