Author Archives: fergusarnold

Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio has been placed in the worlds spotlight as it is selected to host some of the biggest international events in the short span of 4 years. Although ranked as one of the worlds most … Continue reading →

This post is a comment to the article written in the Economist, Making it Through the Storm. An interesting phenomenon has arisen amongst the constant environmental disasters across the world. The consequences of the costly misfortunate events across seas has proven the outsourcing of operations a … Continue reading →

The re-opening of the once long-lasting butchery on East Hastings as been a topic of excitement. Vancouver entrepreneur and restaurant owner Mark Brand turned to Vancity looking for a loan to hopefully pump life back into the building. Save on … Continue reading →

This post is a reply to a blog written by Maciek Piskorz EnergyAware, the Vancouver based company, has found success in the sales of their PowerTabs, devices used to measure electrical usage and the cost associated with the usage levels. … Continue reading →

This is a repost of my reply on Jonathan Bickford’s blog titled, “Apple CEO apologizes to consumers, recommends competitors software.” Apple, acting on pride, really seemed to shoot themselves in the foot by releasing their highly anticipated phone with a … Continue reading →

Rising fuel costs have not only provided long-lasting headaches for travellers worldwide, but also for the airlines carrying them. Earlier this year Singapore Airlines abandoned the longest non-stop flight (at 19 hours) as rising fuel costs depleted the trips profits. But what … Continue reading →

Between 2010 and 2012, Kia and Hyndai auto-mobiles have had misrepresented mileage statements on many of their models, leaving Canadians with unexpected fuelling costs and Kia with a law suit. Earlier this month, the companies had admitted to overstate the efficiency of various models. The mistake has raised concern regarding … Continue reading →

  The sense of a “global community” is soon to be redefined as the Canadian company UrtheCast sets to begin operations. The company has constructed two cameras which will be placed on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2013. The … Continue reading →

Near the end of the summer the banking giant Goldman Sachs released a fairly unique plan to invest in its neighbourhood, at no cost to the taxpayer. The plan focuses on the fairly constant issue of New York’s detained youth. … Continue reading →

With the somewhat embarrassing move to Memphis, the Grizzlies have left Vancouver without a franchise in the NBA. The Grizzlies played in Vancouver for a total of five seasons, with a consistent low win:loss ratio and poor attendance, but it seems that the growing city is … Continue reading →