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Air Canada’s decision to give the federal government a stake in the country’s airline in exchange for low-cost loans is putting pressure on rival carriers to cut similar deals, and concede a portion of any postpandemic recovery to Ottawa.
The country’s largest airline announced a $5.9-billion government financing package late Monday that could see Ottawa end up owning a nearly 10-per-cent stake of Montreal-based Air Canada. In announcing the program, which was negotiated over several months, federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said: “It was very important to get a good deal for Canadians.”
DEBT: A new study from Lending Tree shows how many of us found a new hobby to pass the time over the past year of isolation. Overall, 59% of Americans took on a new pastime. and some serious DEBT!
From âAtirikt Khurakâ to âAtirikt Zumbaâ, Jackie Shroff shakes a leg for CRED
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Itâs the second of CREDâs six-ad campaign for the ongoing Indian Premier League.
Jackie Shroff and dancing are two words you wouldnât use in the same sentence. CRED imagined it, and its latest ad features âBhiduâ, as the Bollywood star is popularly known, doing Zumba.
Itâs the second ad in the credit card bill payment rewards appâs âGreat for Goodâ campaign for the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
The first ad was released last Friday (April 9), and featured former cricketer Rahul Dravid. In the ad, that has become quite a hit, Dravid is seen losing his cool and picking fights.
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An Indigenous fund first announced in the 2019 federal budget expects to start steering loans to businesses by the end of the year, backed by additional government contributions that bring the fund’s first close to $150-million.
The Indigenous Growth Fund, announced as a $100-million initiative in 2019, will be managed by the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association, an umbrella group for lending agencies known as Aboriginal Financial Institutions, or AFIs.
Covid-19 to cost France nearly half a trillion euros over three years
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14/04/2021 - 08:58 The logo of the Bercy Finance Ministry is seen at the main entrance of the Ministry in Paris, France REUTERS - CHARLES PLATIAU Text by: David Coffey with RFI 2 min The Covid-19 pandemic will set the French state back 424 billion euros over three years in additional spending and reduced tax revenues, the government has said. Advertising
Public Accounts Minister Olivier Dussopt told
Le Figaro daily on Tuesday, that the health crisis cost the state an estimated 158 billion euros in 2020, a figure set to rise to 171 billion euros in 2021 but then fall back to 96 billion euros in 2022.