On the Thursday before he was supposed to start his new job at Coinbase, Sam Maher got an email with the subject line “Update to your Coinbase offer.” The update was that there was no offer. In response to “current market conditions,” the startup had eliminated a number of incoming positions, leaving Maher suddenly unemployed…
People on the Prairies are harnessing the natural bounty of renewable energy to fuel a clean-energy revolution — creating jobs and helping steer us away from the vagaries of volatile international oil markets and prices. Photo of a solar farm. Credit: Zsuzska Boka / pixabay A David Suzuki Foundation study found Canada’s Prairie provinces could…
Shanghai is aiming to attract global talent from some of the world’s best universities by immediately granting them the hard-to-get household registration document known as the hukou, as the city plans to build back its workforce trimmed by COVID-19 lockdowns.Chinese graduates from the world’s top 50 universities — as ranked by the Times Higher Education…
Be smart with your money. Get the latest investing insights delivered right to your inbox three times a week, with the Globe Investor newsletter. Sign up today.EquitiesCanada’s main stock index rose at Monday’s open alongside improved global sentiment. On Wall Street, key indexes also started higher in the wake of another losing week.At 9:31 a.m.…