Columnists: August 2012 Archives

Friday August 31, 2012

Mitt's Economic Philosophy

Matt Galloway spoke with Michael Hlinka. He is our business commentator on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Thursday August 30, 2012

Inspired By Poet

Marcel Khalife is a master musician from Lebanon who pays homage to Mahmoud Darwish, a famous Palestinian poet, and to the spirit of the Arab Spring on his new album titled "Fall of The Moon", the disc sets 19 of Darwish's poems about exile, loss and identity to music and it is a moving and majestic listen. Our music columnist Errol Nazareth brought in a few samples.
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Wednesday August 29, 2012

Government Spending

Matt Galloway spoke with Michael Hlinka. He is our business commentator on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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Categories: Business with Michael Hlinka, Columnists, Past Episodes

 

• September 2012
  • Thu., 27 – Chinese Takeover?
     
  • Thu., 27 – Little Beaver
     
  • Wed., 26 – Impulse Spending
     
  • Wed., 26 – NHL Talks
     
  • Tue., 25 – False Claims
     
  • Tue., 25 – Not Harry Potter
     
  • Tue., 25 – Sharing Office Space
     
  • Fri., 21 – No Amazon At Walmart
     
  • Wed., 19 – Ranking Cities
     
  • Wed., 19 – Fatoumata Diawara
     
  • Tue., 18 – Omnibus "Budget" Bill
     
  • Tue., 18 – "Toronto Juggernauts"
     
  • Tue., 18 – Social Media
     
  • Mon., 17 – PIN & Chip Safety
     
  • Mon., 17 – Regulate Gas Prices?
     
  • Mon., 17 – Regent Park
     
  • Fri., 14 – "Simply Remarkable"
     
  • Thu., 13 – Better Off Today?
     
  • Thu., 13 – Unusual Band Name
     
  • Wed., 12 – Less Luxury Items?
     
  • Tue., 11 – Bad For The Public?
     
  • Mon., 10 – Who Is Right?
     
  • Mon., 10 – New Devices
     
  • Fri., 7 – Daycare Dilemma
     
  • Thu., 6 – Economics of TIFF
     
  • Thu., 6 – Country Funk
     
  • Wed., 5 – CRTC Report
     
  • Tue., 4 – Greek Exit?
     
  • Tue., 4 – Blockbusters And Flops
     
  • Mon., 3 – Labour Changes
     
  • Mon., 3 – Robotic Car
     
• August 2012
  • Fri., 31 – Mitt's Economic Philosophy
     
  • Thu., 30 – Inspired By Poet
     
  • Wed., 29 – Government Spending
     
  • Tue., 28 – Final Season
     
  • Thu., 2 – Palm Wine Music
     
  • Wed., 1 – US House Prices Up
     
• July 2012
  • Fri., 27 – Preserving The Euro?
     
  • Thu., 26 – Breaking Up Banks?
     
  • Thu., 26 – "Encounter Camp"
     
  • Thu., 26 – Alistair Christl
     
  • Wed., 25 – Markets Down
     
  • Tue., 24 – Good For Cities?
     
  • Tue., 24 – New Idol Judge
     
  • Mon., 23 – Arresting Traders?
     
  • Mon., 23 – Cyborg Rights
     
  • Fri., 20 – Shadow Banking
     
  • Thu., 19 – Witnessing A Violent Death
     
  • Thu., 19 – Too Busy To Stay Open
     
  • Thu., 19 – Go Go
     
  • Wed., 18 – A Walk Through The Neighbourhood
     
  • Wed., 18 – Credit Cards
     
  • Tue., 17 – Drought And Money
     
  • Tue., 17 – Batman Is The Biggest
     
  • Mon., 16 – Municipal Bankruptcy
     
  • Mon., 16 – Will It Work?
     
  • Thu., 12 – Apple In Trouble
     
  • Thu., 12 – Polyrhythms
     
  • Tue., 10 – LIBOR Repeated?
     
  • Tue., 10 – Alternate Endings
     
  • Mon., 9 – Malicious Software
     
  • Thu., 5 – More Than A Cooling Centre
     
  • Thu., 5 – Tax To Recover
     
  • Thu., 5 – African Groove From London
     
  • Tue., 3 – "Reboot"
     
  • Mon., 2 – Out Of Retirement
     
• June 2012
  • Fri., 29 – RIM's Loss
     
  • Thu., 28 – "Best In 2001"
     
  • Wed., 27 – Consumer Confidence
     
  • Tue., 26 – Toronto On Screen
     
  • Mon., 25 – Instant Reaction
     
  • Mon., 25 – Inflation Down
     
  • Fri., 22 – Too Little Too Late?
     
  • Wed., 20 – Trans Pacific Deal
     
  • Wed., 20 – "Superstar"
     
  • Tue., 19 – National Aboriginal Day
     
  • Tue., 19 – "Tougher Than Academics"
     
  • Mon., 18 – Reaction To Vote
     
  • Mon., 18 – Ads On Skype
     
  • Fri., 15 – "Outrageous"
     
  • Wed., 13 – Regent Park Quilt
     
  • Wed., 13 – Manpower Employment
     
  • Tue., 12 – Census Portrait #2
     
  • Tue., 12 – Tightrope Walk
     
  • Mon., 11 – Census Portrait #1
     
  • Mon., 11 – Spain Bailed Out
     
  • Mon., 11 – Internet Speed
     
  • Fri., 8 – Where To Go?
     
  • Thu., 7 – Africa Meets Cuba
     
  • Mon., 4 – Gamification
     
  • Mon., 4 – GM Closing Plants
     
  • Fri., 1 – Ontario Wages
     
• May 2012
  • Wed., 30 – Housing Less Affordable
     
  • Tue., 29 – Bowing Out
     
  • Tue., 29 – Last Twilight
     
  • Mon., 28 – Seeing Without Eye
     
  • Mon., 28 – "Demonstrate Integrity"
     
  • Fri., 25 – Facebook Rocky?
     
  • Thu., 24 – Refugee All Stars
     
  • Wed., 23 – Interest Rate Hike?
     
  • Tue., 22 – Cannes Film Festival
     
  • Mon., 21 – Slashing Fees
     
  • Mon., 21 – Digital Advertising
     
  • Fri., 18 – The Price?
     
  • Fri., 18 – Foreign Investors
     
  • Thu., 17 – Sarazino
     
  • Wed., 16 – FBI Investigating
     
  • Mon., 14 – Greece Out?
     
  • Mon., 14 – Facebook Apps
     
  • Thu., 10 – Funky Eastern Nigeria
     
  • Wed., 9 – Condo Problems
     
  • Wed., 9 – "Perverse System"
     
  • Mon., 7 – Austerity Gone?
     
  • Mon., 7 – Free Online Movie
     
  • Fri., 4 – "Too Big To Fail"
     
  • Fri., 4 – Not Refugees?
     
  • Thu., 3 – Lakshmi: A Hindu Goddess Reinterpreted
     
  • Thu., 3 – Two Bills
     
  • Wed., 2 – Infant Testing
     
  • Tue., 1 – Cola Wars, Again?
     
• April 2012
  • Mon., 30 – Student Debt
     
  • Mon., 30 – T-Rays
     
  • Fri., 27 – Regulating CMHC
     
  • Thu., 26 – Not A Downgrade
     
  • Thu., 26 – Gurrumul
     
  • Tue., 24 – Indie Games
     
  • Mon., 23 – Housing Market Warning
     
  • Mon., 23 – Growing Pains
     
  • Fri., 20 – Border Traffic
     
  • Thu., 19 – Unemployment
     
  • Thu., 19 – Johnny Cash Is Back
     
  • Wed., 18 – Pay Package Rejected
     
  • Wed., 18 – Tupac Back
     
  • Tue., 17 – Rethinking Auto Industry
     
  • Mon., 16 – Change To Yuan
     
  • Fri., 13 – Cellphone Contracts
     
  • Thu., 12 – Apple Sued
     
  • Thu., 12 – Auto-Tune That Works?
     
  • Wed., 11 – Tackling Our Debt
     
  • Tue., 10 – Good News Survey
     
  • Tue., 10 – Movie Ratings
     
  • Mon., 9 – "Misunderstanding"
     
  • Mon., 9 – New Uniforms
     
  • Thu., 5 – Stax Records
     
  • Tue., 3 – "Wash Trades"
     
  • Tue., 3 – Politicians On TV
     
  • Mon., 2 – RIM Resignation
     
  • Mon., 2 – Cash Online
     
• March 2012
  • Thu., 15 – Can Sears Compete?
     
  • Thu., 15 – "So Much In Love"
     
  • Tue., 13 – It Fizzled
     
  • Mon., 12 – Job Report
     
  • Mon., 12 – E-health Costs More?
     
  • Mon., 12 – A Different Future
     
  • Fri., 9 – Air Canada Dispute
     
  • Thu., 8 – Offending The Irish
     
  • Thu., 8 – Palenque
     
  • Wed., 7 – Greece In Trouble Again
     
  • Tue., 6 – Corporate Tax Breaks
     
  • Tue., 6 – Demise Of Idol?
     
  • Mon., 5 – Social Media Savvy
     
  • Mon., 5 – Ontario Alberta Tension
     
  • Fri., 2 – Pension Plans
     
  • Fri., 2 – "Nothing For A Rainy Day"
     
  • Thu., 1 – Entertainment Expenses
     
  • Thu., 1 – "Northern Soul"
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – Ireland Next?
     
  • Tue., 28 – "Google Wants You"
     
  • Tue., 28 – European Agreement
     
  • Mon., 27 – Ethical Investing
     
  • Mon., 27 – Oscar Wrap
     
  • Fri., 24 – Budget Hints
     
  • Thu., 23 – Pop Up Stores
     
  • Thu., 23 – "The Golden Age"
     
  • Wed., 22 – Retail Sales Slumped
     
  • Tue., 21 – Unprecedented Wealth Transfer
     
  • Tue., 21 – Next Wave Of Gaming
     
  • Mon., 20 – Financial Advisor
     
  • Mon., 20 – Health Apps
     
  • Fri., 17 – RBC Downgraded
     
  • Thu., 16 – Too Optimistic?
     
  • Thu., 16 – Subway Salsa
     
  • Tue., 14 – Changing Index?
     
  • Tue., 14 – Whitney
     
  • Mon., 13 – More Tough Measures
     
  • Mon., 13 – Online Dating
     
  • Fri., 10 – Deal For Greece
     
  • Thu., 9 – Showing Total Price
     
  • Thu., 9 – Gems From Stax
     
  • Wed., 8 – Will Bubble Burst or Deflate?
     
  • Tue., 7 – Greece Debates Austerity
     
  • Tue., 7 – The Bird Was Flipped
     
  • Mon., 6 – More Jobs Available?
     
  • Mon., 6 – Cheap Computers
     
  • Fri., 3 – Business of Super Bowl
     
  • Fri., 3 – A Fork in the Road: A week-long series from Mary Wiens
     
  • Thu., 2 – Initial Public Offering
     
  • Thu., 2 – More Iranian
     
  • Wed., 1 – Model Broken?
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Not Just A Game
     
  • Tue., 31 – Real Estate Still Strong
     
  • Mon., 30 – Google Tracking
     
  • Mon., 30 – Economic Forum Wraps
     
  • Fri., 27 – Reading Is Good
     
  • Fri., 27 – Most In Debt
     
  • Thu., 26 – Low Interest Rates
     
  • Wed., 25 – Labour Disputes
     
  • Wed., 25 – Mowest
     
  • Tue., 24 – Sanctions And The Price Of Oil
     
  • Tue., 24 – The Nominations
     
  • Mon., 23 – Chinese Economy
     
  • Mon., 23 – File Sharing
     
  • Fri., 20 – Apple Textbooks?
     
  • Thu., 19 – Toronto Behind
     
  • Thu., 19 – "Hard Bossa"
     
  • Wed., 18 – Bank of Canada
     
  • Tue., 17 – Price Of Oil
     
  • Tue., 17 – Sundance Film Festival
     
  • Mon., 16 – European Debt Downgraded
     
  • Mon., 16 – "Tricorder"
     
  • Mon., 16 – Eritrean Community Centre
     
  • Thu., 12 – Pre-Revolution
     
  • Tue., 10 – Social Media Strike?
     
  • Tue., 10 – Top Spot
     
  • Mon., 9 – Suing Tobacco
     
  • Mon., 9 – Cyber Weapon
     
  • Fri., 6 – Economic Blahs?
     
  • Thu., 5 – Pension Plan Problems
     
  • Thu., 5 – A Motley Crew
     
  • Wed., 4 – CEO Salaries Justified?
     
  • Tue., 3 – Cost Of Living
     
  • Tue., 3 – Coming Up In 2012
     
• December 2011
  • Fri., 23 – Where To Put It?
     
  • Thu., 22 – Debt Worsening
     
  • Thu., 22 – Eclectic Christmas Music
     
  • Wed., 21 – "Beyond Food Banks: Ending hunger in Canada"
     
  • Wed., 21 – Food More Expensive
     
  • Wed., 21 – Prescribing Exercise
     
  • Tue., 20 – National Securities Regulator?
     
  • Tue., 20 – The Year That Was
     
  • Mon., 19 – Technology In 2012
     
  • Mon., 19 – Gold Sliding
     
  • Fri., 16 – Bad Day For RIM
     
  • Fri., 16 – Stocking Stuffers
     
  • Wed., 14 – We Owe More
     
  • Tue., 13 – Happy Means Productive
     
  • Tue., 13 – Big Money In Video Games
     
  • Mon., 12 – Browsed When Browsing?
     
  • Mon., 12 – Corporate Subsidies
     
  • Fri., 9 – MLSE Deal
     
  • Thu., 8 – One Click Shop Patent
     
  • Thu., 8 – "Amy's Jukebox"
     
  • Wed., 7 – Real Estate Doing Well
     
  • Tue., 6 – Manufacturing Up
     
  • Tue., 6 – "Cult Classics"
     
  • Mon., 5 – Critical Meeting In Europe
     
  • Mon., 5 – Techie Christmas Gifts
     
  • Fri., 2 – Right to pension after bankruptcy?
     
  • Thu., 1 – Company Bans E-mail
     
  • Thu., 1 – The Lost Notebooks
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Interest in Canadian Bonds
     
  • Tue., 29 – Measuring Poverty
     
  • Tue., 29 – Life Before
     
  • Mon., 28 – New Sports Channel?
     
  • Mon., 28 – "Digital Bread Crumbs"
     
  • Thu., 24 – Throw-away buildings
     
• October 2011
  • Wed., 19 – The Darker Side
     
  • Tue., 18 – Roma Mothers
     
  • Thu., 6 – Michael Hlinka online
     
• September 2011
  • Tue., 27 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System"
     
  • Thu., 22 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 3
     
  • Wed., 21 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 2
     
  • Tue., 20 – "The Indignity of Aging: Ontario's Homecare System", Part 1
     
• May 2010
  • Mon., 10 – Cpl. Christopher Klodt