Government cracks down on inducements in RRSP sales
Ottawa warns institutions against prizes and high pressure tactics in selling RRSPs. CDIC launches a 3.5 million education campaign to explain deposit insurance covering cash deposits up to 60 000 per customer across 156 member institutions, with RRSP and RRIF deposits separately insured.
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Calling cards and the rise of instant business contact
A columnist recalls the evolution of calling cards from simple social tokens to verbose professional identifiers. The piece notes expanded data on names titles employers and contact details including office and home phones fax numbers and even Envoy and cellular numbers. It cites examples from Mormon missionaries RCMP and famous figures like Peter Lougheed and Joe Clark, tracing the cards from King Louis XIV to modern business culture.
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