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A better transit service would make it an essential one

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 7:54pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

There couldn’t be a transit strike in Halifax without it creating some detrimental effects.
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Average: 4.4 (15 votes)

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Strike might be over now if more people wanted to use Metro Transit

Monday, February 20, 2012 - 8:38pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

The reason the Metro Transit strike hasn’t been settled is that the bus and ferry service isn’t essential enough to enough people.
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Average: 3.5 (35 votes)

Strike might be over now if more people wanted !to use Metro Transit

Monday, February 20, 2012 - 8:37pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

The reason the Metro Transit strike hasn’t been settled is that the bus and ferry service isn’t essential enough to enough people.
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Sound studio explores new ground

Monday, February 20, 2012 - 4:32am | By MARTHA WILSON | Thriving in tough times

Stonebridge guitars have a great story.
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Encana keeps Deep Panuke, at least for now

Friday, February 17, 2012 - 7:07pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

Natural gas-centric Encana Corp. announced Friday it is selling certain assets and shutting in some wells as a way of dealing with low natural gas prices, but Nova Scotia’s Deep Panuke project isn’t on either list.
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Average: 5 (2 votes)

Property tax system hobbling economic growth

Friday, February 17, 2012 - 4:52pm | By LEANNE HACHEY | Guest Columnist

Are you one of the many Nova Scotians who’ve recently opened their new property assessment notices? If so, you’re likely reeling from how much it’s increased and what it will mean for your tax bill.
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Average: 5 (4 votes)

Tax filing time: Think of it as day of reckoning

Friday, February 17, 2012 - 4:45pm | By ROGER HAINEAULT | FISCAL ENDEAVOURS

The annual ritual that most readers share each spring began last Monday with the flick of a switch. Tax season is now officially upon us.
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Average: 4 (1 vote)

Gas cost increase may drive inflation

Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 7:35pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

The largest city in the Maritimes is ending the second week of a transit strike with no resolution in sight, and industry sources tell me it is too early to say whether Halifax gasoline retailers are pumping significantly more fuel as a result.
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Average: 4 (4 votes)

Lunenburg mayor: Time to change property assessment rules

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 7:07pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

Commercial property owners are concerned their latest assessments may be over estimating the value of their properties and they may have found an ally in a well-known municipal politician.
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Average: 5 (8 votes)

Record profits, rate increases enrage power customers

Monday, February 13, 2012 - 8:09pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

Normally, publicly traded companies like Emera Inc. have no problem getting patted on the back for record profits, but that isn’t necessarily the case for this Nova Scotia company.
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Average: 4.2 (21 votes)

Greener pastures are waiting here in N.S.

Sunday, February 12, 2012 - 4:33am | By RACHEL BRIGHTON Just Business

We should take a lesson from the new census showing that two-thirds of our rural counties are in decline while Halifax and some regional centres are growing.
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Average: 3.3 (20 votes)

Outgoing Sobeys head: Food wars ahead

Friday, February 10, 2012 - 8:01pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

Now that Bill McEwan, 54, is stepping down as head of Canada's second largest grocery chain, people are wondering who will guide Nova Scotia’s Sobeys Inc. through what could be one of the most turbulent times in Canadian retailing history.
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Average: 4.7 (6 votes)

Tax rules rarely affect real estate inheritance

Friday, February 10, 2012 - 7:35pm | By ROGER HAINEAULT | FISCAL ENDEAVOURS

The problem with inheritance taxes is that you can die only once.
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Average: 4.3 (3 votes)

Keep finances simple, author advises

Friday, February 10, 2012 - 6:36pm | By KAYE PARKER

Count on Yourself: Take Charge of Your Money by Alison Griffiths (Simon & Schuster, January 2012) Money management books are popping up like dandelions in spring now that the frenzy of Christmas has passed and tax time is looming.
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Average: 5 (2 votes)

Property assessment hikes still leave many scratching their heads

Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 6:35pm | By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist

Overly inflated property assessments this year have commercial property owners in an uproar and they’re pressuring governments to do something about it.
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Average: 5 (4 votes)