BC leads in job losses, posts highest unemployment rate outside Atlantic Canada

Summary

       From the past couple of years till now, B.C. has the highest unemployment rate all across Canada. In mid January, B.C. lost 9,100 jobs and was the only province to see significant job losses. Most of the Canadian provinces showed an increase in job gain. For instance, Ontario created 36,300 new jobs in January and Alberta created 21,600 new jobs. In January, B.C. unemployment rate rose to 7.8 percent, which was the biggest increase in the country. The president of the B.C. Federation of Labour, Jim Sinclair, states that B.C. is clearly behind all the other Canadian provinces and that other provinces are continuing to create new jobs to pull themsleves out of recession.

Connection

       The article and textbook both explain how people are unemployed all around the world, especially in B.C. Both materials state that the high unemployment rate happen involuntarily. Most people are unemployed because they are lay off, not because they want to quit their jobs out of choices.

Reflection

      I agree that B.C. has the highest unemployment rate because I know many people are unemployed in B.C. due to the shortest of jobs in the province. In my opinion, the reason that people are highly unemployed in B.C. is because there are too little jobs opportunities avaliable and too many people are unemployed and seeking for jobs.  Also, some work places might whether hire one worker to perform two-three tasks as opposed to hiring two to three workers to perform the tasks, in order to cut costs. I think the governemnt should really use some of their budgets to help the people in B.C. to seek jobs, such as developing some more programs to help individual to land a job.

Chapter 4 Direct Tax

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/direct-tax-collections-rise-19-in-apr-dec/421055/

Summary

This article tells us about how direct tax through the 9 months (April-December) of the current financial year increased 19.47 per cent to touch Rs 2,98,958 crore, compared with Rs 2,50,232 crore in the corresponding period of 2009-10. The finance minister wants us to maintain the same pace of growth, with which we will achieve the target of Rs 4,50,000 crore,” said a CBDT official. So from now on it is predicted that taxes would go up and contiunue to go up in the near future unless the governments make a change.

Connection


Not only about percentages going up in Crore in india, but how direct taxes are going up all around the country right now. It shows a huge inpact of how people are living right now, and how they are unhappy within what the government is doing. But as you can see the government isn't really helping the people but making it worse by supporting himselves funding things such as cancer research, resgistered retirement savings plan, school fees and many more. It might sound usefull but not many people are willing to waste there money for direct taxes because they might not need the benefits for what the government is offering to them.

 Reflections

This is surprising to me because i never knew that in other places there are country experiencing the same problem as us. I'm frighten for the future of our people because taxes will rise in the future and because of that our future would suffer from this problem. If taxes are contiuning to increase and wages are not changing then there would be a major disaster in the future. Hense, taxes should not increase if it doesn't make a huge difference to the survival of humans, because even if it is meant to help people it may become the death of us in the end.

BlackBerry vs Apple: Which is better for business users?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/7750578/BlackBerry-vs-Apple-Which-is-better-for-business-users.html

Summary

     This articles tells us about the competition between blackberry and apple phone users for buisness people. As you can see blackberry is normally known for buisness people since it is really easy to use. But once the iphone 3g came out people has really began to change companies, The british bank also announced that it is migrating its workforce from blackberries to iphones. Many companies still think the blackberry is best for buisness, since banks like hsbc and morgan stanley is offering it as the only handset choice. "Companies in North America helped spearhead the growth of the iPhone as a work phone, but blackBerrys still remains the most popular business devices in both the UK and US. So now the two companies are creating newer phones to compete with each other, the latest Iphone 4 and blackberry torch.

Connection 

    

     The two companies tells us about the problem between the phones going up againts each other, which cause an over supply for older phones that they created. Which leads to a higher supply demand. Price is not really a factor for buisness people, its just that they want whatever is better to benefit them for there usage in work or any important things that they need. So in the near future both companies would have the same amount of people using them, since everybody have different opinions in what they want.


Reflections

    I never knew how apple is a buisness related phone too. It surprises me how it is a head competition with the blackberry company. At the same time this two companies cost alot more than other phones but yet people are not changing there mind. I think the main reason of why people are buying them is because the phones is very well known compare to other phones and that it looks good too. They both also have special futures, for blackberries bbm and for iphones apps for games and other cool things which buisness people can do when they are bored or something.
    
   

Out of Water: From Abundance to Scarcity and How to Solve the World's Water Problems

http://www.ftpress.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1616469

Summary

The article i read is mainly about how water is running out in many places. Water shortages have occured in some areas such as Southeast England and parts of the southeastern United states. The reason that water is running out is because, people are using water like it is a waste. By saying that people are spending 30 minutes showering, leaving tab waters on and using it for useless reasons. Due to the reduced of water availability it caused crop failures and starvation in developing countries. So to the growing of twenty-first century, water will play a big major role for the entire planet.


Connections

Chapter one basically tells us about how water is running out, due to waste of water in many areas. Water is a very important resource, since many people need it for drinking and power supply. That's why water is a scarce, since it has an insufficient amount or supply. By 40-50 years later, many people would begin to realize why water is a scarce, since they would be experiencing the prices of water going up and how many countries would start starvation due to the lack of water.

 Reflection

I never really knew the importance of water, until i read this article. Water is what keeps everyones life going, since many things you have at home are related to water.  After reading this article i would really start looking forward to using water wisely and not wasting it for useless occasions. Because many other countries are lacking from fresh water and are at the point of starvation, while we haven't expierienced any of that yet. Also it surprises me how water used for many ways, not only for drinking.