Besides being the official currency of the world’s largest economy, the US dollar is also the world’s dominant reserve currency and is used in most international transactions. Many currencies around …
Travel Guide: Eastern United States
Chances are, you’ve traveled to the United States before. As Canada’s neighbour, it makes for a relatively easy and popular trip. Since there’s so much to see and do here, …
Travel Guide: USA – Mountain States
Welcome to America’s wondrous and wild frontier. As you push westward, the mountains start to rise ever higher, the wildlife gets more diverse, and solitude is easier to find. From …
Normalizing Relations: Are the US and Cuba Getting Along?
In the last few months, and this past weekend in particular, some major strides have been made in the process of normalizing relations between Cuba and the US – but …
Business Roundup: Week of Feb 16
In case you missed the biggest business stories of the last few weeks we’ve rounded them all up. HSBC Leaked documents revealing that HSBC bankers offered tax-avoidance strategies to its …
5 Stories to Watch in 2015
2015 began in dramatic fashion. Fears over the Eurozone, terrorist attacks in France and falling oil prices have all made headlines this past month. Last year few would have predicted that …
Country of the Week: United States of America
We here at Continental not only love America but we also acknowledge its importance. It’s the world’s largest economy. It’s Canada’s neighbor to the south (and the northwest if you …