Our attempts at curbing our spending on groceries, with day 3 of not going to the store to buy dinner, continues on with good progress. Tuesday we cheated a little with me picking up some veggies on the way home, so far so good. Breaking any habit takes at least 21 days of not doing it, before you can think you have broken the bad habit.
Bank Stocks Rebound
BMO was up $1.42, TD was up 80 cents, Scotiabank was up $1.10 and Sun Life was up 88 cents (all stock that I hold), so not a bad day for me. It has been a bad time holding financial stocks, but always nice to see a rebound, we shall see whether this rebound continues (or whether it is a stop on the drop). Any readers wishing to comment on their opinions in this area, are welcome to chime in.
Laid Off?
A topic that worries me pretty much every day, and Smart Money has a very good list of things to do if you are laid off. A good list of Do’s and Don’ts, but I have lived through the moment, and I can assure you it’s not easy to remember a list of things, at the moment of being laid off. I wish for all of you, not to have to live through the moment.
15 Cents a Message
Two of the 3 cellular phone leaders in Canada are introducing a 15 cent charge to RECEIVE a text message on your cell phone (if you are not part of a text messaging package already). If you receive a SPAM message, you must pay, so this one is going to cause some folks to be unhappy. Rogers has commented that they do not plan to follow suit (yet).
Rumor has it now that Apple is not selling the iPhone to Canada (through their Apple stores, you can still buy them from Rogers Wireless directly) in a reaction to Rogers Wireless data plans for the iPhone. Evidently the Canadian phones are going to Europe instead? I wasn’t getting one, but it should be interesting, for the Canadian Apple lovers. If you want to know more about the iPhone, my favorite cell phone Video Blog is The Smartphones Show, and that link will give you a run down on the iPhone (3G).
