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Bob Rennie, The King of Condos, says there’s no condo bubble. Which is precisely what he’d say if he wanted you to think there’s no condo bubble.
Facebook valued shares for its initial public offering at $38, in effect declaring the company to be worth $104-billion. That’s more than McDonald’s, by the way. The dawn of a new era, when advertising channels and reams of personal information are worth more than physical assets and hamburgers.
An electrician appears to have exploded himself in Kamloops following a six-hour standoff after he took his ex-girlfriend hostage, CBC reports. The woman was ultimately released unharmed, but shortly afterwards several explosions ripped through the house, setting it ablaze. Police found two other bombs rigged in the man’s vehicle.
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