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The article focuses on the corporate formality of annual reports. Of particular focus is a report published by Enterprise.com, a Belgium-based consultancy, which ranks 300 international companies based on their annual reports, and how Canadian businesses ranked. Overall, eighteen Canadian companies made the list, with Telus Corp. ranking first. Factors the report considered when compiling the rankings included performance reporting, financial review and management discussion of strategy.

The article offers information on the environmental initiatives of Canadian companies that made it to the 2010 Green 30 list of "Canadian Business" magazine. Global human resources consulting and outsourcing firm Hewitt Associates compiled the information provided by the organizations. Highlighted are the key programs, practices, values, leadership behaviours, and actions that enabled the companies to earn high marks from their staff.

In a year when prices for lumber and pulpwood hit their lowest levels in a decade, forestry companies such as Canfor Corp. were already smarting. On top of that, Canfor had to pay $107.6 million in punitive duties in fiscal 2002 due to Canada's softwood lumber dispute with the US. The Vancouver company--the largest softwood lumber producer in Canada and fourth-largest in the world--still managed to carve out a profit of $11.5 million on revenue of $2.1 billion. CEO David Emerson is fighting a more grassroots campaign: to change the image of forestry. Since signing on as CEO in 1998--after overhauling the Vancouver International Airport Authority--he has led Canfor's initiative to gain certification from the Canadian Standards Association and American Forest & Paper Association. Tim Hortons is one of Canada's top 75 companies of all time because the food chain makes the best darn coffee in the country. It qualifies because, although it's been owned by American giant Wendy's Internat

The article discusses Canadian small-cap companies whose average one year return was 41% which was better than the medium-and large-cap stocks. Aurelian Resources Incorporated, on the Investor 500 list for the first time, had a return of 1,099.7%. Enterra Energy Trust had a loss of 62.4%. There are 49 small-cap industries including paper, biotechnology, airlines, and hotels.

Several charts are presented that list Canada's 500 largest publicly traded companies, including the 50 largest-capitalization companies, the 150 mid-capitalization companies, and the 300 small-capitalization companies.

A list of the 250 largest small-cap companies headquartered in Canada based on market capitalization is presented.

Offers stock recommendations for a variety of Canadian companies. Petro-Canada; MediSolution Ltd.; Moore Corp.; Sobeys Inc.; Teck Corp.; ATI Technologies Inc.; Cascades Inc.; Hudson's Bay Co; Investors Group; Alcan Aluminum Ltd.

Introduces the results from the 'Canadian Business' study entitled 'Investor 500,' which ranks Canada's top performing companies, as of July 2000. Includes, NHC Communications Inc., BakBone Software Inc., eDispatch.com Wireless Data Inc., and SureFire Commerce Inc.

Presents a list of those companies and institutions in Canada that have won 1997 Canadian Information Productivity Awards for their innovative use of information technology for the betterment of public service. Nineteen award-winners, with a brief description.

When it comes to writing something of an intimate nature, the instrument of choice for Toni Onley is the fountain pen. An elegant fountain pen is more than a tool; it's functional art. "A fountain pen is the champagne of writing instruments," says Robert Culmer, owner of Montreal's Peel Pen Shop, the oldest specialty shop selling writing instruments in Canada. If you're hunting for a distinctive pen, then the pinnacle of the Montblanc collection is the Solitaire Royal Le Grand fountain pen, which is covered in 4,810 diamonds from tip to cap. If you're into gems, you may prefer a pen from Montblanc's Bohème series which, at $1,100 features a synthetic amethyst on the clip and a retractable nib. Within several months of regular writing, the nib will actually mold itself to your writing style--which is why you should never lend your fountain pen. An important improvement was made to fountain pens by Lewis Edson Waterman, a New York insurance salesman, who devised a feed regulator that allowed air into the ink reservoir as the ink flowed out, reducing blotching and skipping.

People in retrospect sometimes dismiss the 1950s with the term for a style of cigarette packaging at the time--"Flat Fifties." But surely that's refuted by a decade when Canada's GNP doubled, the value of manufacturing nearly did, petroleum production increased fivefold, as did iron ore output, while the Canadian dollar, still a paper bill, exchanged at a premium with the US greenback. Despite earlier Canadian nervousness about a pugnacious America, the Korean War throttles up Canada's economy to new heights. Bigger military budgets build up the aircraft, electronics and shipbuilding industries and their suppliers. Further, such industries are able to shift readily to peacetime projects, notably in electronics in the new TV and stereo age. The 1950s also brought Canadian TV, produced the polio vaccine, the first jetliners and pioneer computers. Not to mention rock 'n' roll and Elvis. The present may have a hard time matching all that. INSET: Multimillionaire E.P. Taylor is off to the races.

The article profiles Maureen Kelly of Russel Metals Inc. who was rated by "Canadian Business." The Mississauga-based company is a metals distributor under constant pressure to manage inventories, meet just-in-time delivery demands, and provide customized processing of steel for its customers. Maureen Kelly has thrived as Russel's vice-president of information systems, overseeing the IT requirements for 58 metals service centres across Canada, and four in the U.S. She and her staff of 29 have digitized the company's paper systems with central document management, electronic funds transfers and e-mailing documents. At the same time, Kelly has reduced IT costs every year of her tenure.

This article provides tips for setting up a successful workplace volunteer program. Rumour has it that the top brass sometimes get junior staffers to fill in their slots at the local food bank or charity run. Most employees will not want to volunteer if it means returning to a desk piled high with papers. How do you know which charity to support? Ask your employees. Getting employee input on how a volunteer program will roll out is also critical. For those who do take part in corporate volunteer programs no good deed should go unpublicized.

This article focuses on Titanium Corp. Inc.'s opportunity to extract titanium from oilsand tailings produced by Syncrude Canada Ltd. For those unfamiliar with the family of heavy minerals, titanium dioxide is a compound derived from titanium, and is used as a whitening pigment in paint, paper and cosmetics. Zircon is another heavy mineral basic to manufacturing--it's used in the production of television and computer screens--which explains its huge worldwide production of 910 million tonnes each year. Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s massive oilsands operation outside of Fort McMurray, Alta., pulls hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sticky goo from the earth every day. That's splendid news for Titanium Corp. Inc., a Canadian company that has developed a proprietary process for extracting titanium-bearing minerals and zircon from oilsand tailings, which contain heavy minerals in concentrations up to 33%.

Discusses the pros and cons of value investing. Focus on the adage used by money managers; View that "falling knives" offer investment opportunities; Argument in the Brandes Institute paper, "Buying the Wrong Stock for the Right Reason: Falling Knives in Non-U.S. Markets"; Details of the research; How a falling-knife stock is defined; Canadian companies that were in the study, including Kinross Gold; How the average recovery of knives is affected by high returns of a few stocks; Suggestion for an approach to outperform the market.

Presents information on Ontario, Canada's attempts to regulate the franchise industry. Details on the plans and how they are seen as weak. Legislation to address only disclosure and the right of franchisees to form associations; How the market stands in September of 1998; What financial disclosure amounts too; How forthright disclosure will help; Demands of the Ontario Franchisee Coalition.

The article discusses the role of employees in turning their bosses on to sustainability. It focuses on the initiatives of Canadian employees to make an environmental impact on the job. According to a number of executives, young recruits are inquiring about green policies during job interviews. The author highlights various Canadian businesses which encourage employee engagement in their sustainability efforts.

The article profiles Savvas Chamberlain, the Canadian founder, chairman and former chief executive officer of Dalsa Corp. A discussion of Chamberlain's business beliefs and strategies, management and development of Dalsa and its business goals, and education at schools and universities in England, is presented.

The article discusses aspects of business operation by Target Canada, a Canadian subsidiary of U.S.-based department store company Target Corp. Topics discussed include Target Canada's president Tony Fisher, the failure and relaunch of Target Canada, and point-of-sale system. Comments from Target chief executive officer (CEO) Gregg Steinhafel are also provided.

The article talks about the top 100 Canadian entrepreneurs dealing with how their establishments reached out to the global markets and their performances. It talks about how these entrepreneurs conduct their businesses and their business ideologies. The article lists the top 100 entrepreneurs including Galen Weston, Garrett Camp, and Alain Bouchard.

The article presents information on oilfield services company FourQuest Energy, which was ranked number one on the publication's 2014 fastest growing Canadian companies list. Topics include a history of the company, details on the founders Nik Grgic and Karl Gannon, details on the company's sales and profits, and the company's international campaigns.

The article profiles the British Columbia-based nuclear energy company General Fusion, as of 2014. It notes existing nuclear reactors utilize nuclear fission and says the company is working to develop the nuclear fusion process as an alternative. Topics include the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in France and the founding of General Fusion by physicist Michel Laberge.

The article focuses on the proof of greater assertiveness among U.S. clients and the country's strength and confidence as claimed by Canadian software and hardware service provider and reseller Phoenix Systems, with its foreign sales already 10 times higher in 2012 than in 2007. It mentions American's gross domestic product (GDP) topping 16 trillion dollars in summer 2013. It also discusses why joint ventures are more important to Canadian firms selling overseas.

The article profiles Francois Coutu, the chief executive officer of Canada's Jean Coutu Group PJC Inc. A discussion of Coutu's salary and bonus, and of controversies that he has seen as a result of some business decisions he has made for the country, is presented. Coutu's views on factors which are necessary to succeed in business are discussed.

The article presents data on the top-performing companies ranked by "Canadian Business" in its All-Star list. A graph of the top-performing companies shows the metals and mining, oil and gas, and diversified financials and insurance are the largest sectors. The percentage of growth is graphed using indexed All-Star total shareholder return, indexed TSX total shareholder return, and indexed GDP growth.

The article focuses on large cap companies, ranked by "Canadian Business". The stocks of Canada's largest 50 companies (by market capitalization) returned an average 50.6% over the one-year period ending April 22. Five stocks (including Nortel Networks) enjoyed triple-digit returns, while 39 showed double-digit gains. There were also several top-performing stocks in each of these industries: insurance, mining, telecommunications, railroads, utilities, broadcast and cable, and communications equipment.

Offers Canadian business-related news briefs as of May 15, 2000. Attempts by Hollinger Inc. to partner with another company in its community newspaper endeavors; DaimlerChrysler's continued success in the minivan sector of the automobile industry and the release of the PT Cruiser by Chrysler; Possible buyers of the Eaton's building in Montreal, Quebec.

The article ranks the stocks of each of Canada's 500 largest publicly-traded companies, known as the Investor 500 list (I-500), and discussing the profitability of each by exploring the companies' returns on investment, market value, and relative rank. Companies listed include media company Thompson Reuters, power company Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., and beverage company Cott Corp.

The article offers a look at the most-affluent people in Canada as of 2011. The Thomson family is the richest family in the country with a net worth of 21.34 billion dollars and is headed by David Thomson, chairman of Thomson Reuters. Galen Weston, who is ranked second, owns grocery-store chain Loblaws and other high-end retailers such as Holt Renfrew in Canada and Selfridges in Great Britain. Bernard Sherman owns Apotex Group of Cos., the largest generic-drug manufacturer in the country. INSETS: The richest famous;Top movers and shakers.

The article discusses various factors that either contribute or affect the growth of a business in Canada. The ways in which the government is helping Canadian businesspeople include the establishment of the provincially funded venture-capital funds and BizPal, an online clearing house of information about licenses and permits that businesses need to acquire for hundreds of activities in the country. Banks and credit unions continue to supply the funding needed by independent Canadian businesses. INSET: HOW ANGEL INVESTORS ARE FILLING THE VC GAP.

The article looks at several Investor 500 companies which are considered by several investment managers as profitable and would benefit investors. The investment managers include Martin Hubbes of AGF Investments, Kim Shannon of Sionna Investment Managers, and Barry Schwartz of Baskin Financial. The Canadian companies include Astral Media, Bankers Petroleum, and Cineplex Galaxy.

A list of the 150 largest mid-cap companies headquartered in Canada based on market capitalization is presented.

The author examines the potential impact of ethanol on the fuel industry, particularly in Canada, and looks at companies trying to capitalize on the new market of renewable fuels. Particular focus is given to Commercial Alcohols and their potential growth involving corn ethanol. A profile of the company and its chairman, Ken Field, is discussed. The author also examines the negative impacts of ethanol.

The article presents an annual performance ranking of Canada's 500 largest publicly traded companies. Of the companies profiled, 86% showed a positive return for the 12-month period ending April 21, 2006. A chart is provided that ranks the top 50 companies by revenue, profit, market value and one-and five-year return. The article also ranks the best and worst industries by one-year return and takes a look at some fund managers' global stock picks.

Presents a chart detailing the one- and five-year rate of return, market value and performance of Canada's top 300 small businesses. Positive one-year return shown by 215 stocks out of the 300, lead by Rentcash Inc.

Presents a chart detailing the one- and five-year return, market value and performance of Canada's 150 mid-sized companies.Triple digit gains produced by 9 companies in this category; Highest profile of the oil-and-gas exploration industry.

Focuses on India's economic potential and Canadian business' interest in India. Grim social situation in Mumbai, India, where an influx of migrants seek economic opportunity in the country's financial center; Details of a Canadian trade mission to India, where available business opportunities were indicated to Canadian businesses; Canada's goal to increase its profile in emerging markets.

The article lists the 74 companies ranked in the "Canadian Business" All-Stars scorecard. Information such as headquarters, type of industry or service, and 3-year annualized net sales growth and net income growth, as well as 3-year total shareholder return is given. The companies' ticker identification on the TSX stock exchange is also listed.

The article focuses on entrepreneur, Mark Sutcliffe, the president of Barrie, Ont.-based Specialty Board Games Inc. A few years ago, Sutcliffe studied transportation administration at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ont. before starting his game-development company. Sutcliffe's company--which now has about 20 full-time employees and third-party manufacturing facilities in China, the United States and Canada--just released a CSI: Miami game. CBS and Alliance Atlantis awarded his former hobby firm the game rights to their hit CSI franchise two years ago. When Sutcliffe met CBS in 2003, he had produced just three geographic trivia games (on Ontario, Quebec and New York) and a sports trivia game on golf, generating revenue that would have made dot-com executives blush.

This article profiles WestJet founder Mark Hill, and his competition with Air Canada. WestJet and Air Canada were at war. Air Canada slapped Mark Hill and WestJet with a lawsuit. It alleged Hill had infiltrated an Air Canada employee website a year earlier and collected sensitive competitive data--an act Air Canada branded "corporate espionage." Nobody denies that Hill took information from Air Canada's site. Hill described how his entire airline career has been characterized by a struggle to understand what his competitors were up to--and how that would impact WestJet. Capital investments are huge, and the rewards are razor-thin margins. Knowing the enemy's "true situation" is as important in the airline business as it is in war. Hill's determination to know his enemy was a key ingredient in WestJet's success. It remains to be seen whether WestJet can convince a court that Air Canada's litigation is merely a continuation of its previously demonstrated anti-competitive behaviour. INSET: Dogfight.

Discusses Adobe Systems Inc. and its acquisition of Accelio Corp., a smaller software maker in Ottawa. The uncertainty of how many employees would be affected by a lay off; Views of Chris Hicks, an e-systems specialist; Plan of CEO Bruce Chizen to start selling business-document software to enterprise customers; Background on how Adobe and JefForm were founded in 1982; Reaction of CEO Kevin Francis to the hostile takeover bid of Open Text Corp.; Development of new features in Adobe's PDF; Types of products in the Intelligent Document Platform.

The article lists the top 300 small-cap companies, ranked by "Canadian Business". The list focuses on financial performance, market value, and total return, and also indicates industry and head office. Included on the list are ConjuChem Inc., Imperial Metals Corp., Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd., and Fairborne Energy Ltd.

The article lists the top 150 mid-cap companies, ranked by "Canadian Business". The list provides financial data on performance, market value and total return and also industry and head office. Included on the list are Sierra Wireless Inc., TLC Vision Corp., Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Extendicare Inc., and Nuerochem Inc.

Reports on the civil claims and countersuits filed in Nova Scotia courts since September 2001 concerning Knowledge House Inc., a developer of educational software. Details of a lawsuit in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court alleging Knowledge House insiders manipulated stock sales to inflate share prices; Three defendants in the case, Bruce Elliott Clarke, Dan Potter, Blois Colpitts; Probe into Knowledge House by the Investment Dealers Association of Canada; Estimated amount at stake in the cases, according to Dale Dunlop, lawyer for a group of investors; History of ITI Education Corp. and Knowledge House; Companies that Knowledge House bought before it collapsed and stopped trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Discusses the Joint Strike Fighter jet, developed by Lockheed Martin in Texas which is outsourcing the project for cost containment. Details of the international military procurement project that is giving the bulk of its contracts to aerospace firms; Canadian companies that have won JSF contracts, including GasTOPS Ltd., CAE Inc., Héroux-Devtek Inc., and Magellan Aerospace Corp.; View of Magellan marketing executive Bill Matthews that the firm's emphasis on "process technology" made it successful with the JSF program; Optimism of Department of National Defence official Mike Slack that more Canadian companies will win contracts; Data on Canada's aerospace industry; Benefits from Canada's investment in the program; Other countries participating in the program; Design of the F-35 jet.

Presents the opinions of biotechnology expert Borys Chabursky, head of Toronto, Ontario-based Strategic Health Innovations, on the financial strength or weakness of Canadian biotechnology companies. Profile of Chabursky; Healthy companies including Bioniche Life Sciences, Hemosol Inc., and Biovail Corp.; Unstable companies including Draxis Health Inc. and Vasogen Inc.

Addresses the knowledge that United States fund managers have of Canadian stocks. How Canadian companies tend to cost less than their U.S. counterparts due to a weakened Canadian dollar; Suggestions for stock investments.

Reports on the growing number of Canadian technology entrepreneurs that are incorporating their businesses in the United States. Why they are transforming their Canadian operation into a faux American corporation; Examples of companies straddling the border; Why some do not buy into the notion that you have to feign Americanism to be successful in the technology world.

Focuses on Worldwide Fiber Inc., an obscure telecommunications company that has become a favorite of big-name investors who have stuffed billions of dollars into the company in 1999. How the owners, Cliff and brother Dave Ledes are trying to become a carrier's carrier; Plans by Worldwide Fiber to go public; Background of the Ledes brothers; Worldwide's plan to create a direct fiber link between Europe and North America. INSETS: Fibre-optical delusion?;Want to be a billionaire?.

Presents the first-ever listing of Canada's 100 most successful women-owned businesses. How the list offers a glimpse into the extent of women's involvement in the Canadian economy; The move into less traditional areas by women; The youngest companies in the top 100; Provinces with no top 100 companies.