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Presents Canadian business news for December 7, 1998. SkyDome Corp.'s filing for court protection from its creditors; The resignation of two directors from the board of Livent Inc., the Toronto-based live theater company that has filed for bankruptcy protection; United States employment growth compared to Canada's between 1889 and 1997; Provincial securities administrators as close to reaching an agreement on a national system of securities; New York-based International Paper to purchase Union Camp Corp.

The article reports that in 2005, first quarter corrugated box and wrapper shipments to Canadian destinations decreased 4.4 percent from the same quarter in 2004.

Reports on the outlook of the Canada Corrugated Case Association on the business survivability of corrugated box makers in Canada. Ways for box makers to survive; Influence of supply chain partners on the corrugated container industry; Need for manufacturers to cut reduce waste in production.

This section offers business news briefs in Canada as of November 3, 1934. The resignation of Trade Minister H. H. Stevens in the face of investigations into charges of business malpractice beclouds prospective further New Deal legislation to regulate business in Canada. The cabinet case against Stevens was basically anchored on representations from Toronto department stores T. Eaton & Co. and Robert Simpson Co. The recently organized Federal Marketing Board is regulating marketing of British Columbia tree fruit, dry salt fish and flue-cured tobacco.

The article discusses the findings of a one year study regarding Canadian businesses which was released in April 1935. It states that a 499-page report was submitted to Parliament highlighting the need for business reform in the country. The paper recommended the creation of a Federal Trade and Industry Commission to prevent unfair and unethical practices, enforce the Combines Act to ensure competition and mitigate monopolies and create a standard system of weights, measures and labels. A unified labor program for workers is also recommended.

Alcon Canada has launched TOTAL30 Multifocal Contact Lenses, designed for patients with presbyopia who use reusable lenses. The company has developed a modified fitting approach to improve the success of multifocal contact lens fitting. The lenses have been tested for oxygen permeability, water content, and surface imaging. This development aims to address the challenges faced by contact lens wearers, such as dry eyes and vision impairment. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers business news briefs from Canada which include a plea for lower taxes by the Canadian Manufacturers Association (CMA), highest value of stock trading recorded at the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) in its 102-year history, and the declaration by the Royal Bank of Canada that its assets passed the 3 billion dollars mark.

The article deals with the improving economic state of Canada which can threaten the financial performance of the U.S. in 1952. The increasing value of the Canadian dollar was a symbol of the country's growing strength. It states that in order to enhance its financial state, the country has undergone the most impressive industrial development of any nation in the world. It also features Clarence Decatur Howe, Canada's Minister of Trade & Commerce and Minister of Defense Production, who is claimed to have contributed most to the state's progress.

The article offers world business news briefs as of July 16, 1938. The highly favorable crop harvest in Canada is highlighted by the buying of surplus wheat by the government. The business climate in France is marked by a weak currency, stagnant industrial production and labor and political unrest. A census of all skilled workers in Germany is undertaken to enable job shifting in an emergency.

The article offers news briefs related to business as of March 1937. There is likelihood that the armament industry in Great Britain would lead to economic crisis. The topics that form part of the reform program of Canadian Transport Minister C. D. Howe include the capitalization of Canadian National Railways, the establishment of a tans-Canada air service, and control of carriers under federal license. Prices of several products in Japan have increased including tuna fish, beef, and bread.

Presents business-related news briefs as of July 26, 1999. Announcement by Quebecor Printing Inc. that it will acquire World Color Press Inc. to become the world's biggest printer; The initial stock offering of Clarica Life Insurance Co.; Ruling by the World Trade Organization that Canada may impose trade sanctions against the European Union.

This section offers world briefs pertaining to business as of July 27, 1935. Germany and Italy have been experiencing economic troubles with neither country having control over raw materials to support the developing domestic industry. French Prime Minister Pierre Laval's emergency economic program has been accepted without serious protest. In Canada, the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation has introduced its platform aimed at improving the country's economy.

This section offers business news briefs worldwide as of June 1934. Businesses in Germany were alarmed when the country's Reichsbank announced a day-to-day allotment for foreign exchange because of a three-percent drop in its gold reserves. U.S exports to Latin America improved in the first four months of 1934 by 47 percent compared to the same period in 1933. The Canadian government reversed its permit for the planned merger of the telegraph services of the Canadian Pacific Railways and the Canadian National Railways.

This section offers world business news briefs. Creditors in Germany have not reached an agreement with Dr. Schacht who refuses to meet the demands. Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party of Germany, declared reemployment of 3.5 million for the first year of Nazi regime. Canada exhibited evidence of economic recovery in the past week.

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This article reports on the launch of a radio frequency identification (RFID) pilot by the Canadian RFID Center on behalf of the Canadian food retail and CPG industry to assess the business case for the technology in what is Canada's first grocery industry RFID project. The project is being facilitated by members of the 10-month-old Canadian RFID Centre, including the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, Food & Consumer Products of Canada, Intermec, EPCglobal Canada, Intermec, Symbol Technologies and IBM Canada.

Petkau said he has been in the trucking business for more than 30 years and half of his 25 drivers are currently unable to cross the U.S. border due to new vaccine mandates by the Trudeau government and the Biden administration. Trucking-company owner Len Petkau said he has four semi trucks at the Ottawa protest and accused Trudeau of overreach. Keywords: ALLTOP; BNK; BUSINESS; CANADA; CATOP; CORONAVIR; COS; DRG; EXE; FIN; GEN; GENTOP; GOV; HEA; INDUSTRIAL; INDUSTRIES; NORTHAM; TOP; TRN; US; WORLD; WWTOP EN ALLTOP BNK BUSINESS CANADA CATOP CORONAVIR COS DRG EXE FIN GEN GENTOP GOV HEA INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIES NORTHAM TOP TRN US WORLD WWTOP Police told demonstrators camped out on the streets of Canada's capital that they must leave or be subject to arrest under new emergency powers invoked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario's provincial government. [Extracted from the article]

Presents news briefs related to Canadian business as of April 9, 2001. Allegations that a mine formerly owned by Inco Ltd. leaked toxins into the soil in Colborne, Ontario; Sale of BiWay stores and Fairweather outlets by Dylex Ltd.; Government oppostion to a merger between BioChem Pharma Inc. and Shire Pharmaceuticals Group PLC; Purchase of shares in Canada Life Financial Corp. by Manulife Financial Corp.; Others.

The article offers news briefs from Canada. An internal report prepared for the Canada Revenue Agency and released this fall singled out the construction sector for a significant part of the blame. The country's 266,000 construction firms earn about $135 billion annually; most of these businesses consist of fewer than 10 employees. Garry Spence, director of investigations and enforcement for the province's Business Practices & Consumer Protection Authority, wonders how some people sleep at night. Spence's unit enforces a 2004 provincial act that consolidates British Columbia's previous consumer protection laws. INSET: They're watching you..

Forget the old news money-and-power set. 25 "newcomers" are putting British Columbia on the map as a center of creativity and innovation and boosting our reputation on the world stage as a city to reckon with. What does seem to be new in the realm of Innovation and Big Ideas is a focus on melding the perspectives from the worlds of arts and science and entrepreneurship and underscoring divergent thinking. Luckily for this province's economy, there are a lot more innovators out there than they would ever have space for here, call it a sampling of some of the best people who fit the description of innovator.

The town of Kitimat owes its life to Alcan. But times have changed and in a desperate measure, it is taking its benefactor to British Columbia Supreme Court over an issue the town believes threatens its very existence. Kitimat was supposed to be a model community of 50,000. Kitimat was carved out of the woods to provide homes for thousands of workers drawn by good jobs at Alcan's new smelter and what the government promised would be a booming manufacturing centre, and a perfect place to raise a family in a prosperous British Columbia.

The article presents 101 dumbest moments in business. In August, the board of the New York Stock Exchange decides to give CEO Dick Grasso his $139.5 million pension up front, ostensibly to save the estimated $10 million it would cost to deliver the payout at retirement. Grasso offers a succinct if not altogether satisfying explanation. He rejects the pension and resigns. In September, retail chain Urban Outfitters begins peddling Ghettopoly, a Monopoly knock off. In Canada, General Motors is forced to come up with a new name for its Buick LaCrosse sedan after discovering that 'crosse' is a slang term.

Presents occupational, professional and personal suggestions from executives in different fields of work in British Columbia. Contention of Paul Kedrosky on becoming a successful pundit; Importance of focus in making curry; Tips from Dal Richards for avoiding retirement.

The article reports on the state of the Canadian economy in 1951, which jumped from 17.8 billion Canadian dollars in 1950 to 21 billion Canadian dollars in 1951. Canadian Minister of Trade & Commerce Clarence Decatur Howe described the year as a good one for Canadian business at home and aboard when he delivered the annual review of Canadian business. The 27 million Canadian dollars pulp mill built by Columbia Cellulose Co. and the 550 million Canadian dollars Kitimat project are some of the things proving that 1951 was indeed a good year for Canada.

The article details the business activity in the U.S. and Canada as of November 23, 1932. Unfilled orders of the U.S. Steel Corp. increased to 11,950 tons. According to the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the production of motor vehicle in the two countries during October 1932 reached the lowest total since November 1918. The percentage of residential construction increased in several places including New York, Middle Atlantic states and Texas districts.

The article looks at the indications of the business condition of the U.S. and Canada as of November 1931. There was a decline in the adjusted index of steel production for the week ending October 30 than the preceding week. Also cited is a drop in automobile production in the U.S. and Canada during October. Weak domestic mill demand is blamed for sagging cotton prices.

The article comments on the smuggling of herring in Massachusetts ports from Newfoundland. The methods of the herring smugglers may be succinctly set forth: undermanned schooners ply from the New England ports to the coast of Newfoundland. There they buy herring of the natives at the legal rate of $1.25 a barrel, these herring are by false affidavits represented as the product of American fisheries. The more scrupulous perjurers in the trade keep an old net, or even a boat that floats, on the Newfoundland coast. Some even send a sailor to watch the Newfoundlanders draw the herring nets.

The article presents the business situation in Canada. It indicates an upturn in the rail business and bank clearings with the railroads having the highest traffic earnings. It also points to an improvement in bond prices while wholesale prices slightly declined. It cites concerns over U.S. plans for an export wheat subsidy which is feared to further depress world prices. Canada will further get substantial aircraft orders based on assurances from the British aircraft mission. Pan-American Steel and Allows Co. in Montreal has just been incorporated.

The article presents news briefs related to business from several countries across the world. According to an optimistic official report on German food reserves, supplies are asserted to be secure for a war of indefinite duration. Sponsored news broadcasting is to be banned in Canada. The first contingent of workers have left the territories of Bessarabia and Bukovina for the coal-mining regions of the Don basin.

This section offers business-related news briefs as of November 1924. The increase in prices of farm products has led to an improvement in fundamental conditions in Canada. The British Labor government has been defeated in the House of Commons. An announcement was made by the German Reparations Commission on the establishment of the Dawes Plan and the country's compliance with the requirements of the agreement.

Reflects on what it would be like if money were no object for one day in the life of a Canadian business-person. Activities that would fill their day; Places they could travel; Food and drink consumed.

The article presents updates on business in Canada as of July 2, 1938, including declines in carloadings and employment and the financial performance of chain store company Dominion Stores Limited.

The article covers issues related to the business sector in Canada as of July 1935. A pre-election cabinet reorganization is being planned by Prime Minister Richard Bennett while some ministers expressed their plan to retire, both of which can affect businesses dealing with the government. It adds that 20 million dollars of treasury bills have been disposed by Finance Minister Edgar Rhodes at an interest rate of 1.385%. Also noted is the delay of the meeting between Premiers M. F. Hepburn of Ontario and L. A. Taschereau of Quebec over energy contracts.

This section offers business news briefs as of October 1971. The German government wants to place heavier taxes on foreigners owning over 10% in a German firm, and 44% on foreign companies who operate or have subsidiaries on German soil. It is hoped that the visit by Russian Premier Alexei Kosygin to Canada will open more trade, as Canada made 101 million dollars worth of exports to Russia in 1970. The U.S. Commerce Department has approved 280 million dollars worth of licenses to firms wanting to sell equipment to the Kama River truck plant in Russia.

The article offers business news briefs as of April 15, 1957 on topics including the success of natural gas stocks in the Canadian stock exchanges, diversification in the tobacco industry, and corporate dividends.

Presents a chart of the top 100 Canadian businesses.

The article focuses on the growth in the real estates industry in British Columbia. The outdoor recreation capital of Canada is rapidly becoming the real estate queen of British Columbia. Real estate prices on the Drive have been surging. Typical houses go for around $450,000 and it is common for them to sell for up to $70,000 over the asking price.

Focuses on the history of Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd.. Its metamorphosis into one of Canada's largest retail chains; Conflicts with auto manufacturers and gas retailers; Purchase of 60 million gallons of oil from the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War by then-CEO A.J. Biles; Modernization of customer experience in the mid 1980s and early '90s; Analyses of Canadian Tire's product mix by industry watcher Rob Gerlsbeck; Statistics; Failure of U.S. expansion.

Comments on Canadian business and the expected economic recovery, in light of the so-called New, New Economy. Role of speed in the so-called New, New Economy; How instant action and reaction matter in the corporate world; Topic of corporate loyalty; Impact of the Internet; Outlook for most Canadian chief executive officers.

Reports business developments in British Columbia as of April 2001. Appointment of Dean Fleming as marketing director of M5 Design Group; Honor given to Rajinder Kahlon as Citizen of the Year by the Squamish Chamber of Commerce; Introduction of the Vancouver Centre for IBM electronic business Innovation at the IBM Business Innovation Centre.

Comments on business issues in British Columbia. Need for chief financial officers to submit fiscal 2000 results to PricewaterhouseCoopers; Research and compilation of the list of the biggest companies; Details of the venture addressed to chief executive officers and human resources directors.

Offers news briefs related to business as of March 20, 2000. Merger of German banks Deutsche Bank AG and Dresdner Bank AG, creating the one of the largest banks in the world; File for bankruptcy by Lichtman, Canada's largest independent bookstore chain; Malfunctioning of the Toronto Stock Exchange computers for extended periods twice on the same day; Others.

Offers Canadian business-related news briefs as of January 31, 2000. Lawsuits filed by American media companies against iCraveTV head William Craig; The nation's financial outlook for 2000; Reformatting of the newspaper and magazine holdings of Southam Inc.; Others.