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Thomas J. Bata INTERVIEWED BY Thomas Watson Women are women, and thank God they are. They love shoes because they have taste, like to look at nice things and have [...]

The point where Merivale Road, famed for big-box stores, runs into the old Highway 16 is about as far from downtown Ottawa as it sounds. But the city's southern fringe [...]

'Is that your final answer?' Regis Philbin, his finger thrust forward in a photo, demands from a box along the bottom of BCE Inc.'s homepage. Philbin's image is there to [...]

Jim Budman seems a little jumpy. Roots' flagship New York store is getting ready for an Olympics opening-night party to celebrate the US team's decision to join Canada in dressing [...]

Leo Lax loves high-tech startups. That's unusual. But what makes him unique is that he's willing to back your inspiration with his cash When Misha Nossik decided he needed more [...]

If you missed out on Disney, one of the best investment opportunities of the century, consider Cinar Corp. This Montreal production house delivers big - and consistent - payoffs from [...]

When full-blown long-distance phone competition first arrived, AT&T Canada was hyped as a big winner. That ended when its partners lost hundreds of millions and threw in the towel. Now [...]

THEIR NEW GADGET - A PAGER WITH TWO-WAY E-MAIL - IS A BREAKTHROUGH. NOW THE CEO TAG TEAM AT RESEARCH IN MOTION HAS TO TURN RAVE REVIEWS INTO RECORD RESULTS. [...]

Celestica doesn't make software. But it does make computers and other electronic systems for most brand names in the business. A global manufacturer, with stellar engineering and revenue approaching US$3 [...]

Montreal's Teleglobe is joining forces with US long-distance carrier Excel in a $10-billion 'merger of equals.' But by any measure, it's a peculiar marriage indeed Kenny Troutt wants you to [...]

John Roth is prepared to be the future of Northern Telecom on the Internet. Competitors, including giant Lucent, are eyeing the same turf. Roth's challenge: win a battle he can't [...]

The secret of JetForm's success is simple: it eliminates the need for both paper and paper shufflers In the late '60, John Kelly quit his assistant manager's job at the [...]

Every fatal air crash is a tragedy. But thanks to the technical wizardry of a small software company in Ottawa, the next aviation disaster will not remain a mystery. From [...]

On paper Newbridge Network Corp.'s latest generation of communications hardware and software is a winner. Yet, since October, the markets have knocked $11 billion off the company's value. Are investors [...]

Leonard Lee built his high-end tool retailing operation by doing everything backwards. Now he has a deal on some rusty antique knives he'd like to hand you - blade first [...]

John McLennan's ouster signals that the phone giant still can't shake its old monopolistic ways Sure, Bell Canada has its problems. Canada's biggest telephone company has lost about one-third of [...]

Things have gotten so bad at the Ottawa Internet service provider that even a deal with Bell Canada looks good. Can iStar find a way to make the Internet pay? [...]

Can saving lives make you rich? Led by local entrepreneur Rod Bryden, an Ottawa company has gone public with an artificial heart it's calling a medical miracle. But in this [...]

MDS calls itself a health and life sciences company. That's a fancy way of describing an outfit that bills medicare for hundreds of millions, year after year. You may not [...]

Some people fear that biotechnology and genetic engineering will forever change the way we grow and consume food. In Saskatoon, entrepreneurs such as Brent Zettl are betting on it In [...]

Lost in the celebration of the Tour de France's 100th anniversary this year is a lesser-known, but arguably more colorful, milestone. Exactly a decade ago, Didi Senft first joined the [...]

It's only an inch and three-quarters wide by two and one-eighth inches high, but it's a big part of Pierre Karl Peladeau's dream of a better tomorrow. Every morning, a [...]

It may have a new front man and some good news to sell, but don't believe everything you've heard. At this point, reports of Corel's resurrection are greatly exaggerated They [...]

You may not know JDS Fitel, but leading communications vendors such as Nortel, Lucent and Ciena sure do. And as their work booms, so does JDS Fitel's fortune: its fibre-optic [...]

The good news is your phone bills will continue to plummet. The better news is that falling prices are turning the whole telecommunications industry on its head Here's a test: [...]

Last fall Brenda and Larry Hughes needed a second phone line to bring Interac debit payment to the Food Town grocery store they operate in Clifford, Ont. An ordinary request, [...]

You'd think John Roth's resignation and a new CEO at Nortel would mean big changes for the telecom equipment giant. Think again Mixed in with all those unsolicited e-mails promising [...]

Here's one number shareholders of most telecoms probably don't want to hear: by some estimates, 80% of the world's fibre optic communications capacity now sits unused. Canadian investors--particularly those in [...]

Once again, Richard Stursberg is taking on BCE, this time with a bold new satellite business. If the feds let him, that is On this late April morning at least, [...]

Will Nortel end up a US company--or a German one? What is John Roth on about, exactly? As everyone knows, the Nortel Networks Corp. CEO lashed out at the media [...]

AOL Canada's new CEO, Steven McArthur, wants to take over the high-speed market Before he began bombarding your home with unsolicited CD-ROMs, Steven McArthur, the newly appointed president and CEO [...]

Forget convergence hype. As a new court case shows, the telco industry wants the same old thing: guaranteed profits. Guess who pays One of the great affectations of the early [...]

Once a leading maker of telephone switching systems, Nortel transformed itself into an Internet titan. Now, boss John Roth must win the race to develop the all-photon network For its [...]

Satellite supplier Com Dev delivers stellar returns Long before he had even heard of Com Dev International Ltd. (TSE: CDV) Keith Ainsworth was developing an appreciation of sorts for the [...]

Ottawa impresario Stuart Duncan made his fortune beaming porno to Americans. Now he wants to deliver TV--and boy, what TV--via satellite to your computer Stuart Duncan--former porn distributor, racehorse owner, [...]

Ottawa's booming, but new tech office parks are a bust for commuting programmers and taxpayers In the suburb of Windsor, Ont. where I grew up, local boys dubbed an undeveloped [...]

So BCE is adding the Globe to its content stable. Just one question: what's Jean Monty thinking? It was mid-February, and a snowstorm impressive even by Montreal standards was pelting [...]

Bell said no, so Ontario developers started Futureway to wire neighborhoods with fibre The future isn't always pretty. The intersection of Moss Creek Boulevard and Carter Place, in the suburban [...]

He's the king of cable television in Moonbeam, Climax and Black Tickle. Regional Cablesystems' Gary Kain has made it big by thinking small Down the Lake Ontario shoreline from Toronto, [...]

What do you get by crossing a goat and a spider? A cute little critter that might just spin the next big biotech fortune Let's get right down to what [...]

At MobShop, the educated geek is the best customer IfeBay can make a success of letting people post their junk on the Web in hopes it will become more valuable, [...]

If you've never heard of C-MAC Industries, don't worry about it. This high-tech custom manufacturer thrives on invisibility -- and has $2 billion in sales to prove it It was [...]

How do two guys from North Bay come up with a billion-dollar telecom scheme? At a curling rink, of course If you were looking for the world headquarters of Gateway [...]

Looking for a tech career? Here's a clue: start in the classrooms of these top teachers MOHAMED ELMASRY Professor and Director of VLSI Research Group, Department of Electrical and Computer [...]

Have I got a deal for you In the market for a new computer? Be prepared for smarmy salespeople who'll try to take you for a ride. But a smart [...]

Canada's Internet registry has been slow, inefficient and plagued with infighting. Are things going to improve any time soon? Even the most patriotic Canadians throw their hands up in despair [...]

After years of delay and false starts, Jean Monty is determined to push BCE onto the Internet ramp. We consulted some of the smartest minds in the business--and drew up [...]

Antoine Paquin has already made millions from fibre-optic networks. Now he's betting his company on the wireless Internet. Up a hill from the quiet little lake in the exclusive village [...]

How did a couple of farm boys from Two Hills, Alberta, wind up with a $500-million dot-com windfall? The way they tell it, it all started with a flock of [...]

Two guys and a dilemma A key distribution deal with Dell could give RIM's co-CEOs a new headache: keeping up with demand When Mike Urlocker, a technology hardware analyst with [...]