May 18, 2008

North American economies send off conflicting signals

The Canadian and U.S. economies Friday continued to emit conflicting signals about where they’re going and where they’ve been.

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Rise of people power

Traditional brands that try to cash in on new-media marketing
trends usually find themselves stuck with a “meatball sundae,” says
author and industry guru Seth Godin. In other words, a very
unappetizing mess.

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Time Warner’s Dick Parsons likely to step down

Chairman Richard Parsons said he is likely to step down in the next year, clearing the path for Chief Executive Jeffrey Bewkes to assume the role.

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The power of free

At the feverish height of speculation over what nuclear energy could do for electricity generation in the mid-1950s, Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission famously proclaimed that it would become “too cheap to meter.”

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ABCP judge stands firm

There’s brave and then there’s Ontario Superior Court Justice
Colin Campbell, who’s riding shotgun over the $32-billion Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act hearing into the non-bank asset-backed
commercial-paper restructuring.

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Oil’s surge pushing up TSX, loonie

The record-breaking run up in oil prices - which this week pushed the TSX through the 15,000 barrier for the first time and the Canadian dollar back above parity — has been the saviour of the Canadian economy in a time of global cataclysm

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Calgary’s Bow tower should give city ‘halo’: developer

Cities around the world are defined by what some people describe as “signature” buildings — edifices that are unique to that locale and massive in scope.

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Chrysler, GM workers in Ontario approve three-year deal

Thousands of Chrysler and General Motors workers in Ontario’s struggling auto sector have voted overwhelmingly in favour of new, three-year collective agreements

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An environmental quagmire

With the oilsands now symbolizing deforestation, climate
change and corporate greed, the Alberta energy industry is up
against a growing network of green activists

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Myanmar Kids May Starve, Charity Says, as Asean Meets (Update2) - Bloomberg

MSN IndiaMyanmar Kids May Starve, Charity Says, as Asean Meets (Update2)Bloomberg - 4 hours agoThe Irrawaddy delta, Myanmar's main rice-growing area, was the hardest hit by the cyclone and the country may have to rely on imports until 2009, …Neighbors to Press Burma on Response Washington PostUN sends top official to Myanmar as ASEAN steps up AFP‘Malign rapacity’ Inquirer.netChatham Daily News - Freeport Journal-Standardall 258 news articles

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