July 13, 2008

Telus taking measures to calm incoming text storm

Amid scathing criticism over its plans to start charging some customers for incoming text messages, Telus announced Friday that customers will have more ammunition to avoid paying for unwanted messages.

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Tools of the trade: Data protection for your company

Technology is a dark and mysterious art for many small businesses trying to manage sales, customer service, and strategic direction. Yet, mismanagement of the tools we increasingly rely on can lead to disaster. Cases of laptops with sensitive, unencrypted data being stolen or mislaid, for example, are not uncommon

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Royal rounding up talent

When Gord Nixon said back in February that bold bankers could
make gains at the expense of rivals hurt more by the unprecedented
turmoil in global banking, it would have been easy to dismiss the
Royal Bank of Canada chief executive’s talk as mere hubris, an
attempt to put a positive spin on the banking sector’s meltdown that
had already hit RBC’s profits.

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Talkin’ bout an icon evolution

Like corporate colours, logos and buzzwords, graphic design
gestures capture the spirit of the time, the trends, feelings and
characteristics.

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Bombardier set to unveil CSeries

Bombardier could unveil the heavily-anticipated CSeries on Sunday at Farnborough airshow; plane would be the company’s largest to date

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IndyMac seized as financial troubles spread

U.S. banking regulators swooped in to seize mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc on Friday after withdrawals by panicked depositors led to the third-largest banking failure in U.S. history

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Supplies low as iPhone lands in Canada

It has arrived. Apple Inc.’s latest iPhone was officially launched worldwide today with consumers from over 20 countries, including Canada, getting their first look at the much-anticipated iPhone 3G.

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BCE to cull 2,000 managers in 100 days

BCE Inc. is set to make deep cuts to its management ranks as it prepares to be taken private by a group led by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

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And B.C. created Ambrosia

It might have been a bee, or perhaps even the wind, but somehow on a small orchard in a pretty valley in a forgotten part of southern British Columbia, a shoot took root.

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Rice is nice - EastOregonian.info (subscription)

Rice is niceEastOregonian.info (subscription), OR - Jul 11, 2008Riceworks is a gourmet brown rice crisp product that has been successfully launched in the US, Great Britain, Canada and Asia. It is made from all natural …

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