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Wind is a bad investment by Ontario
January 19, 2012 – 8:01 pm | No Comment

Windmills will generate up to 1,900 jobs (Jan. 18)

Ticats hoping to limit their losses
January 17, 2012 – 4:01 am | No Comment
Ticats hoping to limit their losses

With the Canadian Football League free-agency period set to begin in less than a month, Hamilton Ticats general manager Bob O’Billovich is trying to keep a couple of key players from hitting the open market.

Keep moving to prevent back pain
January 14, 2012 – 8:01 pm | No Comment
Keep moving to prevent back pain

Back pain. It’s a familiar malady these days, affecting eight out of 10 people at some point in their lifetime, according to the National Institutes of Health.

The richest CEO in America?
January 10, 2012 – 10:45 am | No Comment

Tim Cook received restricted stock units worth $378m last August for taking the reins shortly before co-founder Steve Jobs died.

Apple CEO pay package valued at $378M
January 10, 2012 – 3:33 am | No Comment
Apple CEO pay package valued at $378M

Tim Cook could well end up being the highest paid CEO in America in 2011, after Apple Inc. granted him a million restricted stock units last August for taking the reins shortly before co-founder Steve Jobs died

Unemployment rate edges up to 7.5% in December
January 6, 2012 – 3:27 am | No Comment

Statistics Canada says the economy began creating jobs again in December after two straight months of declines, but not enough to prevent the official unemployment rate from edging up a notch to 7.5 per cent.

The comeback kid
December 17, 2011 – 10:34 am | No Comment
The comeback kid

Growing up in the east end, Michael Hayes dropped out of school and got caught up in a web of dead-end jobs and drugs. He wondered about taking his own life

NoirBlanco redefines social shopping
December 17, 2011 – 2:00 am | No Comment

I wear a lot of suits. It’s both a blessing and a curse.

Canada sheds 18,600 jobs in November
December 2, 2011 – 6:39 am | No Comment
Canada sheds 18,600 jobs in November

Canada’s mostly rosy jobs picture of the last two years appears to be darkening as the economy shed workers for the second consecutive month in November, and the unemployment rate moved up one notch to 7.4 per cent.

Ford settles class-action lawsuit
November 30, 2011 – 2:22 pm | No Comment

Newly hired workers were left without jobs in July 2008 when Ford cancelled plans for third shift.

Flash being phased out from mobile devices
November 9, 2011 – 7:11 am | No Comment

Steve Jobs appears to have won the Flash wars, even from the grave.

Apple stores close for Steve Jobs tribute
October 19, 2011 – 12:40 pm | No Comment

CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple Inc.’s famous penchant for secrecy remained intact Wednesday as the company’s retail stores were curtained and employees were close-lipped about a private memorial service to celebrate the life of company co-founder Steve Jobs.

U.S. ambassador to Canada says Buy America policy is good for Canada in long run
October 18, 2011 – 10:21 am | No Comment

OTTAWA - The U.S. ambassador to Canada is defending the controversial Buy America provisions in his president’s new jobs bill.

Unemployment slips to 7.1% in September
October 7, 2011 – 4:34 am | No Comment

Canada’s unemployment rate fell to 7.1 per cent in September, as the economy added 61,000 jobs during the month.

Steve Jobs: More than a turnaround artist
October 5, 2011 – 7:59 pm | No Comment
Steve Jobs: More than a turnaround artist

Everyone knows Steve Jobs pulled off one of the outstanding corporate turnarounds in U.S. history, and that he did it on the strength of cool products

Canada job growth slips, unemployment up to 7.3%
September 9, 2011 – 4:50 am | No Comment

Canada’s economy shed jobs for the first time in five months in August, pushing the unemployment rate up a tick to 7.3 per cent as workers in construction, transportation and warehousing struggled to find employment.