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Canadian corporate pre-crisis profit up
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com1 Hour AgoThe economy may be in crisis but you'd never know it by third-quarter profits posted by Canadian corporations. Add A Comment »
CAW not intrested in concessions: Lewenza
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com2 Hours AgoThe president of the Canadian Auto Workers says the union has "no interest" in the idea of new worker concessions for the struggling auto sector. Add A Comment »
Michael Grandner, United States - Pipl
de.licio.us1 Hour AgoAutos boost Canadian wholesale trade
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com1 Hour AgoWholesale sales increased 1.5 per cent to $46.3 billion in September, boosted largely by a partial recovery in the automotive sector. Add A Comment »
Pakistan winning, but still missing its ICL players
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com1 Hour AgoTwo different Pakistan cricket teams lifted trophies on Sunday. The Pakistani national team completed a 3-0 sweep of the West Indies in Abu Dhabi, while in the Indian Cricket League, the Lahore Badshahs (ostensibly the ICL's Pakistan team) won the best of three finals against the Hyderabad Heroes Add A Comment »
Kinross buys Lobo-Marte in Chile
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com1 Hour AgoKinross Gold Corp. is paying about US$250 million to buy Minera Santa Rosa SCM, owner of the Lobo-Marte gold project in northern Chile, from Teck Cominco Ltd. and Anglo American PLC. Add A Comment »
First snowfall brings cars crashing together
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com4 Hours AgoThe first snowfall of the winter resulted in almost 400 accidents across south-central Ontario, including one in Grimsby that sent two people to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Add A Comment »
Unstoppable: The Carrie Johnson Story
Olympics News on USOC Official Website1 Hour AgoTypically, Olympic athletes face many obstacles. But leading up to the 2004 Olympics, kayaker Carrie… Read Add A Comment »
T-Mobile USA Picks Yahoo For Search (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Yahoo News2 Hours AgoIt's not all bad news for Yahoo these days. T-Mobile USA has picked the company's OneSearch platform for its default search engine on mobile phones, InfoWorld reports. The carrier will be placing a OneSearch button on phones under a deal expected to be announced at the Open Mobile Summit in Add A Comment »
Nokia to customize TD-SCDMA handsets for China Mobile
Beijing 2008 Olympics News on Silobreaker2 Hours Ago(SinoCast China IT Watch via COMTEX) -- China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL and SEHK: 0941), China's biggest mobile telecoms operator, is enhancing its cooperation with telecoms equipment manufactures, which are expected to accelerate the shaping of the Chinese Add A Comment »
Canada home buyers' market: Scotia Economics
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com2 Hours AgoThe latest real estate report from Scotia Economics has good news for home buyers and bad news for sellers: Canada is becoming a buyer's market. Add A Comment »
Nordics pledge $4.6B loans to Iceland
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com2 Hours AgoFour Nordic countries and the International Monetary Fund on Thursday pledged a combined $4.6 billion (euro3.64 billion) in loans to help Iceland recover from its economic meltdown. Add A Comment »
Swiss National Bank cuts interest rate in half
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com2 Hours AgoThe Swiss National Bank has cut its key interest rate in half to one per cent, its second reduction this month. Add A Comment »
Heads Up: Beijing Guide
The China Blog on TIMETodayFor anyone looking for amusement in the Big Dumpling (alternatives happily accepted on this one: Big Steamed Bun definitely doesn't do it; if it has to be fruit related --Bangkok is the Big Durian--I guess it could be the Big Peach, but that doesn't fly either), please click trough to my somewhat Add A Comment »
"Critical" Unemployment Problem in China: Take This SeriouslyToday'sad
The China Blog on TIME4 Hours AgoToday's reports that China's social security minister admitted today that unemployment was a critical problem (AFP report here). That this is being admitted publicly so soon says to me that they know the situation is much worse already than has been reported and are trying to spin things Add A Comment »
Not So Much Gold in China's Scrap
The China Blog on TIME4 Hours AgoHere's a postcard I wrote about the problems recyclers in Beijing are facing due to the falling value of scrap metal, paper, plastic and so on. When I ask the junk men in my neighborhood how business is these days, they all complain about low prices and the blame the U.S. financial crisis. Talk Add A Comment »
Action-packed life of an award-winning choreographer
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com5 Hours AgoCrystal Pite must be in need of a trophy case in her Vancouver home to house all the awards she's won. The pileup of accolades is just one indication that the 37-year-old Victoria-born dance artist is one of the most sought-after choreographers, very much on the radar in Europe, the United States Add A Comment »
MOCCA show is a storm to AGO's calm
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com5 Hours AgoThe new Art Gallery of Ontario is making a case for itself as the "It" spot in town for contemporary Canadian art, a claim that's put into clearer focus after a visit to the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art and its new survey show, "Carte Blanche, Volume 2: Painting." Add A Comment »
The struggle for Democracy
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com5 Hours AgoAt one point, it looked as though democracy in China would be declared before GN'R's Chinese Democracy was released to the world. Add A Comment »
Olympic gear helps Vancouver Games
Beijing 2008 on TheStar.com5 Hours AgoCanada is poised to take the world stage as host of the next Winter Olympics, and anything with the Vancouver 2010 logo - featuring the already familiar Inuit inukshuk and rings - are hot gifts this season. Add A Comment »
