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Canadians Ready to Spend More this Holiday Season

Canadians Ready to Spend More this Holiday Season Avatar Posted by amabaie under News and Politics
From http://www.creditcardscanada.ca 79 days ago
Made Hot by: SEORabbit on December 6, 2011 11:28 am
The news is being taken as a welcome sign that consumer sentiment toward the economy is improving. In the United States, Black Friday and Cyber Monday just broke records. Canadians are also shopping more, buying online, and visiting offline stores. Read More

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Even though Canadian small business owners are feeling fairly optimistic, they do see plenty of room for improvement. According to the business survey, 63% of small business owners feel that the Canadian government should be doing more to help them thrive. Some of the ways that some respondents tho Read More

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Now, as next week draws ever nearer, and as economic data from around the U.S. turn out to be mostly disappointing, some are predicting that the Fed is ready to pull the trigger and institute another round of quantitative easing. Read More

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These days, news about “jobs” has been gloomy. First, there was the news of Steve Jobs giving up the helm of Apple, one of the world’s most valuable companies. Then, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate held at 9.1% in August, and leisure and hospitality changed little Read More

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Nominate Small Business Influencers for 2011

Nominate Small Business Influencers for 2011 Avatar Posted by Ileane under News and Politics
From http://basicblogtips.com 261 days ago
Made Hot by: maplesummit on June 7, 2011 11:40 am
Small Business Influencer 2011 honors companies, organizations and people who have made a significant impact on the North American small business market. In phase I, you nominate influencers. In Phases 2 and 3, you and an all-star judging panel will vote for the top 100. Read More

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Women Impacting Public Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan group advocating for women-owned small businesses. The WIPP regularly shares news alerts on issues of importance to small businesses owned by women and to small business owners in general. Here is a Small Business Trends roundup featuring Read More

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Cuba’s Communist Party recently announced that it is legalizing the sale of real estate and cars. The guidelines also encourage Cubans to form cooperatives. ResumeBlog gives some advice for Cubans who need to update their resumes. Read More

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Will Obama be updating his resume after his announcement that a team of Americans had finally tracked and killed Osama bin Laden?

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Yesterday we delivered a brief to the Canadian Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, expressing our opinion that the penny ought to be abolished here in Canada. From the brief: "It is a burden on small businesses to have to handle pennies. They take up space, are time consuming to sort and count, and Read More

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I Will Call It The Egyptian eRevolution

I Will Call It The Egyptian eRevolution Avatar Posted by hishaman under News and Politics
From http://www.famousbloggers.net 372 days ago
Made Hot by: Jed on February 15, 2011 11:44 am
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win!

Call it The Egyptian Revolution, The eRovolution, iRevolution or Revolution 2.0, in any case, it will be soon taught in political science and business schools. Read More


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