Gemini Award-winning reporter David Akin is the National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service and is based at the CNS Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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    Friday, January 16
    View Article  HUMOUR: Investment tips for 2004
    by DavidAkin on Fri 16 Jan 2004 10:45 AM EST
    This was passed my way by one of CTV's business editors: 2004 could be the year to get in on the ground floor of these mergers, sure to be big money-makers:
    • Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W. R. Grace Co. will merge and become: Hale, Mary,
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    View Article  Mitigating media concentration
    by DavidAkin on Fri 16 Jan 2004 07:18 AM EST
    I've been participating on the listserv of the Canadian Association of Journalists for many years now. I've found it a great place to argue about stuff. Here's something I posted recently in a debate that started off with one listmember's question about the health of public broadcasters in Canada. One ...   more »
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