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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Tuesday, June 29
View Article  Apple's latest greatest -- and a modest proposal for Mail
by DavidAkin on Tue 29 Jun 2004 03:06 PM EDT

Apple took the wraps off its next-generation operating system, code-named Tiger. The desktop version of Tiger sounds like it's got some neat features, particularly an improved system-wide search function and something called Automator. Automator sounds like the Macro Recorder I used to use on WordPerfect for the PC ...   more »

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View Article  Canada votes Liberal -- but barely -- and the markets yawn
by DavidAkin on Tue 29 Jun 2004 12:36 PM EDT
Paul Martin's Liberal Party won a minority government in yesterday's general election. Investors, currency traders, bond traders -- the whole lot of them -- didn't seem much interested. Here's a sampling of reaction from some Bay Street economists:

Andrew Pyle at Scotia Capital:

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin pulled ...   more »
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