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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Tuesday, August 24
Air Canada --- finally -- set to clear bankruptcy protection
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DavidAkin
on Tue 24 Aug 2004 06:40 AM EDT
Air Canada has been operating under court protection from its creditors for more than 17 months. Yesterday, in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Justice James Farley signed off on the papers that will get the national airline out of bankruptcy protection on September 30. Bizarrely -- even though Air ... more »
Globe and Mail cuts printing of market data; points readers to the Web
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DavidAkin
on Tue 24 Aug 2004 06:27 AM EDT
Every day, newspapers around the country print page after page of stock price tables and other market data. Not only does that cost a lot of money but it leaves reporters with less space to tell neat stories. Today, The Globe and Mail takes a relatively risky gamble but one, ... more »
Should you invest in tech?
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DavidAkin
on Tue 24 Aug 2004 06:13 AM EDT
Maybe. Maybe not. I kicked this question around in Saturday's Globe and Mail:
"We've had a big correction in tech, particularly since June. However, what you now have is a trade-off between more attractive valuation but the outlook isn't as rosy as you would have said a year ago," ... more »
Canadian tech companies are hiring
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DavidAkin
on Tue 24 Aug 2004 06:04 AM EDT
IBM Canada and Accenture Ltd are hiring thousands this year, I say in today's Globe and Mail. It's a short piece and, among the things I couldn't squeeze in, was the fact that Hewlett-Packard Canada Co., EDS and homegrown tech stars like CGI Group and Cognos are also ... more »
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