QUESTION: Question: In an increasingly diverse workplace, should employers accommodate everyone or no one?
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Archive for February, 2009
I was asked to speak recently at a monthly meeting of mortgage brokers. The organizer asked me if I could please find something positive to say – their recent guest speakers, a couple of them economists, had been real downers. I’d do my best, I replied. (more…)
Basic rules of personal finance, 100 stock gems in a difficult year and what you need to know about financial bubbles so you don't get caught when the next one bursts
It was reassuring to attend our Business Person of the Year luncheon on Jan. 29, not just for the insights offered by 2008 honoree and speaker Brett Wilson. He admitted to knowing little more than the next guy where the battered world economy goes from here (though he had a better idea with respect to the energy business). (more…)
Financial bubbles have been devastating the economy and people’s life savings for centuries. What YOU NEED TO KNOW so you don’t get caught when the next one bursts (more…)
After years of refusing buyout offers, Pizza 73 tossed its last pie as an Alberta-owned company in June 2007, when it accepted a $70.2-million bid from Pizza Pizza Royalty Income Fund. Rather than subsume the Edmonton-based chain, Toronto-based Pizza Pizza, will capitalize on brand recognition. (more…)
A Master Orator
Public speaking is an inevitable component of doing business. No matter how great your message, it will be ruined if your delivery is poor.
by Lindsey Norris (more…)
Regime Change (more…)
If lasers can repair eyes, surely they can repair eyeglasses (more…)
