Compare corporate performance to CEO pay as we combine two of our data sets
By Paul Marck and Geoff Morgan (more…)
Archive for October, 2010
We all have a stake in the energy industry’s environmental problems
By Paul Marck
News this week of dead ducks in oil sands tailings ponds again has overshadowed a key finding in the Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico oil-spill disaster: that the wrong kind of cement was used trying to seal the wildcat, out-of-control well that spewed billions of barrels of crude into the sea from April to August.
Options are narrowing
By Paul Marck
Clearly the Potash Corp. conundrum is a vexing one for the Harper government. Let another Canadian resource giant slip through its fingers and find new ownership with BHP Billiton, which would be letting market forces prevail? Or play the nationalism card, and keep the world’s biggest fertilizer company in Canadian hands? (more…)
Five years after conducting the first Alberta Venture Business Conditions Survey in 2005, we are again taking the province’s economic pulse.
Our magazine coverage (which you can find here) was extensive but we didn’t stop there. We offer to you our new web exclusive podcast. Featuring editors Paul Marck and Max Fawcett, they weigh in with some surprising survey results, the economic ramifications of Alberta’s environmental reputation and other hot button topics. (more…)
By Max Fawcett
It’s not often that you get the opportunity to pick the considerable brain of a chief economist at one of Canada’s big five banks. That’s why we jumped at the chance to speak with Craig Alexander, TD’s chief economist, who was in Edmonton last week. In a wide-ranging discussion that covered everything from the possibility of a double-dip recession to the upside of moderate economic growth, Alexander outlined the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Alberta’s business community.
The Alberta Venture Podcast – Craig Alexander, Chief Economist of TD Bank
Experts dust off crystal ball at Edmonton, Calgary events
By Paul Marck
Nothing creates buzz like talk about the future. And there was quite a buzz the mornings of Oct. 6 in Edmonton and Oct. 7 in Calgary, as we debuted our Business Conditions Survey, published in the October issue of Alberta Venture. A total of about 200 business professionals in each city came out for a hearty breakfast, and even heartier discussion with a panel of business and academic experts on the direction of Alberta’s economy at the Canadian Western Bank-Alberta Venture Business Conditions Breakfasts.
QUESTION: How can you develop policies that will lead to the responsible use of the technology that is a necessary part of your office tool kit, covering both personal and corporate use?
You read a lot in these pages about new trends, upstart companies and emerging challenges in Alberta’s business community.This month, it’s your turn to do the talking. Five years after conducting the first Alberta Venture Business Conditions Survey in 2005, we are again taking the province’s economic pulse. (more…)
It takes special skills, guts and ingenuity to get ahead (more…)
