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The Alberta Venture Podcast – Craig Alexander, Chief Economist at TD Bank

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

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How’s Your Social Media Policy? Audio

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? >

Web Exclusive | Report on Small Business

It takes special skills, guts and ingenuity to get ahead >

Sales Tax Interview

Think Ted Morton was just flying a trial balloon at the budget announcement? Find out what his parliamentary secretary, MLA Doug Griffiths has to say about the PST >

Action Plan Online, Part 10 of 12: Small changes, big rewards

When your business foundations are good, look to the small details to give you an added edge >

How far does privacy extend: Audio

QUESTION: The new employer calls asking for references and information about your past employee’s performance. The easy question may be, how much can you, or should you, disclose to the new employer? The more difficult question is how do you balance privacy rights and corporate and public rights? >

Action Plan Online, Part 9 of 12

When recovery is leaving you behind >

Board Matrix 2010

Alberta’s business community might be a big place, but when it comes to its biggest companies and their powerful corporate boards of directors there are a lot of familiar faces. Our 2010 Board Matrix offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the relationships between these companies and their executives. >

Secret’s Out | Victoria’s Secret lands in Canada with a new store in West Edmonton Mall

By Stephanie Sparks

In West Edmonton Mall, amid the early morning mall walkers and maintenance workers, a line of anxious women of all ages began outside the first-ever Victoria’s Secret store in Canada and wound around the Ice Palace, where it trickled off. Before the line grew any longer, the mall was eerily quiet, a calm before a storm of stockings, sexy undergarments and a South African supermodel. >

Emerald Awards 2010: Video Coverage

Find out more about the winners in the business category and explore a rich audiovisual archive >