economy

Preventive Medicine

The pros and cons of inflationary and deflationary pressures >

V100 Average Revenue – Alberta companies’ average revenue slides, slightly

In the midst of Alberta’s difficult 2009 fiscal year, the revenue posted overall in the Venture 100 can be overlooked by revenue declines in individual companies. The prevalence of revenue declines across the V100 charts casts a particularly bearish picture of Alberta’s 100 largest companies. >

V100 Net Income – Difficult Year to Post Profits

Truncating the Venture 100 list into thirds would group net income figures together in similar-sized packages. In the top third, data collected from the past three editions of the V100 shows that 2009 was a net income anomaly for an otherwise highly profitable class of Alberta’s top 30 companies. >

China will be Alberta’s new dance partner

Not much doubt that the new economic superpower will play a big role here

By Paul Marck

Not that it passed by unnoticed, but news that China surpassed Japan as the world’s second-biggest economy during the sluggish second quarter is very telling. We have been hearing about China’s emergence as a global kingpin for some time, but there can be no doubt now about the predictions.

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New Place to Hang My Hat | In-coming Editor Paul Marck Sees “Cautious Optimism” for Alberta Businesses

“The stage is set for a new Alberta economy, one that will show steady growth and improvement.” >

Bring Back Steve West | Alberta’s Deficit Requires Tough Politicians to Make the Tough Cuts

Hard times call for hard men – and Ed Stelmach’s got none >

Vital Statistics

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Venture Update: Clearcut Crisis

The story skies lingering over Alberta’s forest industry that we reported in November 2007 (“The Perfect Storm”) show no signs of blowing over >

The Last Summer Holiday

The seismic shift of wealth and power to the West over the past 12 months has made this year’s list easily our most influential ever >