Archive for 'Business'
Fashion Importance in Italian Business Etiquette
In considering some import opportunities of Italian fashion wear, I did a quick search on the inter-web for insight into Italian business etiquette before setting up any meetings. The following is an excerpt on what to [...]
Bell Says ‘Yes’ to OTP Buyout
Good news for wireless & competition in Canada! After the controversy that led Telus to drop their bid for Bell, the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan’s offer of $48.5 Billion was accepted by BCE on June 30. [...]
Battle for Media Control: Middle East Fighting Back
Once upon a time not long ago, the international community received its dose of Middle East news from outlets that were predominantly European or American. In those times, the Arabic street always complained about the biases [...]
Telus-BCE Merger: A Blessing or a Curse?
The big news on the M&A front these days are the talks of a Telus acquisition of Bell (‘Belus’ is the current street term I see being loosely coined during some discussions of the merger). The [...]
Ridiculous Red Tape
Readers rejoice! After a mere three years of deliberation, Halifax City Hall finally gave its endorsement to the $80 Million Waterfront Hotel and Condo project of developer Ralph Medjuck of Centennial Properties. The last waterfront project to be [...]
Canada: A Land of Mediocrity
“Canadians are complacent and generally unwilling to take risks. Our culture is unwilling to accept the failures that are built into an environment that genuinely supports risk taking. Nor are we wholly comfortable with differentiation, success [...]
Atlantica
The two-day 2007 Atlantica Conference began yesterday at the Halifax World Trade and Convention Center. For those of you who don’t know, ‘Atlantica’ is an effort at better economic integration for the Atlantic region of North [...]
Money Talks on Capitol Hill
On the topic of acquisitions, it appears that at least four US lobby groups are succeeding in brokering a deal that would see Dubai Aviation Enterprise (DAE) purchase the aviation arm of the Carlyle Group for [...]
Conservatives To Regulate Foreign Takeovers
As if on que to my May 31 post on foreign acquisitions (Eh-Rabs Buying Out Canada), Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Ottawa’s intention to “draw up principles that more carefully spell out the grounds on [...]
New Trade Deals Give Canadians More Skiing Options
Ok, so the Tory machine is working overtime to make sure everyone knows that “we, the new government of Stephen Harper, make things happen”. Today the Federal Trade Minister announced that Canada finally signed trade agreements [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the