Erika Neville's Blog

Embridge Inc. is planning on creating a “Northern Gateway pipeline” in order to transport bitumen to Asia, however, this project causes many problems with the First Nations people as they would be building these pipelines over their territories. As a First Nation myself, I appose this project entirely as it has the potential to destroy some of our sacred territories. Although Embridge proposes that this project would in fact benefit the First Nations as it would increase job availabilities as well as increase training and education, there are high risks…read more

After reading Brodie McLaughlin’s blog post on the environmental concerns on Burger King’s takeover of Tim Hortons, I became very interested in the subject and began to read further into the subject. Palm oil is used in everything from food and fuel to beauty products and cleaning agents. Dramatic increases in demand for palm oil are driving increases in deforestation, and currently, about ten percent of all global warming emissions result from deforestation. Both Burger King and Tim Hortons currently have a bad track record with palm oil, however, it…read more

Ever thought about what the true cost of making the iPad was and how much profit Apple is making from selling them? Apple is selling their newest iPad Air for US$729, but how much does it really cost to built an iPad Air. The most expensive part of the iPad is the retina display touchscreen, which would cost around $106, then the processor at $36.40, the connectivity components at $33.07, the battery at $17.50, both the cameras at $15.50, other electronics at $63.40, the non-electronic parts at $22.95, then the…read more

The market share of Asahi has increased to 38% which means that it is currently holding the largest percentage of the beer market. The reason for the sudden increase in market share is because the NHK Channel (which is a popular public channel) has begun broadcasting a serial based on the life of Scotswoman Jessie Roberta Cowan, who married Japan’s founding father of whisky in 1920. Masataka Taketsuru’s Nikka whisky is owned by Asahi.  Though neither Nikka’s name nor that of its founder are used in the 150 TV episodes, “every Japanese…read more

As a user of both Facebook and Whatsapp, I found this article very intriguing. The European Union regulators recently unconditionally approved Facebook’s $19 billion purchase of the mobile-messaging service WhatsApp Inc., which had been fiercely opposed by Europe’s telecom industry. This is the largest merge in Facebook’s history and it will allow them to have a stronger presence internationally in mobile messaging. From a consumer’s point of view, I find that this merge will benefit customers in mobile messaging as we would be able to have both of the aspects of…read more