Archive for October, 2011

“Three ways to improve water, energy and food security”

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

It is estimated that by 2030 the world will need 40% more freshwater and 50% more food and energy. Not only is the demand accelerating due to the worlds rapidly expanding population, but also to climate change, increasing urbanisation and growing prosperity. Many solutions have been created to help ease long-term problems. The WBCSD Water Project […]

Job Cuts at Maple Leaf Foods

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Maple Leaf Foods has decided to close plants in four provinces which will result in cutting 1,550 jobs. The plan that the company set was supposed to create 1,150 jobs, but the associated plant closures will outweigh that, which results in a net loss of 1,550 positions. Maple Leaf plans on building a new plan […]

#1 Blog Comment (Kashmir Kaur)

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Kashmir has an interesting blog post about how prices for university education are increasing . I was watching the news and also heard something related to this topic. As each year passes, the number of students attending/applying for universities is increasing. Since universities are businesses, they are realizing that more students continue their education instead […]

Canadian Dollar Faces Largest Drop in 3 Years

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

The Canadian dollar has depreciated significantly since October 2008 and recently dropped over two US cents, below 96 cents US on September 20, 2011. On Wednesday the US dollar straightened up against the euro and yen after the U.S. Federal Reserve rose up its aid to the weak economy. Many traders around the world are […]

Greece Unsuccessful?

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

For the past two years the euro zone has been trying to fight off their debt by throwing billions of euros at the problem. They are not only throwing money, but giving it away unsuccessfully. This week euro zone finance ministers will meet in Luxembourg to discuss how they will or can increase the strength […]

An Event Revealing The New I Phone

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

On October 4th, 2011 Apple Inc. has planned to create an event to introduce the new iPhone. This event will be taking place in Cupterino, California where the new I phone will be revealed. Tim Cook, Apple’s new CEO, will be one of the featured guests at this event. The newest I phone, iPhone, will […]

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