Category Archives: COMM 101

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-12/canadian-troops-to-quit-u-a-e-base-after-air-dispute.html Two of the fastest growing airlines are based out of the United Arab Emirates, Emirates and Etihad, but their growth into the Canadian aviation market has been stalled and has now started a diplomatic spat between Canada and the … Continue reading →

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pr-blitz-aims-to-sell-skeptical-public-on-need-for-f-35-fighter-jets/article1812733/ The government of Canada spends taxpayer’s money to fund many things including the military, and the government is expected to spend this money responsibly, because of this mandate questions were raised about the $16 billion fighter replacement program.  The … Continue reading →

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2010/09/17/United-Continental-merger-approved/UPI-30211284738619/ The US airline industry seems to be constantly changing with new airlines starting up and others failing, but now the trend has turned to the major airlines merging to form some of the world’s largest airlines.  Over the past … Continue reading →

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-09/canada-banking-system-is-world-s-soundest-economic-forum-says-in-survey.html When people think of Canada being 1st in the world in some category, we think immediately to hockey, which we should always be 1st in, but for the 3rd straight year Canada’s banking sector has been ranked has the … Continue reading →

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/cnw/article.jsp?content=20100915_094503_7_cnw_cnw Many industries are deemed ‘safe’, and will hardly, if, ever experience a serious downturn; one that is probably the safest of all of them is food manufacturing.  No matter what the economic situation is people have to eat, this … Continue reading →

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLNE6AO03H20101125 Airline security is starting to get ridiculous, there seems to a constant stream of potential ways to cause havoc on an airplane flowing into the offices of the TSA, airport security agency in the US, making them place new … Continue reading →

The government of Canada advertises Canada as a vast country with many investment possibilities but the government’s bureaucracy is causing Canada’s investment market to shrivel.  The government of Canada are regulation fiends, they seem to hold a stranglehold over every … Continue reading →

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151307/air_canada_clears_wifi_for_takeoff.html Where isn’t there Wi-Fi theses days, whole cities have been immersed in a Wi-Fi bubble, and restaurant from Starbucks to McDonalds now offer Wi-Fi in some fashion, the next frontier is the air.  When most people are on planes … Continue reading →

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-27/air-canada-forgoes-buying-planes-to-cut-debt-as-bonds-gain-canada-credit.html The commercial airline industry has gone through many ups and downs over the past decade, with September 11th and the high oil prices being the major points of heartache for the industry.  This decade has seen many of the … Continue reading →

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/09/07/hurds-move-to-oracle-do-business-ethics-matter/ We had to write a blog for this class on business ethics and I not knowing that much simply googled business ethics and found this article which surprisingly caught my interest.  This article talks about Oracle, quite a huge … Continue reading →