There were a number of articles released late last week about different countries around the globe and their states of importing and exporting – looking at what was said about the state of Canadian importing and exporting habits, it’s good… Read more »
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Bank of Canada’s Semi-Annual Assessments
On Thursday, the Bank of Canada released the results of one of it’s semi-annual assessments. The results? Canada’s financial system is still at risk – in fact, even more so than it was six months ago. They have suggested a… Read more »
November’s Labour Force Survey
On Friday, StatsCan released November’s Labour Force Survey. November saw the lowest unemployment rate since January 2009 – with 15,000 new jobs added that month, the unemployment rate dropped to 7.6%. This is 1.9% higher than it was in November,… Read more »
StatsCan’s Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy
On November 22nd, 2010, StatsCan released the results of a survey of innovation and business strategy, looking at strategic decisions, innovation activities and operational tactics used by Canadian enterprises. What were some of the findings? The majority of firms in… Read more »
September Monthly Survey of Manufacturing
StatsCan released September’s Monthly Survey of Manufacturing today. Overall, manufacturing sales decreased 0.6% in the month of September to $45.1 billion. The drop was seen most notably in the transportation equipment industry, which dropped 7.5% in sales, and the motor… Read more »
SR&ED in the National Post
There was an interesting article in the National Post entitled, A little bit of give and take about a claimant’s experience with the SR&ED program over the years. The article explores how CRA reviews of claims used to be about… Read more »
10 Quick Tips: How to Get Feedback from your Customers
Getting feedback from your customers is important for many reasons. One of the biggest is that you definitely want to make your customers happy, and how can you know what makes them happy if you don’t hear what they like… Read more »
The Secret Truth About Executing Great Ideas
Have you heard about The 99 Percent? It’s a web magazine, annual conference and book that offers articles, videos, and more on helping people in all industries go from coming up with ideas to actually executing those ideas. One of… Read more »
August’s Manufacturing Sales
StatsCan released August’s Survey of Manufacturing on Friday. Overall, manufacturing sales in August increased 2% to $45.1 billion. This is 17.6% higher than the low of May 2009. The industry highlights are as follows: Motor Vehicle Manufacturing: rose 13.8% to… Read more »