The discount supermarket segment isn’t just about rock-bottom prices any more. Sobeys is targeting the growing ranks of ethnic shoppers who demand both high quality and good value
Read more: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/high-stakes-in-the-low-frills-grocery-game/article1565508/?cmpid=nl-bizt1
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
CBC News - British Columbia - Small bike shops fear MEC effect
CBC News - British Columbia - Small bike shops fear MEC effect
Just in time for spring, Mountain Equipment Co-op is rolling out its new line of bikes, but that's raising concerns with some smaller retailers who say the co-op's unfair tax advantage could drive them out of business.
Just in time for spring, Mountain Equipment Co-op is rolling out its new line of bikes, but that's raising concerns with some smaller retailers who say the co-op's unfair tax advantage could drive them out of business.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Dubai jails Indian pair for 'sexy texts'-BBC News
Steamy text messages have resulted in a three-month jail sentence for a Indian man and an Indian woman in Dubai.
Judges ruled that they had planned to "commit sin", a reference to an extramarital affair - which is illegal in the United Arab Emirates.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8573565.stm
Judges ruled that they had planned to "commit sin", a reference to an extramarital affair - which is illegal in the United Arab Emirates.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8573565.stm
UN says 227m people escaped slums in past decade- BBC News
Nearly a quarter of a billion people escaped life in the slums over the past decade, the United Nations says
The improvement was thanks largely to housing efforts in China and India, which made "giant strides", according to a report by the UN Habitat agency.
But the housing efforts were more than countered by world population growth and the rural exodus to cities.
So overall, the total number of slum dwellers actually increased from 776.7m to 827.6m, during the years 2000-2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8573300.stm
CBC News - Montreal - Red Cross tsunami workers abused: report
CBC News - Montreal - Red Cross tsunami workers abused: report
Some construction workers hired by the Canadian Red Cross to help rebuild communities following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were left stranded and never paid for their work, according to an investigation by Radio-Canada.
Some construction workers hired by the Canadian Red Cross to help rebuild communities following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were left stranded and never paid for their work, according to an investigation by Radio-Canada.
CBC News - Money - Blockbuster mulls bankruptcy filing
CBC News - Money - Blockbuster mulls bankruptcy filing
Shares of Blockbuster Inc. lost nearly a third of their value Wednesday after the video rental chain warned that it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States.
Shares of Blockbuster Inc. lost nearly a third of their value Wednesday after the video rental chain warned that it may have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States.
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