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Canada adds jobs in August at a rate above forecast

Despite continuing concerns about factory output seeing a slight decline and a very fragile export market due to the continued paucity of the US recovery there was extremely good news about the Canadian economy this week specifically on the jobs...

September 16, 2010 Read More

Canadian economy and confidence growing despite US jitters

It's been another shaky few weeks watching the economy as indicators in Canada continue to provide moderately promising news, eyes and ears are still looking south at the stuttering recovery within the US. As Canada's largest trading partner there is...

September 3, 2010 Read More

How the Fundraising ineffeciencies in the UK can have a positive outcome

Regular visitors to the blog  may know that at Miratel we provide key expertise in assisting nonprofits with fundraising activities via our range of call-center services. Therefore when a major fund-raising story breaks it captures our attention even if it's...

August 27, 2010 Read More

Is offshoring heading toward a boomerang decade?

I found a very interesting story today concerning offshoring reversals that while predicted a few years ago has not yet manifested itself with the frequency some had expected. That said the scenarios under which it occurs are becoming more apparent...

August 26, 2010 Read More

Slight increase in July unemployment shouldn’t overshadow gains of 2010

We knew it wouldn't be that easy! The steady return to a healthy job market in Canada showed 6 consecutive months of job growth to begin 2010 but July marked a moderate setback in unemployment but not to the extent...

August 20, 2010 Read More

Fair-Trade, its about far more than just coffee

In the supermarket this week I noticed again (but this time it registered) the "Fair Trade Certified" logo on a number of products so this time I thought I'd do my research about the logo after bringing the shopping home....

August 19, 2010 Read More

New corporate giving report reveals more good news than bad

A new report shows that the lingering impacts of the recession continue to take a bite out of corporate giving despite the fact that the market is very slowly improving. A new survey details the specific amounts donated and also...

August 16, 2010 Read More

US Economic recovery not possible without improvement to housing market?

While the economy in Canada continues to head toward fairly robust results of growth if a little short of expectations the situation in the United States continues to limp toward recovery in a way that can best be described as...

August 11, 2010 Read More

Royal Bank of Canada ‘slip’ make experts and markets ask if interest rate hikes will continue

If you visit the Miratel blog fairly often you'll know that we essentially saw this one coming. Analysts are leaping up and down over comments made last week by The Bank of Canada which seem to support existing theory that...

July 30, 2010 Read More

Poll suggests government missing green opportunities

A new survey conducted by McAllister Opinion Research sends a clear signal that governments everywhere need to work more in concert with business decision makers, scientists and internal departments to take more positive changes to address climate change. The results...

July 29, 2010 Read More

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