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Loonie parity with US Dollar, PM Harper looks to partner with China

It has been extremely interesting week for the Canadian economy as a continued market resurgence coupled with the growing strength of the Canadian dollar has led to parity with the US dollar for the first time since April. It's not...

October 19, 2010 Read More

Meatless Monday with Fried Zucchini Coins Pasta

Do you have an abundance of Zucchini? Have you seen the locally grown zucchini in the grocery store or your local farmer’s market at very reasonable prices? Well, let us put this abundant harvest to good use this Meatless Monday...

October 11, 2010 Read More

Meatless Monday with Vegetarian Fajitas

Welcome to another Meatless Monday! For tonight’s dinner we are heading south for a classic southwestern dish, fajitas. Even though fajitas are generally made with meat, chicken or shrimp ours use a variety of different vegetables. You can enjoy this...

September 27, 2010 Read More

Economics and customer service sees offshoring losing some appeal

An interesting story appeared on NPR last week which was in keeping with an earlier post that I had written about the gradual return of call-center positions to North America which had previously been outsourced to overseas call centers. The...

September 7, 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

CSR survey provides surprising information about young people

Corporate Social Responsibility CSR is is still a relatively new concept and has certainly been in widespread use for less than a decade, despite that it's growing in importance for just how a company does business whether considering their sourcing,...

September 2, 2010 Read More

Corporate giving diversifying and reviving according to Crain’s

I recently wrote at length about the overall health of corporate giving according to a recent poll and that the news especially in light of the economic times was fairly buoyant and reflected that the market itself along with giving...

September 1, 2010 Read More

2010 Commonwealth Games CSR preview

I have recently written a review of the overall CSR performance during the World Cup that was staged in July in South Africa. To continue that theme I'm going to try and preview and then review how major sporting events...

August 31, 2010 Read More

Maxwell House: Its a new morning, brew some good

It is becoming increasingly obvious that corporate social responsibility (CSR) plans have a positive impact on the image, employees and customers of a brand as more and more companies are proudly promoting their initiatives. One such example is the coffee...

August 10, 2010 Read More

Nike CSR – Just Do It, amid calls for them to Just Pay It

I don't really understand the situation that Nike have recently placed themselves in when it comes to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This is a company that understood the very nature of their industry (products primarily made in third world nations...

July 27, 2010 Read More

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