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Mike Forrester: Sound decisions

Mike Forrester: Sound decisions

When organizers went looking for someone to revive attendance at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Mike Forrester’s track record as an astute businessman and origins as a professional musician fit the bill
B.C. building permits down 30% in April

B.C. building permits down 30% in April

The soft trend in permits points to a slowdown in housing starts and reflects elevated new-home inventory, soft resale market activity and a tempered labour market

Action needed to help locals compete with offshore affluence

The festering debate about whether Vancouver should continue its open-house welcome to global investors has boiled over – again.
Beijing, local governments in China at odds over market reform

Beijing, local governments in China at odds over market reform

Beijing is halting approval of all applications for new free trade zones, convinced state and municipal governments either don't understand the next phase of economic reforms or are wilfully following their own agendas.
Small-business confidence surges

Small-business confidence surges

Optimism has climbed to the highest level since before the recession
How I did it: Derek Juno

How I did it: Derek Juno

Teaching in Cambodia fostered Mealshare co-founder’s desire to fight poverty

Incoming investors face challenges in local real estate market

Foreign caution
Life Lessons: Roy Yen

Life Lessons: Roy Yen

Seeing things from all sides creates better business outlooks

Cultivating more sustainable land options from ALR overhaul

What the Agricultural Land Commission has never been able to do is move beyond protecting land to making farming truly viable
Thailand has a new junta but the same old corruption

Thailand has a new junta but the same old corruption

A remaking of the constitution along these lines is only likely to sharpen the gaping political and economic divides that have fostered this crisis. There is even talk of civil war