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Buyatab.com owner Matias Marquez won the honour of being Simon Fraser University ’s fourth annual student entrepreneur of the year at a competition held November 19.

Herb Capozzi , the pro football player, B.C. Lions general manager, MLA and co-founder of the Keg restaurant chain, died Monday of cancer at the age of 86.

B.C.’s retail growth in September paled in comparison to the growth enjoyed in the rest of the country. Canada-wide, sales were up 1% during the month to $38.2 billion, compared with August, Statistics Canada said November 22. That followed a 0.

For the second year in a row, B.C. winreries are celebrating the province’s second earliest icewine harvest.

A source close to Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL) has told Business in Vancouver that the computer company is slated to take space on Robson Street halfway between Burrard and Thurlow streets.

Teck Resources Ltd. is keeping CEO Don Lindsay in place, but several members of the senior management team are retiring, prompting an executive shake-up, the company announced November 21.

British Columbians are planning to spend nearly $100 more on presents this Chistmas season than they did last year, according to an RBC survey released this morning.

Premier Christy Clark is talking up the results of her recent trade mission to India and China.

The Prince George Airport Authority (PGAA) is courting Chinese airlines to refuel at the Prince George International Airport instead of places such as Anchorage en route to other parts of North America, PGAA CEO John Gibson told Business in Vancouver November 21.

Nearly half of Canadian companies (43%) are expecting a shortage of executives within their organization within the next five to 10 years, according to a Leger Marketing report released today.