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Most business people are self-absorbed and a recent survey says maybe they should be. Four out of five workers, or 81%, have punched their own names into search engines at some point to see what's printed on the Internet about them.

Wealthy investors are opening their wallets again as luxury home sales in Greater Vancouver skyrocketed 184% in the first quarter of 2010.

Forestry legend Irving K. Barber will donate $2.5 million to Kwantlen Polytechnic University today to help more students attend university. Barber founded Slocan Forest Products Ltd. in 1978, which Canfor Corp. (TSX:CFP) bought in 2003.

Canada's rate of inflation slowed in March despite rising gas prices, Statistics Canada said today. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.4% in March compared with 1.6% in February.

The president and CEO of Vancouver-based shoe retailer Sterling Shoes announced his resignation today. Jeremy Horwitz has been with Sterling Shoes Income Fund (TSX:SSI.UN) since 1988, and was promoted president in 1994.

Canadians are fairly confident about their present situation, but are cautiously optimistic about the future, according to TNS Canadian Facts' recent consumer confidence survey.

B.C.'s wealthiest citizens emit almost double the amount of greenhouse gas emissions when compared with low-income British Columbians, according to a study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Wholesale trade sales in B.C. fell for the first time in five months, according to data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. February sales slid 4.3% to $3.97 billion from $4.15 billion, contributing to a 1.

Vancouver-based HSBC Capital (Canada) Inc. has closed the first tranche of its fourth private equity fund aimed at investing in mid-market private companies.

British Columbians bought more booze in 2009. B.C.'s liquor distirbution branch saw its revenue increase 3.5% to $2.92 billion in 2009 compared with 2008, according to Statisitics Canada.