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Plutonic Power Corp. (TSX:PCC), the Vancouver company building B.C.'s largest private renewable power project, has added two new high profile members to its board of directors.

Amar Doman is set to take over the reins of Vancouver-based CanWel Building Materials a decade after buying it and turning it into one of Canada's largest national distributors of building materials. The Futura Corp.

Canadian small and medium-sized business owners across Canada are increasingly optimistic that their international business activity will grow significantly over the next year, according to a survey conducted by HSBC Bank Canada.

Nearly a quarter of senior business executives plan to boost spending on hiring additional staff or increase salaries for current employees as the economy improves, according to a survey by Robert Half Finance and Accounting.

Pent-up demand for business travel and in-person meetings is expected to boost global travel in 2010 after weak demand because of the global downturn, according to the American Express global business travel forecast.

Canadians in nine out of ten provinces boosted spending in restaurants in July, according to Statistics Canada data released Wednesday. Total food services sales rose 0.5% to $4.02 billion up from $4 billion in June.

The majority of private Canadian companies haven't had serious challenges accessing financing, according to a PricewaterhouseCooper's 2009 Business Insights report.

After a one-month decline in July, average prices of Canada's 32 major export commodities rose 3.5% in August, according to Scotiabank's commodity price index released Tuesday. The index climbed 6.

Victoria-based Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX:VCM) reported stronger annual profits despite a 5% drop in revenue for the year ending June 30. Annual profit climbed to $13.2 million on sales of $114.2 million compared with an $11.

Brampton, Ontario-based Loblaw Companies Ltd. has closed its $225 million acquisition of Richmond's T&T Supermarket. With 17 stores across the country, T&T is Canada's largest Asian food retailer.