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Vancouver-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc.'s (TSX, NYSE:RBA) profits sagged slightly in the second quarter, but the world's largest auctioneer generated record auction revenues in the first half of 2009.

Vancouver's WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX:WEW) has acquired a Toronto-based competitor for $38 million in a bought share deal.

Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (TSX:PBH) enjoyed record revenue but saw profit fall in the quarter that ended June 27. The Vancouver food-distribution company reported August 6 that revenue jumped 8.2% to $124.

Vancouver copper miner Amerigo Resources Ltd. (TSX:ARG) reported tough times in its second quarter results It lost US$2.3 million and saw revenues plummet 42% to US$18.1 million. The company had generated a $6.

Overall business optimism among British Columbia's small business owners dropped slightly in July, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The drop followed substantial improvements in business optimism in May and June. B.C.

Kelowna's Sun-Rype Products Ltd. (TSX:SRF) reported a second -quarter profit of $2.7 million or $0.25 per share That's compared with a net loss of $5.1 million or $0.47 per share for the same period in 2008.

B.C. drivers are very distracted behind the wheel, according to a new Ipsos Reid survey. The survey comes while Solicitor General Kash Heed is investigating whether to ban the use of cellphones while driving.

B.C.'s largest industrial real estate landlord has acquired 1,064,900 units, or a 13.6% stake, in Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (TSX-V:AAR.UN) through its Precedence Homes Ltd. affiliate.

The province will no longer be accepting new applications for loans aimed at helping homeowners with the cost of repairing their leaky condos built before July 1, 1999.

Burnaby's Taiga Building Products Ltd. (TSX:TBL) reported a 58.6% boost to its first quarter profits despite realizing a 17.5% drop in sales for the period ending June 30, 2009. Net income rose to $6.6 million from $4.