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Burnaby's WebTech Wireless Inc. (TSX:WEW) is partnering with Cleveland, Ohio-based TMW Systems Inc. to create a combined fleet management system for the trucking industry.

B.C.'s multi-family investment sector is picking up steam after hitting a new low in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to Avison Young's first quarter multi-family investment report. Seventeen deals worth $59.

More Americans decided to travel to Canada in February, but tourism figures are still at record lows, according to Statistics Canada data released Monday. Almost 1.9 million Americans made overnight trips to Canada in February, up 3.8% from 1.

The B.C credit union system, which includes 47 independent credit unions across the province, reported record profits in 2008, according to Central 1 Credit Union.

Motor vehicle manufacturing in Ontario revved up in February, breaking months of declines in manufacturing sales in Canada, according to Statistics Canada numbers released Friday. Total manufacturing sales rose to $42.

Vancouver's Potash One Inc. (TSX:KCL) and Vancouver-based Potash North Resource Corp. (TSX-V:PON) have completed their merger that will strengthen Potash One's balance sheet and help them further its development in Saskatchewan.

The cost of owning a home in B.C. will continue to fall, according to the latest affordability index by RBC Economics. The proportion of pre-tax income required to purchase a detached bungalow has fallen to 66% of household income, down from 69.

A new study by Vancouver-headquartered HSBC Bank Canada has found that Canadians are putting aside more money as the world faces a synchronized global recession.

With financial security on the minds of Canadian boomers, a growing proportion of them are considering delaying retirement, according to a study by BMO Financial Group.

Despite a year-over-year decline in residential real estate sales, residential home sales increased 24% in March from sales figures in February, according to statistics released by the B.C. Real Estate Association.