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Columnist Mike Desjardins: Boardroom Strategy

How to make better business decisions faster

Airline launches direct cargo service to China

China Southern Airlines (CSA) has launched Canada’s only direct cargo service between Vancouver and Mainland China – an initiative that is expected to create 40 full-time jobs in the airline industry and countless indirect jobs in Canada’s export ind

Cobalt coup in Siberian outback

Local juniors bank on demand for high-tech gadgets in the search for a strategic metal

Food partnerships go global

Major investment in research and development and patenting innovative technology has paid off in partnerships with multinational food manufacturers for two upstart Vancouver technology companies.

HST loss lambasted

B.C.’s rejection of the harmonized sales tax (HST) will hurt a lot of local businesses and convince manufacturers to move to Ontario or another province that has the HST, according to Andrey Pavlov, an associate professor at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business.

Vancouver bank to get Canada’s first foreign currency ATM

Bank of Montreal (BMO) has invested $1 million to move to a larger branch at Oakridge Centre – a bank that will be the first in Canada to have an automated teller machine (ATM) that doles out U.S. dollars, British pounds, Euros, Mexican pesos and Canadian dollars.

Columnist Peter Mitham: Real estate roundup

Affordability top of mind for developers and buyers; report underscores how much Vancouver skews market

PNE braces for strike action following its annual 17-day fair

Vancouver Giants Western Hockey League games among events that could be disrupted as union workers seek cost-of-living raise and better job security

Port dispute heats up

Prince Rupert’s booming cargo business triggers U.S. allegations that the port has lax security and unfair rail subsidies and tax advantages

Columnist Troy Fimrite: Startup Strategies

How to prepare for financial success