Economy, Law & Politics

The psyche of the U.S. consumer seems to have weathered the impact of the global financial crisis better than those of Canadian corporate leaders.

A Vancouver man is suing a sports bar for what he claims is a breach of duty of care resulting in injuries caused by a motor vehicle accident as a result of the over-serving of alcohol by the defendant, Vancouver’s Shark Club Sports Grill Ltd.

Although the B.C. government never produced a business plan to justify the aborted Liquor Distribution Branch privatization, it did give bidders exclusive access to a library of more than 2,800 pages about the taxpayer-owned company, seen by Business in Vancouver. (To see a cloud-hosted copy of the documents, click here.)

Businesses have remained cautious in Canada’s slow-growth environment.

The following is a list of the largest stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed by the week ending October 31. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission.

People earning the lowest incomes in the country can easily move up to the highest levels over time, according to a Fraser Institute study released today.

Private equity funds in America continue to proliferate

After a banner year, the province's most profitable companies struggled to maintain margins in 2012 as slow growth and volatile global markets increasingly took their toll on corporate bottom lines

Mystery shrouds the cost to taxpayers for compensating Telus after its naming sponsorship of BC Place stadium was cancelled.

Rich Coleman, B.C.’s minister of energy, mines and natural gas, has appointed three new members to the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo) board.