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The only difference between the Lower Mainland and the rest of the province is that the big city doesn't remember the jobs it has lost

Travelling around China, it sometimes seems the sex trade engulfs every truck stop and five-star hotel, and all the barber shops, bars and less salubrious hotels in between

B.C.'s beleaguered tourism sector took a few more strides to recovery in 2013, but remained sluggish under the weight of uneven global economic growth and a relatively high Canadian dollar.

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Today, business success depends on how well you grow your fan base: the loyal customers who care about your organization and who talk you up to others. Fans should be treated like individuals and made to feel special in many ways.

More than business baby steps for this organic baby food company: Husband-wife team started business in their kitchen and quickly inked deals with Wal-Mart and Dragons’ Den investors

The most telling number in this budget is that B.C.'s unemployment rate is predicted to increase over the next three years

Did the Winter Olympics in Sochi give Russia a big bang for the ruble?

November’s upshift in wage earnings from October likely raised an eyebrow or two given the contrast with broad labour market weakness, but unless incoming data proves otherwise, this was merely a blip in B.C.’s underlying pattern of soft wage inflation.