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Guided tour companies consolidate

A local tour operator is set for major expansion after recently acquiring a rival company for an undisclosed amount.

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• Hats Off (Week of February 8) OBJ Staff Febuary 8th, 2010
• People on the Move (Week of February 8) OBJ Staff Febuary 8th, 2010
• Contracts (Week of February 8) OBJ Staff Febuary 8th, 2010
• We’re open for business, city tells IT industry Peter Kovessy Febuary 8th, 2010

WiLAN and Telus settle patent litigation

Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX:WIN) has achieved a speedy resolution to a recently announced patent battle with Telus (TSX:T).

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• Take me out to the video game Jim Donnelly Febuary 8th, 2010
• Zarlink and Freescale team up to launch plug-and-play network timing tool OBJ Staff Febuary 5th, 2010
• Enablence raises $28.75M OBJ Staff Febuary 5th, 2010
• The Utility Company connects with Metcalfe Realty on three-year IT deal OBJ Staff Febuary 3rd, 2010

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Ottawa apartment starts plunge 89% in January, pulling down overall...

Ottawa posted strong lowrise construction activity in January, but weaker apartment numbers dragged down overall housing starts in the first month of the year, according to new data from Canada...

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• UPDATE: Ottawa sees 2009 hike in building permits, despite December decrease Krystle Chow Febuary 4th, 2010
• Fourth month of double-digit gains for Ottawa resale market in January Krystle Chow Febuary 3rd, 2010
• Environmental construction firm wins $3.38M deal with Lethbridge College OBJ Staff Febuary 1st, 2010
• Dharma Developments, city, reach settlement on Stittsville mixed-use project Peter Kovessy January 29th, 2010

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The Asian powerhouses: All they're cracked up to be?

Wendy Dobson, Gravity Shift: How Asia’s New Economic Powerhouses Will Shape The 21st Century, University of Toronto Press, 2009.

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• How much risk can you handle? Gordon Powers January 27th, 2010
• IP entrepreneurship in a business ecosystem Tony Bailetti January 26th, 2010
• UPDATE: HBS marketing a new business model? Jim Donnelly January 22nd, 2010
• Synergizing solutions into revectored deliverables Jim Donnelly January 12th, 2010

Loonie weaker despite positive housing construction data

The Canadian dollar traded lower against the U.S. dollar Monday despite strong housing starts numbers.

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• McGuinty brushes off Nortel vote-buying accusations Canadian Press Febuary 8th, 2010
• UPDATE: Real estate association's rules challenged by federal watchdog Canadian Press Febuary 8th, 2010
• Ontario government to top up Nortel pensions Canadian Press Febuary 8th, 2010
• TSX dips again in Friday trading Canadian Press Febuary 5th, 2010

TOURISM: Competition heats up northern air routes

With Air Canada joining an already lean Ottawa-to-Iqaluit route next month, experts say established northern airlines must market their enhanced customer service offerings and local ties to...

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• TOURISM: Making connections in Ottawa Peter Kovessy Febuary 8th, 2010
• STARTUP CHECKUP 2009: YOU i Labs Peter Kovessy December 14th, 2009
• STARTUP CHECKUP 2009: VoIPshield Systems Peter Kovessy December 14th, 2009
• STARTUP CHECKUP 2009: TravelPod Peter Kovessy December 14th, 2009