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Northern Shield completes $444K private placement

Northern Shield Resources Inc. (TSX-V:NRN) completed a non-brokered private placement and raised $444,060 through issuing about 3.7 million units.

Rochelle Roberts

September 2nd, 2010

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Com Dev slashes jobs as part of plan to return to profitability

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Housing starts to moderate for rest of year; to stabilizing in 2011

Housing starts are expected moderate in the second half of this year and stabilize in 2011 at levels consistent with demographic trends, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says.

Rochelle Roberts

August 31st, 2010

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Blood-sucking bed bugs and bureaucracy

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3G takes a $3.2B bite out of Burger King

Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BKC), America's perennially No. 2 hamburger chain, said Thursday that it is selling itself to little-known private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26...

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• TSX gets boost from commodities Canadian Press September 1st, 2010

OBJ's Forty Under 40 2010

In this week's issue, OBJ once again honours 40 of the region's most successful, dynamic and community-minded business leaders.

Rochelle Roberts

June 14th, 2010

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• FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #1 - Shopify Jim Donnelly May 3rd, 2010
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• FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #4 - Panacis Krystle Chow May 2nd, 2010
• FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #5 - ThinkWrap Solutions Inc. Peter Kovessy May 2nd, 2010

• Sports and entertainment
• Defence and security
• City Hall
• Tourism
• 
  • Mining
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  • Retail

Northern Shield completes $444K private placement

Northern Shield Resources Inc. (TSX-V:NRN) completed a non-brokered private placement and raised $444,060 through issuing about 3.7 million units.

Rochelle Roberts

September 2nd, 2010

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Recent articles

• Mass exodus at PSP in wake of CFO's resignation Elizabeth Howell September 1st, 2010
• Calypso exceeds attendance expectations by 25% Jim Donnelly August 31st, 2010
• Local federal contracts fall 62% Peter Kovessy August 31st, 2010
• Cullen bows out of Ottawa mayoral race OBJ Staff August 31st, 2010

Com Dev slashes jobs as part of plan to return to profitability

Com Dev International Ltd. has replaced its chief executive and slashed five per cent of its workforce as part of a strategy to return to profitability after revealing it will lose money on a...

Rochelle Roberts

September 3rd, 2010

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• WiLAN inks license agreement with 100th company OBJ Staff September 2nd, 2010
• Alcatel-Lucent buys app firm OpenPlug Jim Donnelly September 1st, 2010
• Com Dev jettisons CEO amid falling revenues Canadian Press September 1st, 2010
• 'Faint hope' keeps Nortel pensioner working for last-minute deal Elizabeth Howell September 1st, 2010

• Residential
• Non-residential
• Construction

Housing starts to moderate for rest of year; to stabilizing in 2011

Housing starts are expected moderate in the second half of this year and stabilize in 2011 at levels consistent with demographic trends, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says.

Rochelle Roberts

August 31st, 2010

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• Whiterock buys 219 Laurier for $43.5M Jim Donnelly August 30th, 2010
• Local home construction slows Peter Kovessy August 30th, 2010
• LandEx wins $1 million in municipal construction work OBJ Staff August 30th, 2010
• Tomlinson wins $10M paving contract Peter Kovessy August 27th, 2010

• City Hall
• Books
• Capital Gains
• The Marketplace
• 
  • Finance
  • Bruce Firestone

Blood-sucking bed bugs and bureaucracy

We'd only been home a couple minutes when I realized my gaffe.

Rochelle Roberts

August 26th, 2010

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Recent articles

• How much do I need to retire? Gordon Powers August 26th, 2010
• Managing your business the Indian way Micheal Kelly August 25th, 2010
• Why I shouldn't hire Jim Roche Jim Roche August 16th, 2010
• How to retire as a couple – and stay that way Gordon Powers August 6th, 2010

3G takes a $3.2B bite out of Burger King

Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BKC), America's perennially No. 2 hamburger chain, said Thursday that it is selling itself to little-known private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26...

Rochelle Roberts

September 2nd, 2010

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Recent articles

• TSX heads for lower open after strong advance; TD profit up 29%, misses forecast The Canadian Press September 2nd, 2010
• Canadian workers feel more secure in their jobs and economic recovery: poll The Canadian Press September 2nd, 2010
• TD Bank third quarter net profit rises 29 per cent to $1.18 billion The Canadian Press September 2nd, 2010
• TSX gets boost from commodities Canadian Press September 1st, 2010

OBJ's Forty Under 40 2010

In this week's issue, OBJ once again honours 40 of the region's most successful, dynamic and community-minded business leaders.

Rochelle Roberts

June 14th, 2010

1 Comment

Recent articles

• FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #1 - Shopify Jim Donnelly May 3rd, 2010
• FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #2 - Enabled Success Inc. Jim Donnelly April 30th, 2010
• FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #4 - Panacis Krystle Chow May 2nd, 2010
• FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES: #5 - ThinkWrap Solutions Inc. Peter Kovessy May 2nd, 2010