Economy News

Yellowknife - With the Northern Gateway and Keystone pipelines facing fierce resistance, Alberta is desperate to move its diluted bitumen and the North West Territories (NWT) is promoting a northern pipeline alternative to create jobs and improve its economy.

In a remarkable and dynamic first in the content marketing space, GE Capital and Slate magazine have partnered to deliver the middle market Roadshow For Growth - celebrating the job-oriented achievements of middle-market businesses.

The founder of Twitter recently headlined a summit in Japan to offer advice to the country's entrepreneurs - but what should an entrepreneur do to gain Twitter followers and to move forward with 140-character nuggets?

Madrid - Spain is moving in a different direction now, although the Spanish economy is still faltering, they do have a plan. It looks nothing like the American plan for recovery.

Ottawa - The Statistics Canada employment, earnings and hours report for February shows that earnings rose by 0.9 percent over January and 3.1 per cent over last year. Average weekly earnings were $908.87, while Alberta earnings rose 4.5 percent to $1099.77.

Breaking News: Britain's credit rating is slashed tonight to AA+ by international agency, Fitch. This is the second agency to cut the country's weakening rating.

Atlanta - In this tough economy, companies are finding ways to entice customers to shop at their business. One method that has been proven effective time and again are customer rewards programs, otherwise known as loyalty appreciation.

Companies from Victoria to Halifax have been outsourcing services to Asia and South Asia for years. Why the sudden furor against RBC?

Ottawa - While the US and Canada differ on ideologies on how to grow the economy, the US added 80,000 jobs in March, while Canada lost 54,500, most permanent and in the private sector. It appears that Canada's Economic Action Plan is not working.

Calgary - After recent spills of pipelines carrying Alberta crude in Illinois, Michigan and Arkansas the approval of the XL Keystone pipeline is in question. TransCanada Corp, looking at options, has made a west to east pipeline a real possibility.