Microsoft defends search investments to analysts (KATU Portland)
Microsoft's CEO defended the software maker's decision to invest heavily in its unprofitable online business, but shed minimal light Thursday on specific steps it will take to challenge Google in the wake of the failed bid to buy Yahoo.
Business leaders lay the building blocks for revitalizing City of Hamilton's future (Ancaster News)
There is a new excitement, enthusiasm and "synergy" among Hamilton's business community as the city prepares to tell the world it is open for business.
Animal rights group targets popular Wyo. rodeo (AG Weekly)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Western heritage runs deep in this high plains city, and nothing typifies the local cowboy and ranching culture more than the 10-day Cheyenne Frontier Days celebration, which boasts the world’s largest outdoor rodeo.
Update: EFT Canada to Acquire Secure Payment Systems (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
The following is an update to the press release issued on July 18, 2008 and is intended to provide the reader with greater information concerning the acquisition of Secure Payment Systems by EFT Canada.
Canada Inflation Quickens to 3.1%, Fastest Since `05 (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
July 23 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's inflation rate in June was the highest since September 2005 as energy costs surged, forcing companies such as Air Canada to raise fares.
It was 20 years ago today… Two decades of The Business Journal (Business Journal of Tri-Cities)
This is Volume 21, Number 1. Two decades worth of The Business Journal have been written, printed, read and — hopefully — have done you some good. In looking back over 20 years worth of back issues of The Business Journal of Tri-Cities, Tennessee/Virginia (and if you think that’s an unwieldy brand name, just remember, we started off as The Business Journal of Upper East Tennessee and Southwest ...