Toronto Star:Manufacturers get tax breaks (Dec 14, 2007) http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/285518 Ontario unveils $1.1 billion in business tax breaks aimed at buoying manufacturing, resource sectors QUOTE Ontario`s struggling manufacturers got a "life raft" yesterday as the provincial...

Toronto Star:Ontario sees balanced rent market (Dec 14, 2007) http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/285495 Toronto flat but Sudbury area vacancy rate at 0.6% as mining boom means accommodation in demand QUOTE Sudbury registered a 0.6 per cent vacancy rates for apartments in October, half of...

Statistics Canada:Canada`s international investment position (Dec 12, 2007) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071212/d071212b.htm QUOTE International assets and liabilities both continued to decline in the third quarter of 2007, though the drop in assets was greater. As a result, Canada`s...

Statistics Canada:New Housing Price Index (Dec 13, 2007) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071213/d071213c.htm QUOTE The rate of growth in new housing prices slowed again in October, the 14th straight month in which the pace of growth has either decelerated or held steady. Contractors`...

Statistics Canada:Study: Canada`s trade with China 1997-2006 (Dec 14, 2007) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071214/d071214c.htm QUOTE Canada’s total merchandise trade with China has soared in the last decade, reaching $42.1 billion in 2006 and accounting for 5.0% of Canada`s world trade. In...

Globe and Mail:After the storm, it`s off to the oil patch (Dec 12, 2007) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...ory/energy/home QUOTE As Imperial`s new president and likely its next CEO, Mr. March`s cool head will be tested again. This time he must manage spiralling costs of labour and...

Globe and Mail:Cities in global competition for talent (Dec 12, 2007) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...PStory/National Research organization warns ability of urban centres to attract `best and brightest` may be in jeopardy QUOTE The lure of a red-hot economy has attracted thousands...

Here ara 3 clips. I like the most last one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Rw_3ky-uo&NR=1 4 of them + parents laughing

Globe and Mail:Main Street USA is poised for rebound: CIBC (Dec 11, 2007) http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/st...ialEvents2/home QUOTE Don`t believe Wall Street: the U.S. economy is poised to speed up again next year, providing the Federal Reserve Board comes through with some more rate...

Statistics Canada:Study: Staying at home longer to become homeowners (Dec 11, 2007) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071211/d071211b.htm QUOTE There is a positive link between the age at which a young adult leaves the parental home and the likelihood that they become homeowners, but only...

QUOTE (NassirNathoo @ Dec 10 2007, 03:35 PM) Hi All, As a new QuickStart student, I am still going thru the CD provided and plus listening to the Nov 2007 CD i got which is full of information that Don and the team pull together, Thank you REIN team. Even if Brampton had 1000 jobs cut...

Financial Post:Canada`s auto union pugilist faces fight of his life (Dec 6, 2007) http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=149608 QUOTE The biggest problem by far is how to preserve jobs in the auto sector, in both vehicle assembly and parts-making, where employment has dropped by more than...

Lowe's is a rival to Home Depot in US. It opens its first stores in Canada and 2 of them are in Brampton. Read on at: http://myreinspace.com/rein_members_only/News_Archive/96-1827-December_2007_Market_Research.html

Toronto Star:Lowe`s to have lower prices in Canada (Dec 7, 2007) http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/283381 Rival to Home Depot opening first three non-U.S. stores Monday QUOTE The rival to Home Depot plans to open its first three non-U.S. stores on Monday, all in southern Ontario. ... Its...

Statistics Canada:Labour Force Survey (Nov 2007) (Dec7, 2007) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071207/d071207a.htm QUOTE Employment rose by an estimated 43,000 in November, pushing the employment rate to another record high (63.8%). So far this year, employment has increased 2.3% (+388,000)...

Globe and Mail:Tax laws a pain for foreigners: survey (Dec 6, 2007) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/sto...PStory/Business QUOTE Tax laws in Canada are considered a barrier to investment by foreign venture capital firms, whose money is needed to make up for a shortage of domestic funding...

Statistics Canada:Building permits (Oct 2007) (Dec 6, 2007) http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/071206/d071206a.htm QUOTE The value of building permits remained above the $6-billion mark for the sixth month in a row in October, thanks to marked gains in commercial and institutional intentions...

Toronto Real Estate Board:Toronto Real Estate Board on Track for a Record-Breaking Year! (Dec 5, 2007) http://www.torontorealestateboard.com/cons...07/nr120507.htm QUOTE Last month became the best November on record with 7,313 resale home transactions in the Greater Toronto Area, Toronto Real...

Toronto Star:Immigrants drive house market (Dec 6, 2007) http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/283021 More than half purchase home within three years of arriving, report finds QUOTE Immigration continues to be a driving force behind the strength of the Canadian housing market, says a study...

Globe and Mail:Husky Energy and BP to launch integrated oil sands business (Dec 5, 2007) http://www.globeinvestor.com/servlet/story...bp1205/GIStory/ QUOTE Husky Energy Inc. and British petroleum giant BP PLC are joining forces in a landmark deal move that will give BP access to Canada`s oil...