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La situation économique de Montréal, où en sommes-nous ?
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Je ne veux surtout pas porter ombrage au bonnes nouvelles de bxlmontreal, n'empêche que la situation n'est pas rose à Montréal ces derniers mois... -
(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette)
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(Courtesy of The Montreal Gazette) I bet this will put the screws to Air Canada for $6 to $21. In other news. West Jet is also trying to get back into New York (LGA)
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De : http://www.uer.ca "Esquisses de 1928, reprises en 1944. Voici ce qu'aurait l'air l'hôtel Windsor si les projets d'agrandissement avaient eu lieu. Ce projet avait pour but de porter à 1000 le nombre de chambres de cet hôtel. Ce sera plutôt l'hôtel Laurentien, un concurrent qui construira un hôtel de 1000 chambres et ce, juste en face du Windsor en 1948..."
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McKesson Corporation, géant nord-américain des grossistes dans le domaine pharmaceutique, serait intéressé à attirer Uniprix dans son giron. Pour en lire plus... -
Le gérant de fonds, accusé d'une fraude de 50 milliards de dollars, est assigné à résidence et doit porter un bracelet électronique. Il doit aussi mettre ses maisons en garantie. Pour en lire plus...
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Presse Canadienne (PC) Jocelyne Richer 09/10/2007 17h38 - Mise à jour 09/10/2007 18h12 Au Québec, la liberté religieuse sera bientôt subordonnée à l'égalité entre les hommes et les femmes. Pour transformer ce principe en réalité, le gouvernement Charest fera en sorte d'amender la Charte québécoise des droits de la personne, et ce, aussitôt que possible. C'est ce qu'a indiqué le premier ministre Jean Charest, mardi, en disant vouloir procéder rapidement, dès cet automne, avant même le dépôt du rapport de la commission Bouchard-Taylor sur les accommodements raisonnables. M. Charest a dit juger que l'égalité entre les sexes était un principe «tellement important dans notre société» qu'il ne devait souffrir aucune équivoque. En agissant de la sorte, Québec veut donc envoyer un message clair sur ses priorités et endosser sans réserve l'avis émis récemment sur le sujet par le Conseil du statut de la femme. «C'est une recommandation que nous pensons être très intéressante. Nous nous penchons actuellement là-dessus», a déclaré M. Charest, en conférence de presse, en marge d'une réunion du caucus des députés de sa formation politique. «On n'aura pas besoin d'attendre les recommandations de la commission Bouchard-Taylor», a-t-il tranché, ajoutant que, dans ce dossier, son gouvernement était «très intéressé à bouger». Les propositions d'amendement à la Charte des droits présentées par son gouvernement risquent de constituer une des pièces majeures de la nouvelle session parlementaire, qui débutera le 16 octobre. Reste à savoir comment réagiront les deux partis d'opposition. En choisissant de donner préséance à l'égalité entre les sexes sur la liberté religieuse, Québec s'alignera sur la Charte canadienne des droits qui comporte également une disposition en ce sens. Dans son avis, le Conseil du statut de la femme demande notamment que les représentants de l'Etat, comme les enseignants, les fonctionnaires et les policiers, ne puissent porter de signes religieux ostentatoires dans l'exercice de leurs fonctions. Ainsi, les professeurs ne pourraient pas porter le voile islamique. De même, un client d'un organisme gouvernemental ne pourrait exiger d'être servi par un homme plutôt qu'une femme pour des raisons religieuses.
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Le programme sera plus généreux que celui d'Air Canada, a promis le président et chef de la direction de Porter, Robert Deluce. Pour en lire plus...
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Porter Airlines eyes expansion and an IPO - Travelweek
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Deflation a concern in North America By Paul Vieira, Financial Post February 20, 2009 OTTAWA -- Inflation in North America is to remain benign for the months -- and perhaps years -- ahead, analysts say, as a shrinking global economy undercuts commodity prices and inventories in Canada remain at excess levels. Data were released in both Canada and the United States on Friday. The Canadian numbers, Bay Street economists say, further strengthen the case for the Bank of Canada to cut its key lending rate by a further 50 basis points on March 3. Further, the data indicate deflation remains a concern for policy-makers on both sides of the border. Statistics Canada said the headline inflation rate dropped for a fourth consecutive month, to 1.1% from 1.2%. The Bank of Canada’s core rate, which removes elements subject to volatile prices, such as energy, dropped to 1.9% from 2.4%. That is in contrast to the United States, where the cost of living rose 0.3% in January, the first climb in six months based on stronger energy prices. Last month, prices fell 0.8%. The U.S. numbers initially eased deflationary fears. Analysts, however, were not so confident. "The near-term risk has lightened a little bit, but if anything the medium-term risk may have been ramped up a notch or two by the clear evidence about how the global economy is sliding," Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets, said. "The deep dive in the global economy threatens to further undercut commodity prices, and more broadly, pricing power in other industrial goods." Mr. Porter said the BMO economics team envisages the global economy shrinking 0.5% this year. As it happens, economists at Toronto-Dominion Bank issued an updated outlook that forecasts a similar contraction in the world economy -- the first since the Second World War. "Deflation is not a paramount risk right now -- but it is a risk when you are looking at a global contraction," said Richard Kelly, the TD senior economist who issued the revised global forecast. The Bank of Canada had forecast inflation would dip below zero for two quarters this year, largely based on the big drop in energy prices. However, the central bank has dismissed concerns about deflation, calling risk "remote." Mr. Porter said he believes Canada can avoid deflation, "but my conviction is weakening given just how weak the global economy has become." In a related report, David Wolf, chief Canadian economist at Bank of America Securities-Merrill Lynch, said inventory held by Canadian companies remains at higher levels compared with their U.S. counterparts. As a result, this excess supply will attract lower prices -- which will further drive down inflation. Mr. Wolf added there remains an "excess" overbuilding of housing supply in Canada. "That will continue to be a factor that will put a lot of downward pressure on prices," he said, adding that new house prices make up a small component of the consumer price index. © Copyright © National Post
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Microsoft to Open Stores, Hires Retail Hand By NICK WINGFIELD Microsoft Corp. said it hired a former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive to help the company open its own retail stores, a strategy shift that borrows from the playbook of rival Apple Inc. The Redmond, Wash., company said it hired David Porter, most recently the head of world-wide product distribution at DreamWorks Animation SKG, as corporate vice president of retail stores for Microsoft. In a statement, Microsoft said the first priority of Mr. Porter, who is also a 25-year veteran of Wal-Mart, will be to define where to place the Microsoft stores and when to open them. A Microsoft spokesman said the company's current plans are for a "small number" of stores. [microsoft store and retail concept] Microsoft In a warehouse near its Redmond, Wash., campus, Microsoft created mockups for how Microsoft products might be displayed either in its own stores or in a retailer's. [microsoft store or retail concept] Microsoft It remains to be seen whether the effort can add some pizzazz to Microsoft's unfashionable image, which Apple has sought to reinforce with ads that mock its competitor. Mr. Porter, in a statement, said there are "tremendous opportunities" for Microsoft to create a "world-class shopping experience" for the company's customers. "The purpose of opening these stores is to create deeper engagement with consumers and continue to learn firsthand about what they want and how they buy," Microsoft said in a statement. The move is a sign of the deeper role consumer-technology companies are playing in the retail business, despite the many risks of straying from their traditional businesses of making hardware and software. Apple, of Cupertino, Calif., encountered widespread skepticism when it first began opening its own retail stores in 2001. Eight years later, though, Apple's chain of more than 200 stores around the world are widely credited with helping the company boost sales of its Mac, iPod and iPhone product lines. The Apple stores, with their eye-catching architecture, highly-trained sales staff and "genius bars" that provide technical support, gave Apple a way to showcase its products in an environment where they weren't lumped in with a gamut of other electronics items. Sony Corp. and Bose Corp. also operate their own stores. At the same time, some large electronics retailers have fallen on hard times amidst the weakening economy. CompUSA Inc. last year closed most of its retail stores, while Circuit City Stores Inc. is in the process of shutting down all of its stores and laying off more than 30,000 employees. Microsoft has long flirted with the idea of doing its own store, even as it has tested ways that retail partners can better sell Microsoft products. In a 20,000-square-foot warehouse near its campus in the suburbs of Seattle, Microsoft has tested various retail concepts, complete with shelves displaying Xbox games and big computer monitors with touch-sensitive screens. Key details about Microsoft's retail plans still need to be worked out, though. Microsoft said the stores could feature a range of products from personal computers running its Windows operating system to cellphones running the company's Windows Mobile operating system to its Xbox videogame console. One of Mr. Porter's tasks will be to figure out whether to actually sell computers rather than merely show off their features. Any decision that favored some PC makers and left others off store shelves could anger some hardware partners. Stephen Baker, an analyst at NPD Group Inc., which tracks retailers, said Apple doesn't face the dilemmas Microsoft will in the retail business because Apple makes the hardware and software for its products. "That's going to be a big challenge for Microsoft," Mr. Baker said. A spokeswoman for Hewlett-Packard Co., one of Microsoft's biggest hardware partners in the PC business, declined to comment on Microsoft's retail strategy. Spokesmen for Dell Inc. didn't respond to requests for comment. Microsoft's store plans could also irk existing retail partners like Best Buy Co., on whom Microsoft is especially dependent for sales to consumers. Best Buy representatives didn't return calls requesting comment. Microsoft said it will share the lessons it learns from its own stores with other retailers. The failures of other stores opened by technology companies will loom over Microsoft as it launches its stores. In 2004, computer maker Gateway Inc. shuttered a network of more than 188 company-owned retail stores after weak sales. Microsoft itself operated a Microsoft store inside a movie-theater complex in San Francisco beginning in 1999, but two years later shut down the store -- which showcased, but didn't sell, Microsoft products.
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La Banque du Canada vient tout juste de porter son taux directeur à un creux historique de 0,5 % en l'abaissant d'un demi-point. Pour en lire plus...
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Cette commande représente les avions 17 et 18 de la flotte de Porter, dont la livraison est prévue à la fin de 2009. Pour en lire plus...
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L'économie est fragile et l'industrie aérienne l'est encore plus, mais pendant ce temps, Porter Airlines poursuit son expansion avec des vols entre Toronto et Chicago. Pour en lire plus...
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La compagnie aérienne pourrait se porter candidate dans le cadre d'un consortium à l'acquisition de l'aéroport londonien, que son propriétaire BAA devrait être obligé de céder l'an prochain. Pour en lire plus...
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La société McKesson Canada offre d'acheter l'ensemble des actions du groupe québécois Uniprix, propriétaire des chaînes de pharmacies Uniprix, Unipharm et Uniclinique. Pour en lire plus...
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Le marché de la revente a fortement ralenti en décembre mais la Chambre immobilière du Grand Montréal préfère porter ses lunettes roses. Pour en lire plus...
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I just noticed that Westjet doesn't fly to Newark or LGA or JFK. Yet they fly to other parts of the US and the Caribbean. I find that weird. Anyways I saw this ad for Porter. Montreal to NY via Toronto, round trip is like $340 (with taxes and fees). Yet with Air Canada its like $540 (with taxes and fees) but thing is its direct. I wonder if Westjet will ever offer flights to Newark. Anyways, has anyone ever tried Porter?
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Au lendemain d'un rejet par la Cour d'appel de l'Ontario, l'avocat d'Ivanhoe Mines indique qu'il veut porter la cause devant la Cour suprême du Canada. Pour en lire plus...
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La Maison-Blanche se dit prête vendredi à examiner le recours à un fonds de 700 G$ US initialement destiné au système financier, pour se porter au secours des constructeurs automobiles américains. Pour en lire plus...
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Microsoft a également décidé d'augmenter le dividende trimestriel versé à ses actionnaires de 18%, pour le porter à 13 cents par action. Pour en lire plus...
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Ces opposants au plan de restructuration du papier commercial non-bancaire ont obtenu la permission de porter leur cause devant la Cour d’Appel de l’Ontario. Pour en lire plus...
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En plein essor, le transporteur aérien pourrait exploiter l'appareil aux heures de grande affluence entre Montréal et Toronto. Pour en lire plus...
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(Courtesy of The Globe and Mail) Weak loonie or strong loonie we get screwed I bet if C$1 = US$1.20 we would still get ripped off.
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Le voyagiste annonce qu'il a complété avec la banque les formalités augmentant ses facilités de façon à les porter à 193,4 M$. Cette mesure est mise en place jusqu'à ce que le marché du PCAA ait été restructuré. Pour en lire plus...
