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Owning a Franchise: A Feasible Option for Graduates

For recent graduates attempting to establish themselves in the business world, it turns out that purchasing a franchise could be the perfect avenue to future success.

Impact Apprentice: A Success Story

Leadership in the 21st Century

The human aspect of business is now shifting to the forefront and will impact the decisions and behaviour of leaders for years to come.

The Reign of Amazon On-Line Book Sales

Amazon has washed away many brick-and-mortar operations around the world.

CBC to Air Ads For First Time

The CRTC will allow the broadcaster to play commercials By Azim Ahmed, Staff Writer Much to the chagrin of loyal listeners, CBC Radio 2 will play advertisements for the first time, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced last week. The CRTC approved the public broadcaster’s request to open its airwaves to commercials during the CBC’s licence renewal process. The regulator also granted the French language Espace Musique radio network permission to carry ads. The CBC had asked for [...]

The Birth and Decline of Yahoo

Part of running a business is learning from the giants. For years, Yahoo was one of those giants. But a series of strategic and executive missteps have seen a once mighty company now a shell of what it once was.

Keeping your Facebook Account safe and Private

Today, it’s more important than ever to take precautions and safety measures to keep your social media private. However, Facebook’s privacy settings can look a bit daunting to a new (or even experienced) Facebook user, so we made it easy for you. The infographic below details exactly what you’ll need to do to keep your online presence on Facebook as private and safe as necessary.

Turkish protestors ruin cars as demonstrations continue

Violent anti-government protests continue in Istanbul as thousands of demonstrators have smashed and overturned police cars and other vehicles. The protestors are reacting to oppression by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. This is due to his implementations of limits on alcohol sales and marketing, refusal to allow labour unions to rally in Taskim on May Day, and arrests of hundreds of military officers, academics, journalists and lawyers on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Initially, protests begun over [...]

Live to work or work to live?

Ways to balance work and life successfully for you and your employees By Susie Brown, Contributing Writer It used to be that you devoted heart and soul to your job and after 50 years received your gold watch and went home to enjoy your retirement. However, times have changed. A Corporate Executive Board survey representing 80% of Fortune 500 companies, ranked work/life balance as one of the most important workplace attributes (second only to compensation). No doubt you want to [...]

CUTC infects students with love for technology

Weekend-long conference helps students form connections participate in  hackathon hosted by Facebook By: Ani Hajderaj, Staff Writer The 13th edition of the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference (CUTC) was held at Ryerson University on May 4 and 5, with participants noticing many changes to the conference overall. Designer Rishabh Varshney chose to use the sphere as a symbol to symbolize the earth therefore showing that technology has a global impact, along with using a mostly red colour scheme. “CUTC has always [...]