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China has chugged along with growth of at least 10 per cent. But it needs eight per cent growth just to absorb growth in the labour force, so with five per cent growth a possibility in 2009, social unrest could loom. From the Toronto Star: In late November, as the economy began to contract, scenes [...]
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John Cruickshank promises the Toronto Star will renew its historic mission under his watch as publisher. From the Star: You can see the Star has restored its traditional blue-ribbon nameplate on this first day of 2009. We have done it as a sign of the renewal of our historic editorial mission and as a symbol [...]
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Here's a CTV.ca feature I wrote: Economy in 2008: A stunning reversal of fortunes. It outlines how differently this year ended compared to Dec. 31, 2007, and wraps up what happened in between. Here's some other stuff I culled from other news stories. From a Jan. 1 Globe and Mail story: Crushed by the global [...]
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