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Talking to Entrepreneurs
Starting a business is easy, growing it is tough
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Building a viable business, however, is incredibly difficult, and helps explain why only 70 per cent of small firms in Canada survive the first five years, according to Industry Canada.
In part one of this month's episode of Talking to Entrepreneurs, Carissa Reiniger, founder and CEO of Silver Lining Ltd. - a company that helps entrepreneurs reach their goals - outlines the factors needed to create a sustainable and profitable business.
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A trucker's take on the CP strike
Monday, May. 28, 2012 11:46AM EDT
Dan Einwechter, president & CEO, Challenger Motor Freight joins BNN for a look at how the trucking industry is responding to the strike at CP.
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BNN's upgrades and downgrades
Monday, May. 28, 2012 11:06AM EDT
BNN's Tony Keller looks at stocks that could move in Monday's trading session based on analyst upgrades and downgrades.
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Bankia shares plunge on bailout woes
Monday, May. 28, 2012 10:44AM EDT
Spanish debt yields jumped and shares in fourth-largest lender Bankia SA plunge to record lows, highlighting a lack of confidence in government efforts to stabilise the finances of Spain and its ailing banks
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Trade pact 'brings Afghan bright spot'
Monday, May. 28, 2012 6:56AM EDT
The signing of a strategic pact with the U.S. appears to be helping to boost Afghan businesses and consumer optimism.
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More layoffs expected for RIM
Monday, May. 28, 2012 6:50AM EDT
As many as several thousand workers worldwide at Research in Motion could be laid off. Max Wark has more on the round of potential layoffs.
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Traders look to slew of economic data
Monday, May. 28, 2012 6:42AM EDT
Investors will look to economic data from Canada and the U.S. this week as a distraction from the eurozone debt crisis
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Greek Conservatives say a vote for their party is a vote for the euro
Monday, May. 28, 2012 6:27AM EDT
The leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party says a vote for his party is a vote for Greece staying in the euro zone. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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BNN Market Call's past picks
Monday, May. 28, 2012 6:20AM EDT
Gavin Graham, president, Graham Investment Strategy Ltd., reviews his past picks.
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BNN Market Call's top picks
Monday, May. 28, 2012 6:17AM EDT
Gavin Graham, president, Graham Investment Strategy Ltd., shares his top picks.
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How can a company become responsible?
Friday, May. 25, 2012 5:10PM EDT
Carol Sanford, CEO, InterOctave, Inc., explains why Dove's campaign featuring ordinary women was so successful
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Spain's homeless turn empty apartments into squats
Friday, May. 25, 2012 11:06AM EDT
When Spain's property bubble burst and the economic crisis took root, thousands of new apartments were left idle while the country's least fortunate were left struggling to pay rent and find work. In Seville, 32 families have come up with a solution -- they've taken over a block of apartments as squatters.
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Bankia woes keep building
Friday, May. 25, 2012 9:34AM EDT
Trading in Bankia shares was suspended after reports the bank is gearing up to ask for a 15 billion euro bailout from the government
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Facebook and the perils of IPO investing
Friday, May. 25, 2012 8:35AM EDT
Facebook's IPO underscores the risks of buying into initial public offerings for investors
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BNN Market Call's top picks
Friday, May. 25, 2012 7:42AM EDT
Douglas Kee, chief investment officer, Leon Frazer&Associates, shares his top picks on BNN's Market Call Tonight
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Facebook slammed with suits
Friday, May. 25, 2012 7:37AM EDT
Only days after going public Facebook shareholders are hitting the social media giant and the underwriters of its IPO with class action suits alleging they failed to disclose a sharp reduction in the company's revenue forecasts.
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Fed president sees 2013 rate hike
Friday, May. 25, 2012 7:24AM EDT
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard thinks the U.S. economy will be strong enough by late 2013 to warrant a rate hike.
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Britain's Cameron vows to fight EU financial tax
Friday, May. 25, 2012 7:18AM EDT
British Prime Minister David Cameron lashes out at fellow EU leaders for reviving a proposal for a financial transaction tax, saying it is a bad idea and he will fight it all the way.
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Hollande steps up euro bonds push
Friday, May. 25, 2012 7:13AM EDT
French President Francois Hollande steps up his push for the launch of euro bonds after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels exposed divisions on the issue.
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The business week ahead in Asia
Friday, May. 25, 2012 7:02AM EDT
China's slowing growth still a key focus for markets, with investors looking to official China PMI numbers due out next week. And in a landmark visit, India's prime minister heads to Myanmar.
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Meet the world's richest woman
Friday, May. 25, 2012 6:53AM EDT
Australian Gina Rinehart is named the world's richest woman by Business Review Weekly magazine.
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Asian stocks fall to 2012 low
Friday, May. 25, 2012 6:45AM EDT
Asian shares hit their lowest levels for the year, after manufacturing activity in the euro zone shrinks to its lowest since June 2009, and China heads for soft first half
