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Sunday August 1, 2010

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Business Careers program an asset to TRS students

Program director, Peter Wilson, gives business students a leg-up.

March 17, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Jennifer Ngo

Time over money

Major Canadian companies pledge volunteer hours in efforts to build up community relationships.

March 5, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Denise Law

Help wanted: 140 characters or less

Facebook is one of the new marketing trends. Courtesy of Amanda Hutteri.

Advertisers and employers take advantage of social networks to reach target markets.

March 5, 2010 Comments: 2 | By Jennifer Alberti

What HST means for student budgets

By Kaitlin Minsky
July 1st 2010, marked the day the provincial government implemented the new Harmonized Sales Tax. The HST combines Ontario’s PST, eight per cent, with Canada’s GST, five percent. Students should keep in mind that not everything is slapped with the HST tax.
Here is a basic list of commonly purchased goods and services [...]

July 29, 2010 Comments: 0 | By lifestyle-editor

Open Ontario opens door to post-secondary

The 2010 Ontario Budget was released March 25, and it is offering new opportunities for students looking to earn a post-secondary education.
“[As] part of the Open Ontario plan, we will be proposing investments that will help 20, 000 more students go to college or university this September,” Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said.
Duncan spoke at Ryerson [...]

April 14, 2010 Comments: 1 | By Christine Fitzgerald

Was Wong Wrong?

Three and half years after the controversy that left her without a job or words, Jan Wong is teaching at Ryerson and sharing her experiences, good and bad

April 11, 2010 Comments: 1 | By Christine Fitzgerald

Do you think the TTC is doing enough to improve its customer service?

March 29, 2010 Comments: 3 | By Parvinder Sachdeva

Indian PSUs to be listed on stock exchanges

Along with listing profitable public sector companies, the government has also decided to increase public holding in the listed companies to at least 10 per cent.

March 27, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Bilal Hussain

The Graduate

With the economy still recovering from one of the worst recessions of a lifetime, and plenty of laid-off workers still looking for jobs, it comes as no surprise that the hiring of fresh graduates from universities and colleges is in decline.

March 22, 2010 Comments: 2 | By Parvinder Sachdeva

Rotman International Case Competition gives Ryerson students a dose of reality

With two weeks of training, Dr.Yuanshun Li, an assistant professor of finance at Ryerson University, prepared a team of four students to participate in an annual Rotman International Case Competition

March 19, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Ksenia Voynova

Innovation and opportunities

International law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoilin LLP showcases career opportunities beyond business.

March 17, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Ksenia Voynova

TRMC Day Two

On the second day of the conference, Ryerson students had the chance to listen to a panel discussion between four CEOs from four different corporations; Nadir Mohamed Rogers Communications Inc. Tim Hockey, from TD Financial, Larry Rosen Harry Rosen Inc. and Bill Thomas from KPMG.

March 16, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Marwa Siam

Sneak Peak at How Technology Has Changed Marketing Strategy

The Third Annual Ted Rogers Marketing Conference was held on Thursday night, and involved a panel discussion on the topic of ‘How Technology Has Changed Marketing Strategy’.

March 14, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Kaitlin Minsky

BLOG: RSU president-elect Toby Whitfield taped, accused of defacing U of T campus

he video, filmed and uploaded by U of T student Antonin Mongeau, depicts Whitfield pacing in front of a wall of posters, before cutting to a shot of crumpled EFUT French Club posters

March 14, 2010 Comments: 10 | By Meaghan Zabinsky

Politicians make the grade

A look back at how politicians fared in 2009

March 5, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Jordan Tamblyn

The e-reader revolution

Whether novels or textbooks, there’s no denying a shift from the tactile to the electronic.

March 5, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Hilary Caton

Yes, HST is the way of the future

The recent opposition to the HST by various consumer groups is understandable but at the same time can be deemed as unfair, primarily because a majority of consumers are unaware of the merits the harmonized tax brings.

January 30, 2010 Comments: 1 | By Parvinder Sachdeva

Top economists predict a slow but sustainable growth in 2010

Chief economists from Canada’s top five banks assembled at the Sheraton Centre for the Economic Club of Canada’s annual Outlook event

January 22, 2010 Comments: 0 | By Parvinder Sachdeva