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The oldest company in North America

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:33:13 GMT

CBC: Shares of Hudson's Bay Co. soared more than 20 per cent Friday after South Carolina businessman Jerry Zucker announced a billion-dollar takeover offer for Canada's oldest company.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/10/28/HubsonBay-051028.html

Best Of Toronto - Books

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:21:13 GMT

Best non-fiction writer: Naomi Klein
BEST BLOG: www.Torontoist.com
Best bookstore: Toronto Women's Bookstore
Best event: Word on the Street
BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKSTORE: Mabel's Fables
Best novelist: Dionne Brand
BEST MAGAZINE: Shameless
BEST PLACE TO BUY MAGAZINES: Pages
Best zine: 10 Reasons to riot
Most valuable player: Shaun Smith

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/current/cover_story3.php

Five Alarm Fire on Queen Street

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:18:21 GMT

Ross Rader: There’s a big fire down on Queen St., just east of Roncesvalle (approximate area, sort of) this morning.

http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2005/10/27/1325303.html

Rogers to Acquire Nortel's Brampton Site

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:52:06 GMT

PR: Nortel announced an agreement that Rogers will purchase Nortel's site in Brampton, Ontario. Under the terms of the agreement, [cut] Rogers will acquire the almost one million square feet facility [cut] for a purchase price of approximately $100 million. [cut] Pending completion of due diligence mid-December, Rogers will take possession of the site on January 4, 2006. Nortel is planning to relocate to two offices in the Toronto region, a sales studio and a larger corporate centre.

Randy: Many were afraid/hoping that Nortel was gonna relocate their HQ to Ottawa. Good to see they're sticking around. I live a couple kms north of the Brampton office sprawl.

Nortel: Play by Play a Week Later

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 20:45:59 GMT

Mark Evans: Oct. 15: Nortel fires Owens after it secures an employment contract with ex-Motorola COO Mike Zafirovski. Oct. 24: Nortel shareholders watch stock sink towards $4.

http://evans.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/24/1319895.html