Nandan Nilekani, visionary CEO of outsourcing pioneer Infosys, explains four brands of ideas that will determine whether India can continue its recent breakneck progress.
Innovative microfinance program empowers women in war-torn nation WATERLOO – A mere $200 micro-loan is all it took to change the life of Sharifa and her daughter, forever. The villager in Afghanistan, struggling to survive in this war-torn area, used the loan to invest in a rug loom and weaving supplies. She was soon able to hire other women weavers, freeing up her young daughter to finally go to school.
Article discusses the HRT: The hormonal hot potato
MONTREAL - For many women, menopause is a bittersweet rite of passage that can become downright unpleasant. They may be tormented for years by hot flashes, drenching sweats, and migraines, all prompted by this major physiological change. The symptoms can be reduced by a treatment that replenishes the body's waning supply of the hormone estrogen, but conflicting opinions still swirl around the long-term safety of such therapy.
WATERLOO - The University of Waterloo is today celebrating the successful launch of the Herschel Space Observatory and Canada's contribution to the study of the birth of planets, stars and galaxies.
Reuters - Under the direction of the U.S. Treasury, General Motors Corp is close to a deal with the United Auto Workers that would cut its hourly labor costs by more than $1 billion a year, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
WATERLOO – Dr. William Gale, a prominent American economist and vice-president and director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution, will kick off Economic Outlook 2009: Uncharted Waters, on Thursday, May 28, 2009 at the Toronto Board of Trade, beginning at 7:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in April as expected, but recorded their largest 12-month drop since 1955, government data showed on Friday, as sluggish consumer demand limited companies' pricing power.
TORONTO - Getting a university degree offers substantial financial returns; for women more so than men and for undergraduate degrees more so than advanced degrees, according to a study released by the C.D. Howe Institute. In Extra Earning Power: The Financial Returns to University Education in Canada, authors Karim Moussaly-Sergieh and François Vaillancourt report that high returns to education signal high labour demand in particular fields relative to supply, information which is helpful for policymakers who distribute funds and for students who must choose their specialty.
Ontario to Receive $348.9 Million in Support Through New Community Adjustment Fund
OTTAWA - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, announced the launch of the Community Adjustment Fund in Ontario. Communities in Ontario experiencing the effects of the current global recession can find relief in the Community Adjustment Fund, an economic diversification program that is part of Canada's Economic Action Plan.
London - Nearly half of the 2009 graduating class of medical doctors at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario will be pursuing a career in family medicine.
Waterloo – Chantal Blouin, a foreign policy specialist, will give a talk at The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) on May 20, as part of CIGI’s ongoing Signature Lecture Series.
TORONTO - Rogers Media launched the first Canadian all news radio Blackberry(TM) application offering up-to-the-minute news headlines, five-day weather forecasts and live traffic updates for the Greater Toronto Area. On-demand business and traffic audio reports are also featured on the Blackberry Bold, and Blackberry Curve 8890.
* Over 1,400 leaders are at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East to confront the economic crisis
* Talks will also focus on technology’s importance for growth, and the future of the region’s energy industry
Dead Sea, Jordan – Over 1,400 leaders from 85 countries representing business, government and civil society are at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East to discuss the region’s response to the worst economic crisis in at least half a century. “We need to look back to the 1930s to see the same level of crisis as we have today.
TORONTO - Student success and the continued commitment of the Ontario government to higher education were celebrated by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) in response to an infusion of operating funding for the sector announced by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
TORONTO - Ontario kicked off the province-wide rollout of time-of-use electricity rates today in Toronto. Ten thousand homes in Toronto will move to the new rates starting this June. By next summer, one million Ontario households will be on time-of-use rates.
TORONTO - York University and University Health Network (UHN) will partner to create a joint nursing academy, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding on Friday, May 15.
TORONTO - The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) announced that the Production Incentive, launched as a pilot program in 2008-2009, has been renewed for 2009-2010 and has been increased from $5 million to $10 million.
OTTAWA — The University of Ottawa welcomed an additional $8.4 million one-time investment in operating funding from the Ontario government. The funding will support the delivery of high quality education for students and the research activities of our faculty.
World News - "Senior doctors yesterday published a report warning that climate change is the biggest threat to global health of the 21st century. Rising global temperatures would have a catastrophic effect on human health, the doctors said, and patterns of infection would change, with insect-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever spreading more easily.
A first for North America - Ontario's Green Energy and Economy Act becomes law
TORONTO - Members of the Green Energy Act Alliance, a coalition of leading environmental groups, industry associations, farmers and labour groups, were at Queen's Park to congratulate the Liberals and NDP on the adoption of the Green Energy and Economy Act. The Act outlines an ambitious and globally significant strategy to improve conservation, increase renewable energy generation and create green jobs.
TORONTO - The McGuinty government gave third and final reading to Bill 150, the Green Energy Act, which, when implemented, will impose significant new costs on home sellers in Ontario. The new tax comes in the form of an energy audit fee that must be paid by home sellers prior to a single family home being sold.
Teacher Jeannie McCarroll and Volunteer Rex Barger to be Honoured on May 20, 2009
Waterloo Region - The Waterloo Catholic District School Board will present its 2009 Chair’s Award and Community Partner Award at the Board’s annual Staff Recognition Celebration – 6:30 p.m., Wednesday May 20, 2009 at St. Mary’s Church in Downtown Kitchener.
TORONTO - The Ontario Conservative Caucus stood in the way of providing opportunities for farmers, community groups, schools and companies looking to invest in green energy. They've said no to green economic opportunities for manufacturing and skilled labour, programs to ensure that a portion of project costs associated with community renewable energy projects can be recovered and continuing plans to eliminate coal-fired power by 2014.
Bakker a leading scholar in gender and development studies
TORONTO - Isabella Bakker, a political science professor in York’s Faculty of Arts, has been awarded a $225,000 Trudeau Fellowship Prize for her cutting-edge work in feminist political economy.
Executive Career Sites Offer Job Seekers More Jobs and Relocation Opportunities
STAMFORD, Conn. / LICHFIELD, STAFFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom 6FigureJobs.com, a Workstream Company and leading $100K+ executive recruitment site based in the United States, and executivesontheweb.com, the leading GBP 50k+ independent executive recruitment site based in the United Kingdom formed a new strategic partnership aimed to help executive and senior-level job seekers gain access to more job opportunities worldwide.
Chicago - Herman Miller has been recognized by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI) with its 2009 Design for Recycling award. Representing the collective voice of more than 1600 member companies, many with global operations, the award recognizes excellence in design innovation, together with the advancement of recycling throughout the design and manufacturing process. Herman Miller was presented with the award before several thousand member delegates on April 30, during the annual ISRI Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Who doesn't recognize the need to constantly innovate today? After all, just look around at all that is new in our world in the past few years. Are you twittering? 1 million+ others are. Do you have a product or service video up on YouTube? 25 million+ people do.
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