With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These structures are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced the prescribed annual interest rates that will apply to any amounts owed to the CRA and to any amounts the CRA owes to individuals and corporations. These rates are calculated quarterly in accordance with applicable legislation and will be in effect from January 1, 2010 to March 31, 2010.
KITCHENER-WATERLOO – A new record for residential sales was set by the Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate Board (KWREB) in November as MLS® homes sales to the end of November reached 556 units. That’s an 87.8 percent increase from November 2008, and the third consecutive month that sales set a monthly record.
"The World Bank has agreed to loan India $1 billion to help clean the Ganges river, sacred to hundreds of millions of Hindus and also one of the most polluted rivers in the world. 'The Bank would be honored to help and support India's renewed endeavor to revitalize this uniquely important river,' World Bank President Robert Zoellick said...." [Associated Press/Factiva]
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Alberta has traditionally been ranked as having the best investment climate in Canada but it's now facing competition as both Saskatchewan and British Columbia have made recent gains, according to a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, one of Canada's leading economic think-tanks.
Generally Accepted Privacy Principles seek to curtail identity theft
TORONTO - In light of a spike in identity theft and the frequency with which personal information is stored on portable devices, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) have expanded Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) to include protocols for securing and disposing of personal information.
"The World Bank has agreed to loan India $1 billion to help clean the Ganges river, sacred to hundreds of millions of Hindus and also one of the most polluted rivers in the world. 'The Bank would be honored to help and support India's renewed endeavor to revitalize this uniquely important river,' World Bank President Robert Zoellick said...." [Associated Press/Factiva]
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Generally Accepted Privacy Principles seek to curtail identity theft
Generally Accepted Privacy Principles seek to curtail identity theft
TORONTO - In light of a spike in identity theft and the frequency with which personal information is stored on portable devices, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) have expanded Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) to include protocols for securing and disposing of personal information.
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