Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
ATLANTA -- The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer, today reported a fiscal 2008 fourth quarter consolidated net loss of $54 million, or a loss of $0.03 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $671 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, in the same period in fiscal 2007.
Waterloo Region – More than 500 local elementary school students participated in the Regional Skills Competition -- February 18, 2009 at Conestoga College.
Guelph - The University of Guelph will receive $2 million over the next five years through two new prestigious Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) and the renewal of two others. The announcement was made today in Montreal by Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science and technology).
TORONTO - In an open letter to Canadians about the world's economic situation, the Moderator of The United Church of Canada, the Right Rev. David Giuliano, delivers a message of hope tempered with resolve.
TORONTO - The federal government has renewed four Canada Research Chairs (CRC) held by York University. The commitment will enable professors Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands, Christopher Innes, Leo Panitch and Paul Lovejoy to advance their research in environmental cultural studies, performance and culture, political economy, and African diaspora.
Toronto - The Division of the History of Chemistry of the American Chemical Society (HIST) announces that Trevor H. Levere, University Professor Emeritus at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto, has been selected to receive the 2009 Sidney M. Edelstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry.
Majority of Canadians also say they want guaranteed retirement income to protect their savings
TORONTO - Canadian workers are feeling more confident than their American neighbours about the economy, personal finances, health, employer and government benefits according to findings recently released from Sun Life Financial's Canadian and American Unretirement(TM) Index surveys. However, the picture isn't entirely rosy for workers north of the border.
London - Four researchers from The University of Western Ontario are being honoured as the Government of Canada announced its newest Canada Research Chairs. The funding value of the four Chairs announced for Western totals $3.8 million.
TORONTO - Yesterday OMERS announced a negative 15.3 per cent total rate of return for 2008, compared with a positive 8.7 per cent total rate of return in 2007. In spite of the negative results in 2008, a positive average rate of return for the past five years of 6.9 per cent was realized which is in excess of OMERS five year average funding requirement and benchmark.
Kingston - Three Canada Research Chairs at Queen’s University have been renewed by the federal government. Each will receive $500,000 in funding over the next five years.
TORONTO - To offset the effects of a sagging economy, companies are taking steps to boost employee morale, a new survey finds. Nearly nine in ten (89 per cent) chief financial officers (CFOs) interviewed said they are implementing strategies to buoy the mood of their teams. However, not all employers have jumped on the bandwagon - approximately one in ten (11 per cent) executives said their firms aren't doing anything to improve morale.
23 Shareholder Advocates Send Open Letter to Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and others
Washington, D.C. - Warning that "gaps in transparency and accountability" contributed to the current economic crisis, shareholder advocates called on 19 financial companies that received more than $1 billion under the U.S. Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program to disclose and require board oversight of their political spending with corporate funds, the Center for Political Accountability (CPA) announced February 23, 2009.
WATERLOO – The Robert Langen Art Gallery at Wilfrid Laurier University will feature a sound installation by artist Marlene Hilton Moore in an exhibition titled, Made to Measure Two, from February 25 to March 21, 2009.
Ontario Government To Boost Renewable Energy, Economic Growth And Create A Culture of Conservation
Toronto - Ontario is proposing sweeping new legislation to attract new investment, create new green economy jobs and better protect the climate. The proposed bill, the Green Energy Act (GEA), if passed, would help the government ensure Ontario's green economic future by:
TORONTO - United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard and Canadian National Director Ken Neumann have both come out in support of Andrea Horwath for the leadership of the Ontario New Democrats.
Hartford, CT - Some businesses look at training as an expense, instead of looking at the long-term return. Why does one company seem to have all the success and others just seem to plug along? You may have more control about your success than you think. Your company does not exist without customers and more importantly your long-term success increases when you have customers that keep coming back.
Toronto - Ontario's new Green Energy Act will help people across Ontario become more actively involved in the de-centralized production of green power and it will help them save money on their energy bills.
WATERLOO - The University of Waterloo's kinesiology department will host the first local UW Brain Bee for high school students in Waterloo Region and surrounding areas on Saturday.
TORONTO - Blue Green Canada, a new partnership between
Environmental Defence and the United Steelworkers union, is very pleased with the provisions of Ontario's Green Energy Act, introduced in Ontario's Legislature. The proposed Act, both organizations believe, could position Ontario as a leader in renewable energy on the international stage.
Toronto - "The introduction of a Green Energy Act is about to launch Ontario into a leadership position in the race to be the most Energy Efficient economy in Canada. Perhaps the world," said Ken Elsey, President of the Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance (CEEA).
MONTREAL - eXpancom announces the signature of a contract with Watch4net Solutions for the development of Value Added Resellers (VARs) channels across Latin America. Under this agreement, eXpancom will assign a team of local consultants to assist Watch4net.
TORONTO - Manulife Financial Corporation announced that, in the absence of a strategic transaction, it does not intend to raise common share equity capital. Although equity markets have declined since the beginning of the year, Manulife continues to be well-capitalized and is able to withstand additional equity volatility.
Efforts to standardize the credit default swap market in light of the current financial crisis are coming to a head with the imminent launch of a US-based clearing facility. Meanwhile, the failure of industry players to agree on a centralized European platform has left regulators with no option but to intervene, with the intention of creating a European counterpart to the US platform.
Fat is creeping in and eating up your profits, probably without you even knowing it. At least 66 percent and up to 85 percent of all Americans are overweight; 33 percent are obese (thirty or more pounds overweight). You only have to open your eyes to see that at least one out of three people (and probably more) at work are carrying around too much weight. Their inflated bottoms may actually be deflating your company's bottom line.
Expert Says There Will Be No Peace Accord Unless Religious Leaders Are Part of the Process
Clearwater, FL - With the results of the recent elections in Israel still murky, a new US Secretary of State, a new cease fire agreement and a renewed emphasis on the peace process, Arkady Povzikov, author of The Thirteenth Apostle, Langdon Street Press, believes the prospects for an accord are still mired in the same old problem.
NAIMA hails legislation as an important step towards a green economy
Ottawa - On February 23, 2009, the province of Ontario tabled its first Green Energy Act. The legislation is aimed at building renewable energy, encouraging energy conservation and creating green jobs in Ontario.
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