Canadian soldier: 'winning minds' key to Afghan victory
EN ROUTE TO AFGHANISTAN - Lt.-Col. Dan Drew knows what it takes to win a war. "The population is the prize; winning over the minds of the people," says the 52-year-old who helped build the Afghan National Army (AFN) from its infancy in 2006 after President Hamid Karzai's 2004 election win.
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Playboy to outsource jobs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Playboy Enterprises Inc will outsource all its publishing operations except for editorial to American Media Inc in a bid to cut costs and return its namesake magazine to profitability in two years.
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TSX lower on U.S. growth, consumer data
The Toronto stock market was negative Tuesday afternoon with buyers discouraged by data showing weaker than expected U.S. economic growth and tepid consumer sentiment just before the start of the holiday shopping season.
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Bruce Telecom facing tough competition
Competition converging on municipally-owned Bruce Telecom from across its business front is cause for the company's projected $500,000 shortfall for 2009. "It's not something we have a choice in, but it is a part of the competitive market we're in," said Andrews.[...]
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CA-BUSINESS Summary
TORONTO (Reuters) - Bank of Montreal reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday and said it was buying the Diners Club North America credit card business to double its corporate card portfolio.
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DDi Corp. to buy Canadian PCB-maker Cortec
TORONTO - California-based DDi Corp. (NASDAQ:DDIC) is set to acquire and restructure Coretec Inc. (TSX:CYY), a Toronto-based printed-circuit board maker that specializes in engineering prototypes and quick-turn production.
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