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1. 21

   

   The Canadian Press Business Newsmaker of the year

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   3:20 | 2,378 views

   TORONTO - Michael McCain, CEO of food processor Maple Leaf Foods, is Canada's 2008 Business Newsmaker of the Year as chosen by newspaper, broadcast and online editors.

2. 22

   

   Business soaring for flight simulator manufacturer Mechtronix

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   2:12 | 2,114 views

   MONTREAL - Montreal's Mechtronix has high hopes for the future. The world's third-largest aircraft simulator manufacturer, Mechtronix has grown about 40 per cent annually in the last four to five years by offering cheaper devices that cater... ...

3. 23

   

   After a bad year in finance, expect worse in '09

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   2:36 | 2,198 views

   TORONTO - The Toronto stock market is headed for a dismal 2009 as the tentacles of the global recession tighten. That glum assessment follows a staggering decline on the TSX and tumbling financial stocks as banks and insurance companies scrambled to... ...

4. 24

   

   Olympic gear a big seller despite economy

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   1:55 | 2,034 views

   VANCOUVER - Consumer confidence may be at its lowest point in 20 years but that hasn't stopped scores of smitten shoppers from swiping their credit cards for 2010 Olympic merchandise.

5. 25

   

   Finance ministers agree: economy needs fast action

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   1:52 | 1,808 views

   SASKATOON - Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he and his provincial and territorial counterparts agree infrastructure projects must happen quickly to boost the economy.

6. 26

   

   Radler out on parole

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   1:06 | 1,835 views

   David Radler, the man who testified against his business partner Conrad Black, is out on full parole. Radler was jailed along with Black in swindling the Hollinger International media empire out of millions of dollars.

7. 27

   

   Smartphone apps no longer for the tech-savvy

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   1:42 | 1,105 views

   MONTREAL - Apps are where it's at and their popularity is expected to make 2009 the year of the app-driven smartphone. Called software applications, they can do literally thousands of diverse things like deliver your airline boarding pass to... ...

8. 28

   

   Governments agree on aid package for Canadian auto industry

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   1:34 | 797 views

   TORONTO - Industry Minister Tony Clement says the federal and Ontario governments have agreed on an aid plan to the Detroit three automakers. Clement says the two governments will provide about 20 per cent of what the U-S puts on the table.

9. 29

   

   GM workers react to production cuts

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   1:35 | 733 views

   OSHAWA, Ont. - It's been a heavy day for the auto industry. As news spread of last night's rejection of a 14 billion dollar rescue bill for the U-S auto industry, so to did details that General Motors will shut down virtually all of its... ...

10. 30

    

    Clement: Auto sector still promising

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    1:28 | 879 views

    WOODSTOCK, Ont. - There is still federal money available to help troubled automakers trying to stave off bankruptcy even though Parliament has been suspended, Industry Minister Tony Clement said Thursday.