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Nasdaq 5,000: 10 years later

Ten years ago this week, the Nasdaq composite index topped 5,000, a level it hasn't reached since as the dot-com bubble burst and investors lost billions.

Bill Gates no longer world's richest man

Mexican tycoon Carlo Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on Earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of world billionaires.

MPs approve federal budget

The House of Commons has voted to support the federal budget.

Companies spend $167M in Alberta land sale

Energy companies paid $167.5 million Wednesday for oil and gas exploration rights in Alberta, the fourth highest total in the province's history, in part in anticipation that the province plans to reduce its royalty take.

Agrium suffers setback in bid for CF

Calgary-based fertilizer giant Agrium Inc. suffered a setback in its $5.5 billion US bid for rival CF Industries Holdings Inc. on Wednesday.

B.C. surf town could ban fast-food outlets

A Tofino councillor wants to ban fast food franchises and retail chains from the West Coast surf town in order to preserve its uniquely laid back character.

Loonie at par by summer: economists

Interest rate increases will drive the Canadian dollar back up to parity with its U.S. counterpart by this summer, economists say.

Goldman Sachs seeks to appeal Canwest TV sale to Shaw

Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs has asked an appeals court to kill the sale of Canwest Global Communications' television assets to cable operator Shaw Communications.

Taxpayer watchdog doles out waste awards

Mailouts from MPs, exorbitant Nova Scotia MLA expenses and a Toronto homeless audit are all cited at a tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony meant to highlight questionable government spending.

Vale Inco strikers urged to reject offer

Strikers at two Vale Inco operations in Ontario will vote to reject the company's latest offer, predicts an official with their union, the United Steelworkers.

Stimulus saves 70,000 Ontario jobs, says study

The billions of dollars that the federal and Ontario governments have pumped into infrastructure spending saved 70,000 jobs in Ontario last year, research by the Conference Board of Canada concludes.

Canadian bank profits top $5B

Total profits for Canada's six biggest banks surged to $5.3 billion in the first quarter as loan losses fell and their domestic operations flourished.

Toyota denies Prius recall coming

Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday denied reports by the Wall Street Journal that the automaker plans to recall the Prius model involved in Monday's high-profile case of unintended acceleration in San Diego.

CRTC probing Mobilicity ownership

The CRTC is reviewing the structure of Mobilicity, the fledgling cellphone provider formerly known as DAVE Wireless, to see whether it meets Canadian-ownership rules.

Cisco unveils faster internet gear

Cisco Systems, the world's largest supplier of internet backbone equipment, is tripling the capacity of its gear, a move it is hyping as one that will change the internet forever.

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Internet & E-commerce Law | Author: Michael Geist,
Canada Research Chair in Internet & E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law

 

European Parliament ACTA Resolution Passes Overwhelmingly, Threatens Possible Court Action

The European Parliament today overwhelming approved a resolution on ACTA calling for transparency and raising concerns about substantive elements in the treaty such as the prospect of three strikes and personal border searches.  The final ...

Casting a Vote Against Internet Voting

With the increasing shift from analog to digital, some elections officials are unsurprisingly chomping at the bit to move toward Internet-based voting.  My weekly technology law column (Toronto ...

InternetNZ To Host PublicACTA Conference in April

InternetNZ has just announced that I will be the keynote speaker at PublicACTA, an ACTA conference scheduled just prior to the next round of ACTA negotiations in Wellington, NZ.
DFAIT Launches Consultation on Encryption Controls

The Department of Foreign Affairs has launched a public consultation on encryption controls. ...

Internet Companies: UK Digital Economy Bill Threatens Free Speech

Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Ebay, along with the UK's largest internet service providers, are arguing that changes to the UK Digital Economy bill poses a theat to free speech.

Backtracking on Foreign Investment in Telecom

The government appears to be backtracking ...

Canadian Bookseller Association Opposes New Amazon Distribution Network

The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian Bookseller Association is urging ...

Access Copyright Alters Payment System

Quill and Quire reports that Access Copyright has made significant changes in the way it distributes is funds. Eligible creators will now receive payments based on quantity of their output.
Joint European Parliament ACTA Transparency Resolution Tabled, Vote on Wednesday

A joint resolution on Transparency and State of Play of ACTA negotiations from virtually ...

European ACTA Pressure Intensifies: Transparency Demands, EP Resolution

Europe has become the centre of a storm over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.  Late last week, the Government of Sweden announced ...

Detailed Interview on ACTA With Richard Poynder

Richard Poynder, who covers open access issues in great detail, has posted a detailed interview with me on ACTA and its implications for open access and IP policy.
Haggart on ACTA Transparency in Mexico

Blayne Haggart offers some insight into the fight for ACTA transparency in Mexico.

Clement on Copyright: A Made-in-Canada Approach

In the immediate aftermath of yesterday's Speech from the Throne, some copyright watchers claimed that it foreshadowed the return of a Canadian DMCA, pointing to language that promises to "strengthen laws governing ...

Making Sense of the Canwest - Shaw Deal

Ira Wagman puts the Canwest - Shaw deal in context, noting that media concentration in Canada is a direct consequence of a broader media policy.

EFF's Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA

The EFF has updated its report on the unintended consequences of the DMCA.  The report highlights the actual consequences of the U.S. approach to anti-circumvention rules.

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