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FISHERIES PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL



BY MONICA DOBIE
A BOARDROOM battle has erupted in the offices of the Fishery Producers International, a Canadian company and currently one of the largest seafood processors in North America, which was established by Canadian federal and Newfoundland governments in the 1987 to help the struggling north-west Atlantic fisheries.…

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MARYLAND LAW



BY KATE REW
TOBACCO farmers in Maryland are being asked to give up growing one of America’s most lucrative cash crops and sign up to a compensation programme, bringing to an end a tradition stretching back 350 years. The Governor of Maryland, Parris N.…

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AUTO PACT LATEST



BY MONICA DOBIE AND KEITH NUTHALL
DAIMLER Chrysler Canada and Ford Canada have been trying to persuade the Canadian federal government to replace the now defunct 1965 Canada/United States auto pact with a system of assistance that would not be so open to a challenge at the World Trade Organisation.…

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BAMFIELD PIECE



Keith Nuthall
THE MAN who launched ‘Sue-a-Shoplifter Ltd’ in Britain, perched on a settee in the meeting room of the Institute of Directors in London and told me that he was working for fun.

Not for Professor Joshua Bamfield the lure of lucre generated by the 45 per cent commission on damages or the mantle of the country’s greatest crime-buster, but instead academic curiosity, a project in his chosen subject, retail crime.…

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WINNEPEG



BY MIKE FOX, in Montreal
WINNEPEG, in the Canadian prairie province of Manitoba, may sound like the sort of city which would only merit a small regional airport, but the Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) has big plans to exploit its unique position.…

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CONSUMERS PACKAGING



BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA’S LEADER in glass bottle making, Consumers Packaging Inc. has

appointed a new trouble shooter Brent Ballantyne as its Chief Restructuring Officer, a move that is expected to lead to an increase in bottle prices for the Canadian drinks industry.…

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ST PAUL'S SURVEY - EXTENDED PIECE



BY ALAN OSBORN
IN large companies in both America and Europe there are serious worries about new technology, according to a survey commissioned by the St Paul Companies of the US. In Europe, company risk managers put technology risks as the number one threat at present.…

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M-COMMERCE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
E-COMMERCE fraud has become such a well-worn word in the commercial crime-fighting world that it is in danger of becoming a cliché. But now, with the advent of third generation mobiles, it could be displaced as a hot topic by a new trend, m-commerce fraud.…

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