| 3 Roadblocks to Success as a Startup (at TheStreet.com) Startup companies hold the key to job creation, but several factors keep them from blooming. us.rd.yahoo.com |
General Motors CEO steps down General Motors Co. has announced CEO Ed Whitacre will resign effective Sept. 1. cbc.ca |
HST study irrelevant to B.C.: business group The B.C. Chamber of Commerce is dismissing a report from the CD Howe Institute predicting the HST could slow the provincial economy for several years after roll-out. cbc.ca |
Europeans protest austerity measures Tens of thousands of people across the European Union take part in a massive protest in Brussels against government budget cuts and austerity measures. cbc.ca |
Royal Bank sells U.S. insurance unit Royal Bank of Canada has agreed to sell its U.S. insurance division - Liberty Life - to Bermuda-based reinsurer Athene Holding Ltd. for $628.1 million US. cbc.ca |