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How Women Are Rising in Business

Success

According to Guidant, the highest number of women-owned small businesses were in retail (18%), followed by “food and restaurant” at 12% and “health, beauty and fitness services” at 10%. With a passion for “building the green, clean, knowledge-rich future,” she founded her company, Ethical Markets Media LLC , in 2004, when she was 72. “I

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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch

Ian's Messy Desk

Despite an overall increase in volunteerism in Canada, the proportion volunteering for culture and recreation organizations dropped from 32% in 1997 to 22% in 2004. We need family-friendly policies for all workers and more community resources and supports for seniors. “We

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On the needles October 2008

Loosely Speaking

My current bout with knitting overdrive coincides with recent arrival of news of a loved one’s worrisome health concern. My goal for today is to get each one of them to them point where they can be good take-along-projects, and to keep at it (one at a time) until that is achieved. And, now for a liberal dose of my own medicine.

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The Magic of Intrapreneurship Within Organizations

Success

Company goals are no longer just about meeting revenue targets. In a letter to would-be shareholders in 2004, the co-founders noted that the habit “empowers [employees] to be more creative and innovative,” and that many significant advances happened during that allocated time. Those advances include AdSense, Google News and Gmail.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. Beyond the trades and more elaborate than internships, apprentices are gaining real work experience. And it’s not just a post-pandemic or recent trend.

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

Success

The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name. Beyond the trades and more elaborate than internships, apprentices are gaining real work experience. And it’s not just a post-pandemic or recent trend.

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