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• Helicopter company going after executive market
  Mark Dobbin’s new executive helicopter service has a special guest to help launch the new business: the Stanley Cup. The St. John’s businessman’s ...
• Government pitches in $320,000 for NLOWE program
  The provincial government ann-ounced new funding Tuesday to help female-led companies get a bigger piece of new business, especially in growth ...
• Provincial oil production forecast jumps almost 19M...
  Finance Minister Tom Marshall announced this afternoon that the province’s predicted oil production for 2011 has jumped almost 19 million ...
• Terra Nova workers ratify contract offer
  Terra Nova offshore workers have ratified a new collective agreement, but they're not particularly happy about it. Brian Murphy, vice-president ...
• N.S. company snaps up Crosbie Industrial
  Newfoundland industrial waste management company Crosbie Industrial Services has been bought by Envirosystems Incorporated of Nova Scotia. ...
• Businesses welcome AHL’s return to Mile One
  Mile One Centre’s neighbouring businesses are looking forward to the return of AHL hockey — although some of the residents are concerned about ...
• Supermarket wants to continue promoting Canadian food
  A federal pilot project that prominently identified Canadian food in three Newfoundland grocery stores was so successful that Powell’s ...
• St. Lawrence residents cautiously optimistic
  Rick Rennie has four brothers in the mining industry, but when he graduated from high school he didn’t follow their lead — or the lead of many of ...
• Learning the ropes abroad
  For Samantha Phelan and Tyler Power a trade mission to Indonesia and Malaysia is too good an opportunity to pass up. The two Memorial ...
• Carville caps off NOIA conference
  U.S. political consultant James Carville took to the stage Thursday afternoon to speak about the Arab Spring, but couldn't resist taking ...
• 'Mother and father of all energy crunches' coming,...
  A panel on sustainability told the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas conference Wednesday morning that Canada needs to prepare better for ...
• Japan aftershocks felt in local vehicle supply
  Ripples from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in early March are being felt in St. John's as auto dealerships find their supplies getting ...
• Students win big at Skills Canada competition
  Newfoundland and Labrador’s success at the national Skills Canada competition comes down to two things, said the team’s marketing and ...
• Employers’ Council wants better control of EI
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Employers’ Council is calling for tighter control of Employment Insurance, on the back of a new survey they say ...
• Minister shouldn’t have absolute discretion: ASP
  The executive director of the Association of Seafood Producers says the fishery is broken, and he hopes that the Conservative party’s new ...
• Porter president praises progress
  Mr. Porter, the cartoon raccoon ubiquitous in Porter Airlines’ advertising, nearly didn’t make it past the idea stage. But Porter’s president and ...
• U.S. rebound good for N.L.?
  Newfoundland and Labrador’s lumber industry is expected to get a boost next year when the U.S. housing market rebounds, says Export Development ...
• Province makes half-million dollar investment in NavSim
  St. John’s ocean technology company NavSim Technology got a $500,000 boost in provincial government funding Wednesday. Susan Sullivan, minister ...
• Company stung by tax error
  Tax problems have caused a $1-million headache for North Atlantic Refining’s former owner.According to a federal court decision dated April 11, ...
• Mortgage brokers use team approach
  A St. John’s mortgage brokerage firm is breaking from the industry’s traditional business model — and serving as a test case for its head ...
• Budget draws mixed reaction from business
  The provincial budget got a lukewarm response from business leaders Tuesday afternoon, who criticized the increase in the province’s net debt. ...
• Group matching women with hard-to-find jobs
  When Joann Greeley moved back to Newfoundland from Ontario six years ago, she traded in her insurance-office career for the electrical trade. But ...
• Marystown mayor surprised by Kiewit’s decision to...
  The mayor of Marystown says he’s surprised and disappointed that Kiewit Offshore Services has withdrawn from the competition for a national ...
• Crab price increase bumps industry spirits
  The price of snow crab is at its highest level in years — and that means almost $100 million more this year than last season for the province’s ...
• Employers’ council against call for more benefits
  The Newfoundland and Labrador Employers’ Council says a recent call by a public sector pensioners’ group for increased pension benefits amounts ...
• Long Harbour camp delays have workers waiting on jobs
  Construction delays have hotel and restaurant workers waiting on jobs in the construction camp for Vale’s nickel-processing plant in Long ...
• Senator open to running in federal election
  Senator Fabian Manning was noncommittal Wednesday about whether he’ll run in the next federal election.The Newfoundland senator, who lost his ...
• Power on
  When Andrew Power heads to London in October as part of Canada’s team in the World Skills competition, he’ll be bring four years of regional and ...
• Newfoundland shut out of Atlantic Gateway fund
  In October 2007, Trevor Taylor — then Newfoundland and Labrador’s minister of innovation, trade and rural development — signed an agreement with ...
• Social media sites cause safety issues
  The agenda for the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Safety Association’s general meeting Thursday contained many expected items: seminars ...