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Facing the COVID-19 challenge: How to keep your business and teams safe
On April 1, Canadian Manufacturing, Plant, and Electronic Products and Technology magazines hosted a webinar for manufacturers on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic →
Rapid funding for SMEs with solutions to fight COVID-19
Mitacs announces initiative to speed up application process, access to research talent for SMEs→Nextleaf Labs signs cannabis extraction agreement with cannabis cultivator
The agreement has the potential to generate up to $16 million in gross revenue→Pre-merger notification transaction-size threshold to remain at $96M in 2020
Mergers of all sizes and in all sectors of the economy are subject to review by the Commissioner of Competition→Unemployed during COVID-19? Here’s how to navigate federal programs
Canada Emergency Response Benefit pays a monthly $2,000 to workers not eligible for EI; Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy will pay 75% of struggling companies' wages→Bear bile industry thrives despite pandemic risks: World Animal Protection
The report said approximately 24,000 bears are currently caged and farmed for their bile for traditional medicine products →Statistics Canada reports trade deficit narrowed in February to $983M
Economists on average had expected a deficit of $1.87 billion→Can you fix ventilators? A fuel cell engineer figures it out
California had a bunch of broken ones, and the governor had asked if San Jose-based Bloom Energy could repair them→Canadian equity crowdfunding launch for micro-needle technology
The equity crowdfunding campaign will concentrate first on animal clinical trials, followed by human clinical trials→Supreme Cannabis completes first shipment to Israel
Supreme Cannabis' international medical brand, Truverra, to be sold through BOL Pharma's network of pharmacies across Israel→Auto sales plunged 48% in March from last year due to outbreak
Sales started to dive as provinces declared states of emergency, and dealerships voluntarily shut down→Auto sales plunged 48% in March from last year due to outbreak
Sales started to dive as provinces declared states of emergency, and dealerships voluntarily shut down→Key power system staff may need to stay at work sites: IESO
If necessary, bed, food and other on-site arrangements have been made to allow the operators to stay at their workplaces→Cenovus suspends dividend, cuts more capital spending, salaries
Additional steps are in response to the ongoing low global oil price environment→Pandemic could shrink global economy almost 1% in 2020: UN
In the best-case scenario, moderate declines in private consumption, investment and exports will be offset by increases in government spending→
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ERP: Why cloud-first doesn’t mean cloud-only
In 2019, the cloud computing providers market grew by over 30% vs. 2018. However, the cloud must be embraced by the organization as a whole to be effective→
From Hidden Factory to Smart Factory
Check out this webinar on Industry 4.0 solutions to improve manufacturing operations and workflow→
Opportunity (Zone) is knocking for Can-Am business expansion
The Opportunity Zones program provides substantial tax benefits for capital gains reinvested into economically disadvantaged areas→
Trump rollback of mileage standards guts climate change push
The rollback drew rare public criticism from former President Barack Obama →Manitoba delays sales tax cut and carbon tax plan due to COVID-19
Premier Brian Pallister is calling on the federal government to set up an emergency credit agency to borrow money on the provinces' behalf →Next generation solar panels boost efficiency but may carry toxic risks
Many of the next generation solar technologies rely on nanomaterials and include toxic heavy metals like lead and cadmium →
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