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| Published: November 28, 2007

It may not necessarily be business now, but the new Olympics mascot could be big business -- soon -- for many. This week Blogroll checks in with Miss604 about the much-discussed mascots for Vancouver's 2008 Olympics. We also toot the horns of the Best Companies to Work for in BC (and ok, toot our own a little too since we were proud to sponsor the event) by checking in on what TechVibes had to say about the recent event. Read on for these blogs and more.

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascot Revealed in Surrey
by MIss 604
Miss 604
"I already blogged about past mascots and some possibilities, although I hadn’t yet heard about “Tokey”, the herbal leaf. The mascot’s purpose will be to personify the “spirit” of the games, say PR folks, however I’m more inclined to believe it’s for the purpose of making more money selling trinkets and souvenirs." More...

Best Companies to work for in BC
by Rob
TechVibes Blog
"Last June, Caliber Leadership Systems asked Techvibes to spread the word regarding their survey for BC Business Magazine’s annual Best Companies to work for in BC issue and we were happy to help get the word out. Since they opened up the survey to companies with fewer than 100 employees this year, they needed a way to contact smaller companies that were under the radar. Another welcome change this year was a tweak to their survey to focus on four key areas of talent management - talent systems, employee engagement, leadership dynamics and organizational culture." More...

Ballard-Ford-Daimler Venture Speeds Fuel Cell Progress
by Kate McLeod
Edmunds Autoobserver
"SHANGHAI, CHINA -- Whiz-bang press conferences on fuel cell technology have been part of the auto show circuit for at least a decade. Journalists have been driving fuel cell cars around parking lots in New York, LA and Chicago for years. Interesting enough, but where’s the beef? When is the public going to be offered a car that is powered by hydrogen?
In a pairing of seemingly strange bedfellows, Daimler and Ford have now formed a joint venture to become more involved in the automotive fuel cell business of Vancouver, Canada-based Ballard Power Systems." More...

Canada's exports to China surge 43% this year
by Susanna Ng
Chinese in Vancouver
"StatCan release - Canada's merchandise exports to China in the first seven months of 2007 have grown at more than twice the pace of its imports on the strength of the Asian giant's demand for Canada's natural resources, according to an article published in the Canadian Economic Observer." More...

Cyber Monday Shoppers Go Wild
by Christine Persaud
Marketnews
"Cyber Monday is the Monday after the U.S. Thanksgiving long weekend, and is named as such because of shoppers' tendencies to head to their computers for some post-turkey online shopping. This year was no different,

with a total of 72 million shoppers expected to have made online purchases that day (according to a study conducted on behalf of Shop.org, the Website that named the day "Cyber Monday"). This is up from 60.7 million in 2006, and 59 million in 2005. What I infer from these figures is one of two things: more people are shopping online, or more people are shopping period. Either way, the point is that more people are shopping." More...

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