The Orient express
With the construction of a $14.7-million B.C.-Canada House Pavilion underway in Beijing, several of B.C.’s trade associations are assembling their delegations and hoping to expand BC business in China, using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a convenient springboard.“China is clearly an emerging market for us, and this is a very good opportunity to kick down a few doors and learn more about it,” says Pascal Spothelfer, president and CEO of the B.C. Technology Industry Association (BCTIA). more...
Where are they now?
What a difference a decade makes. Compare this year’s list of top CEOs with those from 1998 and you can’t help but notice a sea change in the top echelon of B.C. business leaders.Back then a fellow named Tom Stephens headed the province’s biggest forestry company – which also happened to be the No. 2 company overall. Today MacMillan Bloedel is history, and Stephens has long since returned to his home in Colorado. A lone forestry company cracks the top 10 this year – at No. 10. more...
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