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Top One Hundred Overview 2006

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:04:27 -0700

By Robin Brunet

You can’t complain about a 3.5-per-cent growth rate, especially when you consider that it tops Canada’s average GDP growth of 2.9 per cent in 2005. But with our bounty of natural resources and booming commodity markets, it’s hardly the raging bull many expected from the B.C. economy last year. In fact, many economists describe B.C.’s overall economic performance last year as fairly flat.

What’s luck got to do with it?

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:20:55 -0700

by Bill Good

I’m always impressed with the stories in the Top 100 issue. The people who build their own businesses or reach the top of the corporate heap are an inspiration. While clambering to reach those heights, though, how many of us have dreamed about a shortcut?

Vertical Takeoff

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:19:58 -0700

By Peter Mitham

Shortly after Carl Agar and partners Barney Bent and Alf Stringer bought a helicopter for a planned orchard-spraying business in July 1947, Agar flew the chopper into a power line. A rocky start, indeed, but the abrupt halt to its first season in the air didn’t mark the final days of this B.C. high-flyer.

Ringing up revenues

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 09:12:50 -0700

By Peter Mitham

VoIP – Voice over Internet Protocol, for the uninitiated – isn’t a household term yet, but developing gadgets that will help it become one has propelled a Richmond company to its first showing on BCBusiness’s Top 100 public companies list at No. 40.