Headline News: Canadian Business

• Canadian Save the Children worker reports success helping people in Myanmar (CNews)
  YANGON, Myanmar - A Canadian aid worker in Myanmar is reporting some success in getting aid to storm-ravaged people in that southeast Asian country, but Andrew Kirkwood adds that private business within the country is pitching in too.
  
• Canadian business tax system complex and costly, study finds (Investment Executive)
  Canada’s business tax system is complex and costly, challenging the country’s ability to compete internationally, according to a a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
  
• Canadian business tax system complex and costly, study finds (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
  Canada's business tax system is complex and costly, challenging the country's ability to compete internationally, a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers shows.
  
• IT Business Top Stories (ITBusiness.ca)
  Sales Spider helps Canadian SMBs develop web of business opportunities by: Vawn Himmelsbach (5/7/2008 2:41:44 PM) Toronto startup uses social networking to provide Canadian businesses training, access to government RFPs, online trade shows and other useful links.
  
• Canadian economy is resilient: Flaherty (The Globe and Mail)
  The economy in Canada is proving to be resilient in the face of adversity, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told a Toronto business audience Monday. Challenges include the U.S. housing market, volatile financial markets, the strong Canadian dollar, energy prices and an aging population, he said.
  
• IT Business Top Stories (ITBusiness.ca)
  Canadian requirements management app cuts software development expenses by: Nestor E. Arellano (5/5/2008 10:58:03 AM) The "language barrier" between business and IT costs companies thousands of dollars in lost time and productivity.
  
• Owen Media Partners Announces the Publication of the 2008 Canadian Trade Index (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
  Owen Media Partners , North America's second largest Business to Business network announces the publication of the 2008 Canadian Trade Index .
  
• Canadian Dollar Weakens Against Majors (Nasdaq)
  (RTTNews) - In early deals on Tuesday, the Canadian dollar edged down against its major counterparts. The loonie fell to 4-day lows against the currencies of Europe and Australia.
  
• RIM's BlackBerry Bold aims at business users (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
  Research In Motion Ltd is launching a new high-end version of the BlackBerry aimed at its core base of business users, but it hopes the sleek new smartphone will also catch on with the broader retail market.
  
• BHP Billiton to buy Canadian potash mine project (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  British-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton says it has agreed to buy Anglo Potash for 284 million Canadian dollars ($298 million).