Do you remember when former Finance Minister Volpe announced a ‘record’ amount of funding for health care and the Opposition sarcastically remarked that it has been a record each year for the last 40 (i.e. it has been going up…
Continue ReadingOcean Spray investing in Rogersville
I love this news. I need to see more details but the media report is real interesting. Ocean Spray, the leading producer of canned and bottled juice drinks in North America since 1981, is on its way to setting up…
Continue ReadingTalking Alabama in Mexico
Gov. Bob Riley and other state officials are spending four days in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, trying to sell industrial site consultants on Alabama. Neal Wade, director of the Alabama Development Office, said 25 site consultants are attending the Alabama International…
Continue ReadingAsking the right question
For old timers to this blog, you can skip this one because it is essentially a repeat but I was asked yesterday to explain why this blog exists. Here is a novel explanation. Most people ask this question: What do…
Continue ReadingICT full court press
What’s not to love about Gerry Pond? He gently cajoles government today about getting focused on the ICT industry as an economic development. Jerrie Fowler pops up in the same article. The old war horses of the ICT industry are…
Continue ReadingNorway? Maybe
I like Norway. I don’t know why we don’t spend more time investment prospecting there. It is a small market and there is limited potential but it could be a niche market. New Brunswick doesn’t need piles of investment every…
Continue ReadingShould we have an ICT Czar?
Ian Cavanaugh wants New Brunswick to have a Minister for ICT as a way to focus in on the sector from an economic development perspective. I have hammered the drum for focus since Adam was a cowboy and I applauded…
Continue ReadingIn defence of EGM
I have worked with Enterprise Greater Moncton in the past and hope to in the future so take my comments in that context but I think that motion to slash funding was misplaced. It was voted down but it does…
Continue ReadingIndians can be greedy too
I just read in the NYT that Satyam has been willfully inflating its revenue and profit numbers for years. Over $1 billion US$ worth of outright fraud. This is disappointing to me. The article says it will shake the foundations of…
Continue ReadingThose ex NBTelers keep popping up
NBTel is a bit like a Timex watch – it takes a licking and keeps on ticking. On second thought, it’s more like that Terminator in #2 that could reconstitute itself into any form it wanted. I am referring to…
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