The Ode: Buell Motorcycle Co.
Matthew McClearn |
Despite its innovation, this maker of custom racing bikes and its uncompromising attitude couldn't survive an economic downturn and a changing marketplace.

Winners & Losers: Who's up, who's down
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Detroit housing, Baby Einstein, Twitter, Hydro-Québec and more.

Opinion: Jim Balsillie was felled by hockey’s snuffling cranks
Conrad Black |
Gary Bettman has no standing to decide who can be an owner, and he shouldn’t be fronting a blackballing operation.

Editor's letter: Paying the price for the flu fiasco
Steve Maich |
When public health officials fail, the risks are far more serious and potentially deadly.

The Performer: Former chief of defence Rick Hillier
Steve Maich |
On ‘ruthless’ prioritizing, guarding your credibility above all, and learning to always make use of a good crisis.

Winners & Losers: Who's up, who's down
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Jim Flaherty, Dollarama, Polaroid, Silvio Berlusconi and more.

Editor's letter: Why an MBA still makes sense
Steve Maich |
Canada needs your skills just as much as we need nurses, teachers and scientists.

Opinion: Cancel the funeral, small business isn't dead yet
Keith Kalawsky |
Analysts and economists had everyone convinced the car business was toast. I figured the time was right to open a new dealership.

The Ode: AK-47 maker Ishmash
Matthew McClearn |
Kalashnikov invented the infamous AK-47 for small-arms manufacturer Izhmash. The company was eventually crushed by the popularity of its own weapon.

Winners & Losers: Who's up, who's down
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Claude Doughty, France Telecom, Zenn, David Ho and more.

Editor's letter: The Canada we want
Steve Maich |
Nobody wanted this economic crisis. But Canada at least has a chance to make the best of it.

Cities: Is the 'dirty city' an urban legend?
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An excerpt from New Yorker staff writer David Owen's new book, Green Metropolis.

Opinion: Now’s our chance to build Canada’s brand
Andrea Mandel-Campbell |
Canada has never had a better opportunity to burnish its image, but we’re stuck in the National Geographic approach.

Opinion: How advertising became a conversation business
Max Valiquette |
In the days of Mad Men, marketers believed word of mouth was no match for a million dollars in network airtime. Not anymore.

Opinion: Crooks, black swans and the culture of vengeance
Steve Maich |
Sucking up to blind anti-business sentiment won't make our markets any safer.

Winners & losers: Who's up, who's down
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Bluefin tuna, Kanye West, RIM, Michigan, Tesla Motors, Europe, Facebook and more.

From the editors: What's new about Canadian Business
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The new CB is as engaging, provocative, intelligent and entertaining as the country we call home.

Editor's note: On Michael Lee-Chin
Steve Maich |
Canada's business establishment says of Lee-Chin, good riddance. But the billionaire investor has other plans.

Editor's note: New era for Canadian Business magazine
Steve Maich |
Rest assured, recent changes at Canadian Business will continue the magazine's tradition of greatness.

Editorial: Change the channel
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Consumers shouldn’t foot the bill because television companies decided to get into less profitable businesses.

Editorial: Meet the new boss
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Forcing automaker bondholders to take a bad deal will hurt the next time a troubled company needs a loan.

Editor's note: The IT industry needs federal help
Joe Chidley |
Why isn't Ottawa doing more to help the Canadian IT industry?

Book review: Taking Jeff Rubin to task
Samson Okalow |
Reviewed: Jeff Rubin's "Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization."

Editorial: When green isn't great
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Ontario’s new Green Energy Act looks noble, at least at first glance. But the devil, as always, is in the details.

Editorial (E-commerce): E-Idiocy
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A proposed anti-spam law would chill e-commerce and hobble Canadian competitiveness.