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Issue: February 21 - March 5, 2012

Briefing
Topic:  From the editors
From the editors: Old age security reform needs a plan By James Cowan  | February 14, 2012   The old age security program requires reforms far greater than simply changing the age of eligibility.
Topic:  Strategy / Investing / Communication, Media, and Marketing
The Bay's Bonnie Brooks leads Lord & Taylor By Matt O'Grady  | February 16, 2012   Can the Bay's dynamic CEO turn around a fusty American department store?
Topic:  Strategy / Technology / Technology
Creo: The digitization printing company that could have saved Kodak By Michael McCullough  | February 16, 2012   Kodak ruined the one company that might have saved it.
Topic:  Technology
Nortel's "cookie-jar" accounting reserve becomes focus of trial By Matthew McClearn  | February 15, 2012   Will the Crown's odd strategy nab Nortel convictions?
Topic:  Investing / Transportation
Investor activism good for CP and its shareholders By Jacqueline Nelson  | February 16, 2012   Investor Bill Ackman called it a “CP Rising,” and asked investors to use a May proxy vote to push for a management change. “Ask yourself who is most likely to lead the company to its maximum potential,” he said.
Topic:  Strategy
Huffington Post tests global media brand strategy in Canada By Jeff Beer  | February 15, 2012   Arianna Huffington's Canadian experiment sets the stage for expansion.
Topic:  Strategy
CEO Poll: How well is Canada curbing fraud? February 16, 2012   Are we doing enough to combat corporate fraud? CEOs offer their two cents.
Analysis
Topic:  Strategy / Technology / Communications
Facebook's IPO motives: domination of the web By Navneet Alang  | February 15, 2012   It isn't just trying to be a bigger company—it wants to become a cultural norm.
Topic:  Strategy / Lifestyle / Communication, Media, and Marketing / Communications
ROI: The marketing value of social media By Bruce Philp  | February 16, 2012   Marketers are questioning the value they get from Facebook and other social media.
Topic:  Strategy / Manufacturing
Caterpillar closes plant because of economics, not unions By Mike Moffatt  | February 15, 2012   Unions aren't to blame for the Caterpillar plant closure—they're collateral damage.
Topic:  Lifestyle
Richard Branson on office romance etiquette By Richard Branson  | February 13, 2012   You can't stop employees falling in love with each other—so celebrate it, like I do.
Marketing Mavericks February 16, 2012   Advertising that wows for all the right—or wrong—reasons
Topic:  Technology / Investing
9 reasons why Facebook is a risky investment February 16, 2012   The social media company took a major leap toward becoming a publicly traded company, but its own documents point toward an uncertain future.
Topic:  Best & Worst
Winners & Losers (February 21 - March 5, 2012) By Conan Tobias  | February 16, 2012   Millionaire painters and billionaire johns. Plus: Disney rip-offs, killer farmers' markets and a farewell to pink slime.
Topic:  Technology
The Feud: Amazon vs. Indigo February 16, 2012   Indigo is boycotting any books released from Amazon's new publishing arm. Here's why.
Features
Topic:  Technology / Research In Motion
New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins's stay-the-course plan By Joe Castaldo  | February 14, 2012   Critics say Thorsten Heins is a company man without vision. But there's only one issue that really matters: can he save RIM?
Topic:  Strategy / Lifestyle / Communication, Media, and Marketing
Tim Hortons' new coffee cup: why the supersize? By James Cowan  | February 14, 2012   How Tim Hortons is tricking us into buying more coffee.
Topic:  Strategy
Thomson Reuters' Eikon fails to unseat Bloomberg By Joanna Pachner  | February 14, 2012   In 2010, Thomson Reuters took on the mighty Bloomberg with a new trading terminal of its own. It was to be a bloody fight—but it's already over.
Topic:  Energy / Energy
Oilsands in Canada: no apologies By Michael McCullough  | February 14, 2012   Without oil, our economy would fall apart from coast to coast. It's time to take pride in our country's greatest resource.
Topic:  Investing / Stocks, Bonds & Commodities
Investing in sin stocks By Bryan Borzykowski  | February 14, 2012   Think dividend stocks are too pricey? Try tobacco, booze and gambling.
The Big Picture February 16, 2012   A Super Tuesday victory still doesn't guarantee Romney a nomination.
Performance
Topic:  Lifestyle
Q&A with fighter pilot Kirk 'Rambo' Soroka By Matthew McClearn  | February 16, 2012   The wing operations officer talks call signs, close calls and finding your true calling.
Topic:  Lifestyle
Book review – Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking By Jordan Timm  | February 16, 2012   How introverts can survive and thrive in an extroverted world.
Topic:  Lifestyle
Book review – Latin Lessons By Jordan Timm  | February 16, 2012   Financial Times correspondent Hal Weitzman reports on what the White House must do to re-engage with South America.
Topic:  Lifestyle
Book review – The Wrong Answer Faster By Jordan Timm  | February 16, 2012   The inside story of computerization on Wall Street, from the man who made it happen.
Topic:  Lifestyle
Book review – Going Solo By Jordan Timm  | February 16, 2012   Sociologist Eric Klinenberg looks at the implications of single-person households in his latest book.
Topic:  Lifestyle
Google changing how humans think By Melissa Edwards  | February 16, 2012   As we rely more on the Internet for facts, we may be getting dumber. But that’s not necessarily bad.
Topic:  Strategy / Lifestyle
How to boss around your friends By Jacqueline Nelson  | February 16, 2012   Got a promotion? Lucky you—except your work pals now report to you. Here’s how to keep the peace.
Topic:  Strategy / Lifestyle
How to measure your productivity with free apps By Michael McCullough  | February 16, 2012   Want to know how productive you’re being at work? Well—wait for it—there’s an app for that.
Topic:  Lifestyle
Spring break fashion advice By Rebecca Tay  | February 16, 2012   Spring Break will be here before you know it. Grab the kids, get away and relax with these smart essentials.
Trailing Indicator
Topic:  Strategy
Corporate fraudsters: Middle-aged and mostly male By Matthew McClearn  | February 16, 2012   He's relatively young, holds a finance role in senior management and has been at your company longer than a decade. Check out this infographic of the "typical fraudster."
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