After the turn of another New Year, the glass is at least half full for many Canadian retailers.
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Alberta business leaders and consumers optimistic
CALGARY – Alberta business leaders and consumers remain optimistic overall despite the latest PwC Business and Consumer Confidence Index showing a small drop in confidence in the economy since November.
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Cautious optimism for 2014 from CHBA
Builders and developers in Medicine Hat are approaching 2014 with caution but optimism, say industry spokesmen.
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Things humming in the Hat, and optimism abounds
Medicine Hat seems to have a spring in its step again.
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Alberta business leaders optimistic
CALGARY — Alberta business leaders continue to be optimistic about the province’s economy, according to the latest PwC Business and Consumer Confidence Index.
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Albertans more likely than other Canadians to expect economic improvement
CALGARY — Albertans are more likely than other Canadians to expect the domestic economy to improve over the next 12 months, says a new survey released on Monday.
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Optimism on rise in home industry
If the Red Deer Home Show is an indicator of the health of the local housing market, then the sector is doing all right.
As of Friday, the 2013 edition of the annual show, which will run March 8 to 10 at Westerner Park, had a record 296 exhibitors confirmed and about 15 more on a waiting list.
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Canadian CEOs among world’s most optimistic about economy, business
Canadian chief executives are exhaling after years of economic turbulence, reporting growing optimism about the economy and the outlook for their businesses.
A survey of 1,300 global CEOs, including 120 in Canada, shows Canadian executives are more confident than they were a year ago, and are significantly more confident than many of their global counterparts.
The survey, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC and released Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, found 42 percent of Canadian CEOs are “very confident” about their company’s prospects in the next 12 months, compared to 36 percent globally, and an even larger 60 percent are “very confident” about growth in the next three years compared to 46 percent globally.
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Albertans optimistic about hiring plans
CALGARY — Albertans are the most likely to say that their employer will be hiring more people in the coming year (52 per cent), and are among the most likely to say that they will be investing in training (55 per cent) and purchasing new equipment (55 per cent), says a new poll released Monday by BMO Bank of Montreal.
The poll said working Canadians overall are more optimistic than they were this time last year about employers’ investments in the workplace.
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Home builders are optimistic for another good year
Local builders are looking back on 2012 with satisfaction, and ahead to 2013 with optimism.
The City of Red Deer reported on Friday that the total value of construction projects it approved in 2012 was $268.1 million, 58 per cent higher than the 2011 tally of $169.7 million.
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