Ameritrade Holding Corp. announced yesterday that it will be purchasing its rival TD Waterhouse USA in an all stock transaction from Toronto-Dominion Bank.
Labatt To Give Up Toronto Operations
Labatt Breweries of Canada will be closing its Toronto brewery on November 4, 2005.
Toronto Search Engine Strategies Report: Back To Basics
The Search Engine Strategies Conference is one of the largest and most comprehensive search engine focused conventions of the year. Held quarterly in different cities around the world, this spring’s conference is being held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in the middle of the country’s largest and most diverse city. I was fortunate enough to be invited to participate as a speaker at one of the site clinic sessions.
Emergency Marketing Response: The SARS Outbreak and Toronto Based Clients
The panic was real. Even before the World Health Organization issued its now rescinded advisory against unnecessary travel to Toronto, the media had hyped fears of SARS into plague-like proportions leading to significant declines in tourism and travel to Toronto. Conventions were cancelled, hotel rooms left vacant and empty seats at Jays games told the story of millions of dollars suddenly withdrawn from the downtown economy. Businesses based on providing services to tourists or other businesses experienced an immediate loss of revenue and are expecting to continue losing money until public perceptions change and visitors return to the city.