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We have been looking for a printable TTC Subway map, and finally I’ve found it… (after a while of googling, and you know how bad I am with google) Of course, it is NOT on our TTC website…

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I came by this news a few days ago. It is a study about Canadian salary conducted by Statistics Canada. Here are some highlights:

• “An annual income of $89,000 was enough to put an individual among the 1.2 million Canadians who made up the top 5% of the country’s taxfiler population in 2004, according to a new study.”
• “they accounted for 25% of total income.”
• “1.2 million Canadians who comprised the top 5% of income recipients…”

(more about Canadian’s Salary vs American’s Salary Statistics…)

I just read an article from Globe and Mail about CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) won a Federal Court order requiring eBay Canada Ltd. to turn over the names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of all high-volume sellers on the popular website.

The investigation is targeting sellers who are in the PowerSeller program in 2004 – 2005. To be qualified as a Power Seller, sellers must have at least $1,000 sales a month.

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I was looking up the spelling of “farther” when I wrote my previous post, so of course, I googled. The first result is quite interesting. It actually tells you the different between further and farther. From the link:

FARTHER denotes physical advancement in distance.
FURTHER denotes advancement to greater degree, as in time.

(more about A Word A Day 每日一字: Farther and Further…)

I was reading some comments from digg.com about the Mattel Apology news. It is along the line where Mattel is “forced” to apologize otherwise they will put their coming Christmas season in jeopardy… I really don’t know on what does the writer base his accusation? Anyways, this gives me enough motive to google the research report, and I FOUND IT on University of Western Ontario website :) …

(more about Mattel Recalled Toys Research Report Posted on University of Western Ontario (Canada)…)

From my previous entry, I have been saying “Mattel shouldn’t use others’ mistakes to cover up its own.”. Here is what I have read from NewsFactor.com.

• “”And Mattel takes full responsibility for these recalls and apologizes personally to you, the Chinese people, and all of our customers who received the toys,” Debrowski said.” (Thomas A. Debrowski, Mattel’s executive vice president)
• “Debrowski acknowledged that “vast majority of those products that were recalled were the result of a design flaw in Mattel’s design, not through a manufacturing flaw in China’s manufacturers.”"

(more about Finally Mattel Admits the Truth Behind the Recalls……)

I was listening to a radio show yesterday and the host was questioning one of the Ontario Election Candidates Michael Chan of Ontario Liberal Party. I don’t really have a good impression from this particular host but he did give me a surprise. Here is part of the interview…

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I have been reading some news about election… and here is what I’ve read from CTV.ca:

• “…McGunity’s 2003 campaign promise to not increase taxes.”
• “The Liberal government introduced the health-care premium in 2004, which has effectively cost each working Ontarian $900.”

(more about Some News about Ontario Election 2007…)

I was watching Hong Kong news before I went back to work today. According to Hong Kong TVB News (Sept 10, 2007 Afternoon News), here are some more statistics that you may not heard of in North America’s media. “A report done by a Canadian Institute indicates that over the last 15 years, the toy recalls are mainly due to design flaw, not manufacturing defects.”

(more about More Statistics about Mattel’s Recall That You May Miss……)

I have read an article on Yahoo about Apple slashes $200 from the 8GB iPhone, and how it tries to calm down the early buyers. Here is the summary:

• “…on Thursday, …offered a $100 store credit to early buyers of the iPhone, seeking to calm customers angry over an unexpected and steep price cut.”
• “On Wednesday, Apple slashed the price of its $600 iPhone model to $400, saying it wanted to make the combination phone, music player and Web browser more affordable.”
• “…said it sold 270,000 iPhones in the first two days and expects to sell 1 million units by the end of September.”

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