chapter 5

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Unemployment rate drops in March as U.S. companies add 180,000 jobs

American employers raised up hiring in March, making the U.S. unemployment rate down to 4.4 per cent. It was a shockingly performance in an economy that has shown signs of slowness recently.The new snapshot also showed that employers increased their payrolls by a strong 180,000 in March, the most since December. Workers' also saw their paychecks get bigger. The figures suggested that companies are not feeling a need to clamp down on hiring in the face of the slower overall economic activity and the deep housing slump. The U.S. report came a day after Statistics Canada reported that the Canadian economy produced 55,000 new jobs in March - five times what economists forecast. Canada's March's unemployment rate remained steady, hitting a 30-year low of 6.1 per cent last month.

I think the American people which are the workers, the companies, small businesses, and entrepreneurs should feel really great that everything is increasing . It show that they are having a successfully in theeconomy. I think the Canada is also not doing that bad with the unemployment rate.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

"T&T Supermarket expands the concept of freshness and convenience at new Harvest Hills store in Calgary"

This article is about the new T&T store opened in Calgary. With the new store it had attracted many new immigrants as well as residents from other provinces. The new T & T store at Harvest Hills is located at Harvest Hills Boulevard it has a total retail area of 45,500 sq. ft. It is the second T & T store to open in Calgary and the 15th store to open in Canada.
http://cgi.money.canoe.ca/press_release/cnw.html?lang=en&id=20061109130000DK

The Decision Process

Having a new store in Calgary has helped their population grow. With the new immigrants more people especially Asians will go to T&T to buy their groceries. If consumers continue to purchase their products the better business the company will be. I believe that they are always able to keep and gain their customers because of the reasonable and affordable price they have. If they make the price higher fewer consumers will go there and they will lose money and no one will buy any of their products there anymore.