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The article profiles David Black, the owner and publisher of a chain of newspapers. Central to the article is the information that Black concentrates on the purchase and production of small, local newspapers, in place of large, urban, mass-circulation papers. Also emphasized is the fact that Black's organization is thriving at a time when other news outlets are experiencing financial turmoil.

The article presents a list of ways people can save money while protecting the environment including giving up bottled water, using a clothesline to dry clothes, installing ceiling fans and reducing paper and plastic consumption.

The author reports on a controversial theory by Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, that the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) should be aggressively expanded. HAART has stabliized HIV infection rates in the developed world. Montaner's strategy would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, but he says it would be good health policy and cost-effective. His paper appears in the August 4, 2006 issue of "Lancet."

The article discusses an immigration law passed in 2011 in Alabama that was designed to encourage illegal immigrants to leave the U.S., focusing on its impact on the Alabama job market as of 2012. Topics include foreign investment, an incident involving the arrest of two automobile executives who did not possess immigration papers, and the economic impact of immigration legislation in Georgia and Arizona.

The article reports on information contained in the economic report "White Paper on the Options for Managing Systemic Bank Crises," by Bernard Lietaer, of the University of California. It is noted that the feature of Lietaer's plan is the suggestion that businesses create a parallel economy and bypass the use of banks. The article explains the Switzerland has had such a system in place since the 1930s.

The article describes the 2008 closing of the "Daily News," a newspaper based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. A number of items are reported including the layoff of almost all the "Daily News" labor force, the poor economic performance of the paper and the unsuitability of its replacement, a free daily tabloid aimed at commuters.

The article focuses on the mortgage industry in 2007. In August, Canadian housing markets grew fearsome when Coventree Capital Group, which packages and sells debt to investors, announced it couldn't find buyers for some commercial paper debt. Xceed Mortgage Corp., which placed over a billion dollars of its mortgages through Coventree Capital, saw its stock price plunge. The damage is spreading across international boundaries, specifically in the U.S., and continues to hit consumers hard.

Reports on layoffs at newspapers in Canada as a result of a struggle by papers competing with the National Post to maintain circulation. Closure of 'Saturday Night' magazine.

Describes the impact of electronic commerce on the business world. Online transactions as the monetary system; Expectation that paper money and credit cards will become obsolete; Use of the Internet by day traders; How anyone can use the Internet to invest; Role of rumors in online investing; Questions about the valuation of broadcast.com; Rationale of corporate mergers changing; Push for globalization; Impact on antitrust rulings.

Focuses on an 89-page discussion paper released by Canadian Minister of Human Resources Lloyd Axworthy. Suggestion that the issues raised in the report are worth serious discussion; Failure of the existing social system; Problem that the middle class will be asked to shoulder the heaviest burden.