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Interbrand is pleased to present its second biennial ranking of the Best Canadian Brands by brand value, in cooperation with The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business.

This country-specific study for Canada uses the same methodology as our Best Global Brands ranking, which is published each year with BusinessWeek magazine.

INTRODUCTION: In a real sense, this report is a “post-mortem” examination of hundreds of data breach victims. Just as the forensic scientist seeks clues to the sequence of events surrounding a crime, the cause of death, and the identity of suspects, the Verizon Business Investigative Response team is focused on examining evidence of computer crime. Common to investigations in both the physical and cyber worlds is a dependence on cold, hard facts. Building a credible case often requires the collection of heaps of data.

In the United Kingdom, output growth moderated and surveys point to further easing. Indicators of household spending were mixed, while the investment climate worsened. International prospects deteriorated, especially in the United States. Stresses in global financial and credit markets intensified in March but latterly there have been signs of improvement. Sterling depreciated further and in April the MPC cut Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points.

Under the assumption that Bank Rate moves in line with market yields, the Committee’s central projection is for output growth to slow further over the next year and then recover. But there is a risk that the slowdown may be more prolonged.

INTRODUCTION: This report summarizes the WiMAX Forum’s™ User, Subscriber, Operator & Country Forecasts from 2007-2012. The purpose of this forecast is to provide the WiMAX Forum prediction of the ecosystem’s worldwide growth over the next five years.

The forecast covers WiMAX™ deployments globally and is broken down by major regions – North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East/Africa.

Jointly produced by Capgemini, EFMA and ING, the World Retail Banking Report 2008 focuses on growth in domestic retail banking markets. Based on internal analysis and in-depth interviews with 52 banking executives in 15 countries, it shows how banks will have to renew their distribution strategies to develop business organically in today´s saturated and slowly growing domestic markets.

Learn which four pillars have supported leading banks to achieve profitable and sustainable organic growth in their domestic markets over the last five years. Gain insights into today´s structural changes in the market and discover the distribution strategies successful banks will use to grow beyond the traditional retail banking business model over the next ten years.

The Travel & Tourism (T&T) industry has become a key sector in the world economy and a major driver of economic growth and employment worldwide. As one of the fastest-growing industries in terms of foreign exchange earnings and job creation, healthy T&T sectors provide important opportunities for countries to raise living standards, and—particularly in the developing world—to tackle poverty alleviation.

While the credit crunch and economic uncertainty have caused investor anxiety and tighter lending standards, commercial real estate (CRE) remains comparatively attractive with solid underlying fundamentals, plentiful capital and sustained allocations. Deloitte recently released its 2008 capital markets Top Ten Issues report. The report provides insight about commercial real estate market trends, over the short and long term, through a review of critical issues, an examination of the industry’s core fundamentals and an analysis of underlying factors.