October 19, 2009

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October 19, 2009

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INSIDE THE MEETING THAT SAVED THE WORLD
BUSINESS

INSIDE THE MEETING THAT SAVED THE WORLD

By ANDREW COYNE23 min
THE WAR FOR WORKERS
SPECIAL REPORT

THE WAR FOR WORKERS

By RACHEL MENDLESON12 min
THE TOP 100
SPECIAL REPORT

THE TOP 100

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INSIDE THE MEETING THAT SAVED THE WORLD 4041
BUSINESS

INSIDE THE MEETING THAT SAVED THE WORLD

How the seven richest nations went all in on a plan that brought the global economy back from the brink By ANDREW COYNE23 min
THE WAR FOR WORKERS 9495
SPECIAL REPORT

THE WAR FOR WORKERS

The public sector is all the rage these days. How can the private sector compete? By RACHEL MENDLESON12 min
THE TOP 100 8081
SPECIAL REPORT

THE TOP 100

They offer tuition subsidies, parental leave top-ups, flexible hours, even private rooms for napping. Here's what it takes to be one of Canada’s top employers,
MAIL BAG 45

MAIL BAG

JIM BALSILLIE may be guilty of employing underhanded tactics in his pursuit of an NHL team (“Why Balsillie went ballistic,” Business, Oct. 5), but to suggest that he alone is guilty of this, while Gary Bettman and the NHL have behaved virtuously, is ludicrous at best.
OBAMA’S MAN IN OTTAWA 2425
NATIONAL

OBAMA’S MAN IN OTTAWA

David Jacobson is a former litigator with a soft spot for cigars By LUIZA CH. SAVAGE10 min
INTERVIEW 2021

INTERVIEW

Kiss bassist Gene Simmons on his ego, his Playmate, his surprisingly normal kids, and his very traditional parenting style By KATE FILLION8 min
HE GETS BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS 2829
NATIONAL

HE GETS BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS

Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks with Maclean's Editorin-Chief Kenneth Whyte about the Beatles, stage fright and his musical debut
'Chinatown' 'Chinatown' comes back to haunt him 116117
THE BACK PAGES

'Chinatown' 'Chinatown' comes back to haunt him

With Roman Polanski’s recent arrest, the 35th anniversary of his classic movie takes on a bizarre resonance By BRIAN D. JOHNSON7 min
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH 9091
SPECIAL REPORT

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH

Employers are forced to get inventive to lure—and retain—the best and brightest By KATE LUNAU7 min
NEWSMAKERS 1213
THIS WEEK

NEWSMAKERS

Kurds Coombs, a 19-year-old political science major at Memorial University, had a first-hand lesson last week in the dark art of politics. For almost two days, he was the elected mayor of Paradise, Nfld., where he lives with his parents while commuting to school in St.John’s.
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