Ivanka Trump, 28 — daughter of the irrepressible Donald and his first wife, jewelry and cosmetics entrepreneur Ivana Trump — first drew the public’s attention as a judge on her father’s hit reality-TV show, The Apprentice. Behind the scenes, she has been studying her father’s real estate business since she was a teen. Today, she serves as VP of real estate development and acquisition for the Trump Organization. She has her own line of jewelry and an eponymous boutique in Manhattan, and most recently, she wrote her first book, The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life. Trump spoke with Canadian Business editor Steve Maich.

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Survey reveals employee engagement at an all-time high among winners

Kingston, ON – Fifty organizations from across the country have been selected as the Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada in a study released today by Queen’s Centre for Business Venturing (QCBV) at Queen’s School of Business in conjunction with Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company. Canadian organizations with between 50 and 399 permanent employees are eligible to participate in the ranking.

“Despite the challenging economy over the past year, employee engagement among the fifty organizations selected as the best rose to the highest level seen in the study’s six-year history,” said survey co-ordinator Einar Westerlund, director of project development at QCBV. “This refle

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Franchising is a common investment path for entrepreneurs looking for a new start in business. Businesses have been franchising since the 1850s. Although people mostly think of the likes of McDonald’s and Burger King when it comes to franchises, there is hardly business in the world that hasn’t been franchised. With franchising, entrepreneurs pay a fee to a franchisor in order to buy into a proven business system. Investing in a franchise takes away a lot of the difficulty of starting a business from scratch.

So while many people may be interested in opening a franchise, some people are unsure how to go about actually purchasing one. Hop

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Toyota has announced the recall of about 436,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide, including its latest Prius model, to fix brake problems.

It includes more than 200,000 Prius cars sold in Japan and 8,500 cars in the UK.

“We have decided to recall as we regard safety for our customers as our foremost priority,” the firm said.

The company has already recalled eight million vehicles because of accelerator and floor mat problems.

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How to Program a Pioneer Radio? Pioneer audio system is one of the best audio systems that you can find in the market. It is also very economical when it is compared with other audio system companies available in the market. When it comes to radio systems the scenario is the same. Pioneer is one of the best in radio systems also. Generally, Pioneer radio system can store up to six radio stations. In recent Pioneer radio systems you can store up to nine radio stations. In some models even more than nine stations can be stored. So, buying a pioneer radio system is a very god choice. After you buy a pioneer radio system the first and foremost step is to install it in your car’s dash board. M

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