Meet Maxx, Oxford's e-world caretaker: On-line service provider offers prompt attention to tenants' problems as part of property firm's new image

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Oxford Properties Group Inc.'s (Toronto) e-world caretaker, Maxx, offers prompt attention to tenants' problems, and in the process, raises the company's revenue and lagging share price. Maxx, depicted by a cartoon character, is a service provider that ensures replacement of light bulbs, unplugging of the toilets, and the heat turned down in the company's 84 office towers. Maxx will be connected through the Internet and by pager to each employee. Maxx is part of a new image that the company is launching at its annual meeting in Toronto tomorrow. This corporate rebranding, which includes modifying its stodgy seventies-era logo, will make Oxford look dynamic and approachable. According to Jon Love, president and CEO of Oxford, the company's image will be posted throughout the company's buildings, along with a telephone number and Internet address, to remind tenants they can get efficient service within 30 minutes. The company is also raising the bar for many of Oxford's suppliers by upgrading purchasing specifications, streamlining the buying process, improving standards, and leveraging lower prices. In 1999, the company made profits of $65.2-million or $1.13 a share on revenue of $541.1-million, compared with profit of $39.7-million in 1998 on revenue of $430.2-million.

General services, Oxford Properties Group Inc.

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Canadian Airlines sells Quebec service

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Calgary, Alberta-based Canadian Airlines International Ltd. divested its troubled regional Inter-Canadien Inc. airline to an investor group led by Michel Page, an ex-minister of the provincial cabinet. Inter-Canadien's new owners pledged to retain the regional carrier's Quebec routes and to transform the struggling airline company into a vibrant operation in central Canada. The investor group also plans to improve Inter-Canadien's functions as a regional feeding operation for the international and domestic systems of Canada.

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Sells its troubled regional Inter-Canadien airline to an investor group led by Michel Page

Asset sales & divestitures, Scheduled Airlines, Scheduled Air Transportation, Airlines, Canadian Airlines International Ltd., Inter-Canadien Inc.

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With CN tentative pact, CAW turns attention to CPR

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Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) has effected a tentative labor deal with the Canadian Auto Workers (CWA), possibly eliminating a planned strike by union members. The CWA is now focused on striking a deal with CN's rival, Canadian Pacific Railway Co., to avoid a plan for an Oct. 5, 1998, strike deadline. Both officials from CN and the union are urging employees to approve the deal that involves significant improvement in pension and salary. The ratification of the agreement will begin on Aug. 27, 1998, in Toronto, Ontario, and end in Vancouver, BC, on Sep. 3, 1998.

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Effects tentative labor deal with Canadian Auto Workers, possibly eliminating a planned strike by union members

Personnel administration, Rail Mass Transit, Urban Transit Systems, Canadian National Railway Co.

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