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The real estate scare

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David Foot and Daniel Stroffman contend in their book 'Boom, Bust & Echo' that the aging of the baby boom generation will cause housing prices to plummet around 2010 because of oversupply. However real estate expert Frank Clayton predicts immigration and other factors will keep the market strong.

Author: Laver, Ross
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
Forecasts and trends, Housing, Real estate industry, Demographic aspects, Criticism and interpretation, Boom, Bust and Echo (Book), Clayton, Frank

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The wheel thing

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An in-line skating boom has been underway in Canada since 1993, when annual sales of in-line skates first exceeded the 400,000 units level. Roller hockey is a popular pastime for Canadian in-line skaters. Many Canadians are concerned about the potential for injury in-line skaters face.

Author: Laver, Ross
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
Innovations, Recreation, Roller skates

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Flight into cyberspace: a growing number of U.S. airlines are using the Internet to find buyers for empty seats

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Cathay Pacific Airways opened the cut-rate Internet market in Sept 1995 with a ticket auction on its Web site. since then, American, Northwest, USAir, and Continental have begun e-mail newsletters with cheap fares. Canadian airlines may be forced to follow suit.

Author: Laver, Ross
Publisher: Rogers Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
Business services, not elsewhere classified, All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services, Airline Reservation Services, Internet, Airlines, Telecommunications systems, Air travel, World Wide Web, Airline reservations

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