Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press August 14, 2006 editor Steve Pona 697-7292 monday business b5 business Calendar this mornings opening numbers up tax Dow Jones Nash a Canadian Dollar 11,944.90 11,088.03 2,057.71 89.99 cents us tomorrow aug. 15 business networking International motivators chapter meet ing on Holland America new England cruises with Patricia be Sann South Dale travel at 11 45 . At the St. Boniface Golf course 100 Youville St. Call 255-7625 to Reserve your seat. Aug. 15 the professional business associates luncheon meeting at the Canad inn Windsor Park 1034 Elizabeth re. Call 254-6140 or visit wednesday aug. 16 business networking International bin presents email marketing techniques with Ralf Klenke Psi internet consulting & education at noon at the Best Western charterhouse 330 York Between Donald and Hargrave. Call Georgine Cook at 488-8732. Aug. 16 Winnipeg metro club pre sents Angela Kornelson from Angela Kornelson Massage therapy speaking about Massage therapy at noon at the hotel fort Garry. For membership information Contact Kelly Switzer at 633-6889. Thursday aug. 17 Canadian Institute of management Winnipeg Branch information session at u of m fort Garry Campus room 160 extended education Complex. To a sep Call 474?9925. Coming soon aug. 23 Canadian Institute of management Winnipeg Branch information session at noon at the u of m downtown aboriginal education Centre 11 the promenade. To a sep Call 474-9925. Aug. 23 business for Sale online Academy presents online workshop on How to buy a business top strategies from successful business buyers by Peter Siegel a National consultant specializing in assisting those buying sell ing and financing the Purchase of Small to mid sized businesses 8 . Cost free Register online at . Aug. 29 women in a Home office Winnipeg chapter with guest speaker from the women a Enterprise Centre of Manitoba from 9 30 . To 11 30 . At Linden Woods Community Centre. To Reserve a seat email . Or Call 253-4830. Fee $20 for non members and $10 for members. Aug. 30 University of Manitoba continuing education information ses Sion financial and management accounting from 5 30 to 6 30 . At the University of Manitoba downtown Campus 11 the promenade. For information Call Sandra Woloschuk at 474?6661 or email . Free. Sept. 14 tax venture Exchange entrepreneur Boot amp seminar for entrepreneurs and business owners interested in going Public and deciding if it is a realistic option to help finance the growth of their company 8 . To 4 . The focus is on manufacturing retail Industrial technology biotechnology & real estate sectors but All Sec tors Are Welcome. Register at sept. 15 praxis conflict consulting present bylaws and Board member handbooks with Priti Shah from 1 to 4 ., charterhouse hotel 330 York ave. To Register Call 477-5985. Fee $ 90. Sept. 20 change innovators inc., presents or essentials ? insights into personal effectiveness full Day inter Active workshop at fort Garry hotel using the insights discovery personal profile enabling participants to improve their interpersonal relation ships immediately. For More information visit or Call 204-897-8480. Sept. 29 praxis conflict consulting present Legal duties and liabilities of boards what every Board member should know with Priti Shah from 9 . To 4 ., charterhouse hotel 330 York ave. To Register Call 477-5985. Fee $175. Nov. 15 Canadian Institute of management Winnipeg Branch information session at noon at the u of m fort Garry Campus room 160 extended education Complex. To a sep Call 474-9925. The free press welcomes items for the business Calendar. They should include time Date location sponsor and fee and be mailed to Diane Pratt free press 1355 Mountain ave., r2x 3b6, fax 697-7412, email . No attachments please deadline is wednesday. Investors can expect lacklustre week Toronto ? Canadian investors Are Likely in for a lacklustre week on the Toronto Stock Market after the tax a main Benchmark Index failed to consolidate a hold above the 12,000-level last week. The Brief foray above that level at mid week was the first close above 12,000 since mid May when stocks sold off on fears that the Sharp run up in commodities during the Spring seemed unsustainable. The recent run up fizzled after one Day amid concerns Over an expected slowdown in the . Economy whether the Federal reserves pause in interest rates will hold and volatile Oil prices. And so now we re just banging our Heads against that 12,000-Point Ceil ing said Julie Brough of Morgan Meighen & associates adding its Likely the tax is in for a pullback. If we had been Able to break through 12,000, i would think that we would have another leg up in our Bull Market. But it just seems the longer that we linger Here the More Likely it is we have to pull Back one More time and take another run at it which would take us to middle?11,000, 11,400 investors again added terrorist fears to the bricks making up the Wall of worry last week after police foiled a plot to blow up .-bound passenger aircraft in the biggest terrorist plot to be uncovered since 9-11. Indexes took the news in stride but although it did to disrupt the Market its taken some of the Confidence away ? said Brough. ? Canadian press flight test program a first for Winnipeg Colorado firm May order More by Murray Mcneill a local aerospace firm has completed what is believed to be the first full blown flight test pro Gram Ever conducted out of Winnipeg. Aero consulting services was hired by Colorado based pilatus business air Craft which is the . Arm of Swiss manufacturing firm pilatus aircraft ltd., to conduct a certified flight test program on a special purpose aircraft pilatus recently sold to . Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin aeronautics. Officials were so impressed with his the plane Aero tested was a single Aero president Lane Helms said in an firms performance that they flew into engine Turbo prop pc12 aircraft which interview yesterday Aero is the Only Winnipeg this week to discuss other pro was being modified so it could be used to local firm which does flight test projects Aero could work on. Test special airborne avionics equipment. Grams and in 30 years in business its he admitted there was a Good Chance that meant fitting it with a Large Spe never done one out of Winnipeg. Nor is Aero would have landed most of that scially designed external pod on which he aware of anyone else who has which work anyway because its been doing the equipment could be mounted an Means the test program conducted for sub contract work for pilatus for about Aero a Job was to not Only design and pilatus during the final two weeks of three years and has developed a Good manufacture the structural and Terody july was probably a first he added. Working relationship with the Colorado Namica components needed to mount the Helms explained that Winnipeg is not company. Pod on the plane but also to ensure that considered a Good location for conduct but this the Success of the Winnipeg adding the pod would not compromising a full blown flight test program test program has solidified our rela the performance and safety of the air because the programs usually take Sev Tio ship he added. Craft. Eral weeks to Complete and require Plen pilatus originally hired Aero to con Helms said that involved doing aty of warm sunny weather ? something duct the flight test program at its testing series of Complex in flight tests on the the testing companies Are not Guaran facility outside of Denver. But two Days plane both before and after the pod wasted to get Here. Before the testing was to get underway added to the aircraft. He added that but that want a problem this year they asked Aero to conduct the test in everything when smoothly and the air he added thanks to the unusually hot Winnipeg instead. Craft met All of the required safety Stan dry weather Winnipeg has experienced Helms said his firm had to scramble to Dards. For much of the summer. Obtain the necessary transport Canada Aero consulting provides engineering we got extremely Lucky with our approval and the proper insurance Cov and aircraft certification services to air weather Here this year. This past month rage and to get the plane and plane Craft manufacturers and operators has been perfect flight test parts across the Border on Short notice. Around the world. A Winnipeg based sub so perfect in fact that Aero was Able once they the testing was underway Sidary Northern Aero industries also to Complete the test flight program in a Aero employees worked 18-hour Days designs and manufacturers aircraft record breaking two weeks which was for two weeks to get it completed As soon improvement kids for Small and mid half the time it was originally expected As possible ? something Lockheed mar sized commercial jets. To take. Tin wanted. Helms said pilatus business aircraft. ;