Conventional wisdom has it that search engines are more interested in substance than style - content rather than looks. But a patent application by Yahoo may turn that notion on its head. The US search giant, currently fending off an unwanted approach from Microsoft, is considering how best to take into account the layout and design of a web page, not just its content.

Every year for the past 29 years, The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has organized Small Business Week to pay tribute to Canadian entrepreneurs, creating opportunities for them to:

• share success stories
• talk to leading business experts
• exchange innovative ideas
• participate in events held across Canada
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Nominations are now open for the 2008 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards. On Tuesday, November 25, 2008, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, The Women's Executive Network (WXN) will celebrate the accomplishments of 100 women in Canadian business.

For more information on how to nominate a woman you know for the 2008 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100, please visit WXN.

Wired Woman is an organization dedicated to increasing women's involvement and influence in technology.

Its focus is to explore the technological experience from a woman's perspective, and to create a comfortable environment in which women and girls can learn more about technology.
 
Most of all, the society allows women to be in the majority long enough to investigate, analyze and imagine what the future could hold for all of us.

The Vancouver Island Women's Business Network (WBN) supports and encourages women in business through networking and mentoring.
 
Expand your network with Victoria's most dynamic business women in a high-energy, supportive and success-oriented atmosphere.