Surj Ratian | BUSINESS GRIEFS BUSINESS ROBOT A VANCOUVER man has created what is being billed as the first ‘tintelligent business robot’’ available anywhere in North America. The robot, which is the inven- tion of Gordon Haris, a com- puter consultant and president of Minaker Financial Systems Ltd., and Impact Seminars Inc., is cail- ed GUS (Gordon's US timate Sales tool). Harris says it operates without human intervention and can be used anywhere, including trade shows, conventions and open houses. GUS drives as far as four miles and asks people if they would like to speak with him and then he will! either begin selling whatever pro- ducts he has to offer or play a game of blackjack or name that tune. After describing any one of the producis he has to offer he will ask you if you would fike him to send you any additional informa- tion. If you say yes, he will take your name, address and telephone number, which is permanently stored in his memory. GUS will alse call a salesman for you. He can even wear any tyne of clothing including suits, dresses, company uniforms, beach wear and even lingerie, At present there is only one GUS and he is available to rent on a daily basis. While he is not for sale currently he may be in the future as additional GUS robots are completed. For more information on GUS, call 732-7047. COMPUTER MEETING SEVENTY VANCOUVER com- “puter professionals recently at- tended a breakfast meeting to get an overview of Vancouver's economy. The event was hosted by Inadus- trial Trade and Consumer Shows Inc. (ITCS), a subsidiary of MacLean Hunter Communica- tions, the producer of the Van. couver Business Computer Show, a new tightly focused solution show scheduled for Sept. 18 and 19. The feature speaker was Peter Ladner, editor and publisher of the weekly business newspaper Business in Vancouver. Ladner said he thinks the overall pro- spects for the B.C. economy are good and that sluggish perfor- mance in some of the outlying centres will be offset by above average performance in Van- couver. He added that despite reports about a decline in the forest it- dustry, ievels are not close to the slump of 1982 and the diversifica- tion of B.C.’s economy has less- ened economic impact. BUSINESS BLOW VANCOUVER COMMUNITY Cotlege’s (VCC) Langara business department is reeling from the blow of another surprise budget ent, Faced with $4.5 million in cuts to its present operations, VCC’s administration has deflected the fiscal axe equally among all three campuses. Business department head Keith Murray said the budget cuts to the program means only general the demise of B.C.’'s insurance a+ Empioyment and Immigration Canada diploma and that the cuts will also decrease resources and seat availability in. computer informa- tion systems and realty appraisal. He added that the budget cuts will also have an impact on the college’s international business program and that all nine diploma areas will feel downsizing pressures to various degrees. **Does it make sense to cut back business education at the very time in our economic history when we need afl the enterprise building help we can get? The Vancouver Community College board and the ministry of education continue to ponder in the midst of this finan- cial crisis,"* said Murray. 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