BUSINESS BRIEFS From page 34 advertising and are paid in error. “We do not generally send sep- arate invoices 10 our customers for Yeilow Pages advertising.” said B.C. Tel directory manager Brian Woodward. **Customers are billed monthly on their company phone bill and only after the di- rectory hay been published. Recent. directory solicitations have been issued from an Ontario directory company and sent across Canada on a regular basis. The directory logo resembles a bright yellow book which confuses some Yellow Pages. The tern Yellow Pages’ is a registered trademark and mav only be used bs a licens- ed cempany such as) Dorrinion Directory. HOUSING DROP HOUSING STARTS in the Greater Vancouver atea dropped SI per cent in November trom fast year’s level, according to newly teleased figures from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., (CMHC). The drop was the lowest level recorded since December 1984. Single detached starts were down couver senior market analyst. He added that a yvradual un- ArovemMent in market conditions ty expected to occur in mid- 1991. Housing starts in the January to November period were down 16 per cent: from lass vear’s level, while single detached starts totalled 6.019 units, a drop of 37 per cent from last year. Muluple starts for the January to November period were 11,166 units, an increase of three per cent from 1989. Vancouver had the highest level of new construction starts of any municipality in the metropolitan % « W geet tapes * q ie Sunday. Ween ny yee nyy Cine A Ga suns Soomhech more “MERRY CHRISTMAS” CRAFT SHOWCASE in the ATRIUM SINCLAIR CENTRE December 3 - 24 Alternating Crafts Every Week © Glass Work © Jewellers © Toes @ Silk © Country Crarts SENCLAIR CENTRE 757 W. HASTINGS at GRANVILLE than Gitt Baskets © Pottery © Chrisemas Decor & More! December ‘6. 1990 - North Shore News - 35 wa We Xe "e +4 get apt as “at & fe Lele Tale Salle Sale et Aes MMe Aes Os Patt ger ® "elle ale Nae jes (Mes Mae (Mas q fee companies into thinking they are paying their Yellow Pages bill. B.C. Tel advices all its custom- ers in B.C. that Dominion Direc- tory Company Lid.. is the sole official sales agent for B.C. Tel nS ee ee eee es es en ee es CLIP THIS COUPON NAME ___ ADDRESS area in November. There were 152 units started. I2lof which were multiples. Meanwhile, North Vancouver District recorded 19 total housing Starts in November, followed by North Vancouver City with 15 and West Vancouver with nine. 54 per cent from last November while multiple starts were down 46 per cent. “Weak market conditions are attributed to uncertainty by both builders and consumers and a ris- ing inventory of unsold units,” said Don Renaud, CMHC Van- i | | ir 1 1 | | | PHONE NO DRAW tor $250 09 CRAFT GIFTS AWARD to be craan Dac 283 asa pr Deposit in the ATRIUM Co-ordinates oy E J's Mainland Promonons ae Oe ee ee ne en es en ee ee ee ee es ee es Sales top $1 million From page 33 keyboards into conduits for un- limited sound variation and com- bination. As musicians, Henderson, Anatek international sales manag- er Chris Schilling and the com- pany’s marketing coordinator Tom Lang, know their products from the perspective of the pro- ducer, the marketer and the con- sumer. Anatek has developed an ex- panding line of Pocket Products — pocket-size MIDI accessories that do not need batteries or a power supply to operate —- they simply connect into “the MIDI chain.” Said Henderson, ‘*My concept was to have a line of MIDI pro- ducts that were inexpensive pocket-size accessories that ran right off the MIDI signal — they didn’t need any batteries or power supply. Lots of stuff out there does what our products do. Some people say, ‘Well, our box does in one box what all of your boxes do.” But our whole concept was to take your box and break it down ivto little bite-size functions that sell for $99 and make it simple.*” For its effort, the company received the Electronic Manufac- turers Association of B.C. award for best consumer product of the year in 1988, The company ships 10,000 to 15,000 pieces (sales of $1 million 10 $1.5 million) worldwide annual- Wolo Correction Notice Pre-Boxing Week Sale Appearing Dec. 16, 1990 Page 2 — Bedroom Coordinates. Keiko will not be avaifable. Page 3 —- Futon Quilted Mattress Pads. Double will not be available. Page 4 — Speciat Verticals $99 each will not be available Page 6 — Fuji Ceine:as. The photographs are transposed. Camera F2Z5 36.99, Camera DL50 99.99. Page 9 — 4 Drawer vdeo Cabinet picture shows 2 drawers, should be 4, Page 16 — Aamira! Light Tuna, will not be available + :ostituted with Dia- mond. Breton Lrackers will not be available Mmeiai Water wilt not b= available The "W/" 700G Dry Roasted Pearuts has been cancelled, and Planters 700G Dry-roasted Peanuts has been put into this ad Superbuy Dry Roasted Peanuts 3.99 each should read “jar” not tin as stated. 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