BUSINESS BRIEFS
Compiled by lan Noble
North. Shore business groups and
indi>izuals wishing to submit items
to Business Briefs can fax them to
the atteetion of Inn Noble at 985-
2104, or via modem at 980-8027
(User ID: mailbox. Password: fet-

fers.)

On-line job find

Career Paths Online is a
interactive web site which
aims to help students and
youth make relevant and
informed career and educa-
tion plans.

With sections on “career
scaping,” the new economy
and career sectors, the site

incorporates articles from past
and current issues of Career
Paths Newspaper. *New arti-
cles are posted on the Internet
site as fast as we can write
them,” says a Career Paths
release.

Career Paths is published
by Yes Canada-BC, a non-
profit agency that says it’s
dedicated to helping people
with employment — barriers
enter the labor market or fur-
ther their education and train-
ing.
The Career Paths Online
project is funded jointly by
federal and provincial govern-
ments.

To access the net site, go
to http://careerpathsonline.

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DBA turns a profit

DBA Telecom announced
areturn to profitability for the
quarter ending Sept. 30.

The $2,500 profit on
$1.16 million in revenues for
the quarter ended a run of red
ink and represents a $325,000
improvement to the firm’s
bottom line from a year ago.

DBA says it develops,
manufactures, and distributes
telecommunications products
that support and enhance net-
work services for the fast-
growing home office and
sinail office markets.

The North. Vancouver
firm’s new SmarTalk NRG
family of phone products won
a Best of Show award at the
Computer Telephony Fall
Demo show.

DBA trades on the
Vancouver Stock Exchange.

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