Business Headlines / February 24, 2006

Digitization threatens map stores   Ottawa map distributors are criticizing the federal government’s plans to close down a map warehouse next year, saying it could devastate their business.   Local businesses eagerly await Tory tax breaks   The new Conservative government’s campaign promise to cut consumer and business taxes has local entrepreneurs guardedly optimistic — glad for any break, but unsure if the cut will really materialize.   Business Beat: If large bills aren’t trusted by stores, why keep them?   Think back — when was the last time you saw a fifty, or a hundred — dollar bill? There are many reasons why they seem to have disappeared; the most common is that some stores don’t accept anything larger than a twenty, for fear of being handed a fake.