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William Millard: Neither recession nor high interest rates seem to dampen the demand for microcomputers
William Millard: Neither recession nor high interest rates seem to dampen the demand for microcomputers

William Millard: Neither recession nor high interest rates seem to dampen the demand for microcomputers

Date8/4/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0130887F
Where do you start? Rory Jan, 24, who has helped people build microcomputers from kits for 2 years at the U of T, sits by assembled and unassembled parts of an Apple clone
Where do you start? Rory Jan, 24, who has helped people build microcomputers from kits for 2 years at the U of T, sits by assembled and unassembled parts of an Apple clone
9/28/1984
Healthy offspring: John Strathy, head of an AGF subsidiary, says money market funds are a child of high interest rates.
Healthy offspring: John Strathy, head of an AGF subsidiary, says money market funds are a child of high interest rates.
4/28/1982
Hard lesson: Sam Tela and Lesley Bernard agreed to buy a home when the market was high. Today they have neither the home nor their deposit.
Hard lesson: Sam Tela and Lesley Bernard agreed to buy a home when the market was high. Today they have neither the home nor their deposit.
5/6/1991
Lonely protest: Herb Field, an organizer of National Distress Day and president of the Canadian Association for Sensible interest Rates holds a lonely protest outside his Danforth Ave. offices. The response to his group's call for a national day of protes
Lonely protest: Herb Field, an organizer of National Distress Day and president of the Canadian Association for Sensible interest Rates holds a lonely protest outside his Danforth Ave. offices. The response to his group's call for a national day of protes
9/22/1981
World shattered: Internationally known designers Stefan Siwinski and his wife, Krystyna Sadowska, are losing their studios and factory because of interest rates which skyrocketed from 6 to 20 per cent
World shattered: Internationally known designers Stefan Siwinski and his wife, Krystyna Sadowska, are losing their studios and factory because of interest rates which skyrocketed from 6 to 20 per cent
7/26/1982
Gary Scattergood is manager of a North York company which offers small investors some of the highest interest rates around
Gary Scattergood is manager of a North York company which offers small investors some of the highest interest rates around
1/14/1970
Andreas J. Hackner: Revenue Canada employee has neither admitted nor denied he took tax files from Adelaide St. E. offices.
Andreas J. Hackner: Revenue Canada employee has neither admitted nor denied he took tax files from Adelaide St. E. offices.
11/23/1986
Mortgage squeeze: Barbara Frank, top, and hot dog sellers Andy and Mary Elmitropoulos are feeling the pressure of high mortgate rates.
Mortgage squeeze: Barbara Frank, top, and hot dog sellers Andy and Mary Elmitropoulos are feeling the pressure of high mortgate rates.
4/20/1990
If optimism means anything born-again computer maker Atari has it made. Optimism is what James Copland - ebullient vice-president of marketing for the Sunnyvale, Calif., microcomputer manufacturer - conveys in a booming
If optimism means anything born-again computer maker Atari has it made. Optimism is what James Copland - ebullient vice-president of marketing for the Sunnyvale, Calif., microcomputer manufacturer - conveys in a booming
1/17/1985
George Bell: Pay triple rates
George Bell: Pay triple rates
4/9/1979
Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.
Bargain rates: Samuel Bresler's Budget Car Rentals may lead the business in Toronto but he is worried about stiff competition which he claims is squeezing profits.
7/8/1981
He rates: Ontario Mortgage Brokers Association president Ken Somers scored 11 out of 15 on our quiz.
He rates: Ontario Mortgage Brokers Association president Ken Somers scored 11 out of 15 on our quiz.
12/3/1980