Archive for December 4th, 2006
The other way to deal with patent suits
4 December 2006Patient Wi-Lan shareholders were rewarded today when it was announced that Nokia had agreed to a major licencing deal. $15MM of cash up front, transfer of 93 patents, maybe long term royalties. One portfolio manager pointed out that Nokia did an early deal with NTP, and this news might suggest that Nokia has [...]
Mellon and BONY merge
4 December 2006Two great names in US banking circles have agreed to merge. Does anyone remember anymore why the Canadian banks aren’t allowed to do the same? Do we miss National Trust or Canada Trust?
Remember all of the branch closures politicians were worried about in the wake of the ill-fated BMO-RBC proposal of the late [...]
Sell your pulp shares
4 December 2006When VC Rick Segal did his deal for blog aggregator b5media, it got me thinking. Where’s the revenue going to come from? How will he make money for his LPs with this? After a few weeks, and some serious blog surfing, I’m starting to get a sense of the opportunity.
And then, on [...]