Archive for May 23rd, 2007

CIBC tech research sees capex drop in ’07 second half

23 May 2007

While the stock markets charge ahead, the April semiconductor book-to-bill data is out. Here is CIBC World Market’s take on it:
“Front-End Orders In Line With Applied Material’s (AMAT:NASDAQ) FQ2 (Apr), Trajectory From Here Is Down
Apr book-to-bill data reported by SEMI (an industry trade group) indicate that front-end bookings climbed +9% Q/Q, in line with [...]

Google’s biotech investment strategy

23 May 2007

For all of the biotech entrepreneurs out there having a hard time raising an early financing round, Google might be your next roadshow stop.
According to the New York Times, Google invested US$3.9 million in 23andme. 23andme is in the genetics information business, which may well indicate that Google’s cookies are about to get dramatically [...]

Do we know what wireless technology is doing to our health?

23 May 2007

This post falls into the category of “as we all suspected”….
London’s Evening Standard has this headline: “The classroom ‘cancer risk’ of wi-fi internet”:
“Britain’s top health watchdog has called for an inquiry into the use of wireless Internet networks in schools because of concerns they could be exposing children to the risk of cancer.
The [...]

Globe digs into the Uranium money tree

23 May 2007

I wasn’t surprised to see that Globe and Mail has picked up on the, ummm, interesting role that newsletter writer Jim Dines plays in covering certain mining firms. Here’s our post from a few months ago (“Hedge Fund regulation part 2″, February 27-07).
The Globe story from Saturday, May 19th had this excerpt:
“There’s nothing better [...]