Archive for June 23rd, 2007
Pilot spots ‘mile wide’ UFO
23 June 2007If they are qualified to take your life in their hands each and every time you enter a commercial aircraft, surely we can’t doubt their sanity when they spot a UFO or two (courtesy of The Evening Standard):
One of the largest UFOs ever seen has been observed by the crew and passengers of an airliner [...]
Messers Kravis & Schwartz get the PR memo on BCE
23 June 2007This is irresistable.
An excerpt from our post “KKR Founder Henry Kravis on PE climate“, May 29-07:
During the Q&A session, Mr. Kravis was asked if he was aware that the federal Liberal Party was advocating a more robust review process for foreign takeovers. His response will make the dead tree media tomorrow: After establishing that the [...]
Taser gun sets man aflame
23 June 2007If you ever watch CNBC, you’ll notice that a regular visitor to Squak Box is Thomas Smith, the CEO of much maligned Taser. Taser is well known for its electrical stun gun, which seems to kill an awful lot of people when used by U.S. police forces to quell a disturbed individual. Lawsuits [...]
Bay Street Buzz
23 June 2007Courtesy of Bill Vlaad, Vlaad and Company:
“Cormark, Calgary, has hired energy analyst Todd Kepler from GMP Securities to replace Ryan Shay who is moving to Cormark’s energy investment banking team. Cormark also hired trader Sean McCowan from TD Securities.
Alex MacDonald has joined Manulife as EVP, Canadian Investments and Global Investment Strategy, reporting to [...]