Archive for June 27th, 2007
Bay Street Buzz
27 June 2007Courtesy of Bill Vlaad, Vlaad and Company:
“Scotia Capital hires Two Hitters from TD Newcrest. Calgary Equity Research Analyst Nick Rontogiannis for the Energy group covering the integrated oil, large cap exploration & production, and oil sands companies. Nick was previously at TD Newcrest.
And Don Ritchie will be joining the Institutional Equity group in Toronto [...]
Large diamonds found in Sask.
27 June 2007For all those lawyers and i-bankers working towards the $100 million fee payday on BCE’s going private, here is a place to spend your bonus this December. Shore Gold (SGF:TSX) found two massive diamond stones in their third phase of sampling of the kimberlite pipe. Before this sample was analyzed, I understand that [...]
News flash!: Dead Tree Media unearths connection between subprime and corporate debt
27 June 2007In case you missed it, here is an excerpt from a June 27-07 article by Globe & Mail columnist Fabrice Taylor on the U.S. debt market:
Lest you think you’ll escape any damage because you have no investments related to U.S. housing, think again. Subprime gets a lot of press, but it’s a small part of [...]
NYT loves Apple’s iPhone
27 June 2007The New York Times ran a long review of Apple’s newest product this am, with descriptions such as:
- “revolutionary”
- “style”
- “so sleek and thin, it makes Treos and BlackBerrys look obese”
- “fast, beautiful, menu-free, and dead simple to operate”
- “unlimited Internet service adds only $20 a month to AT&T’s voice-plan prices, about half what BlackBerry [...]