Archive for August, 2007
Bay Street Buzz
31 August 2007This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, Vlaad & Co.:
Northern Securities has lost three people in research. Steve Maletic went to National Bank as an associate in business trusts working for Carolyn Dennis, Massimo Voci went to Parkwood Capital as a Research Analyst, and Jeremy Link went to MM Cap as a Resource analyst.
Alex [...]
GMP Securities on alternative energy
31 August 2007Here is a neat snapshot from GMP Securities research team regarding Ontario’s pre election electricity spin:
Yesterday (Aug. 29) the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) together with the Ontario Electricity Board (OEB) filed their milestone 20-year plan for the provinces’ electricity future. The plan, which took two years to complete, is intended to be a roadmap to [...]
Can Roots ride Lulu’s coattails?
30 August 2007It wasn’t that long ago when the Roots founders were sitting on top of the world. They had almost everyone wearing their clothing, from the Royal Princes (“Poor Boy” hats) to the U.S. Olympic team (uniforms) to the social set (with the wonderfully names “Sloan” handbag.
They still cut a swath at the Raptors game, [...]
Questions for today
29 August 2007As yesterday was so filled with popular + newsy stuff (we can tell by the traffic patterns), I thought we’d back off today on scooping the DTM and provide you all with a few questions to ponder:
1. Why is Bruce Power advertising at the Skydome (Rogers Centre)? That audience is largely retail types, [...]
Orion Securities on Discovery / Top Aces merger details
28 August 2007Here is this morning’s research note on Discovery Air (DA.A:TSX) from Orion Securities regarding Friday’s closing of Discovery’s acquisition of Wellington Financial Fund II portfolio co. Top Aces.
Discovery Air successfully closed its acquisition of Top Aces Inc. Recall, Top Aces is an aviation company based out of Pointe-Claire, Quebec that specializes in military [...]