Archive for August 23rd, 2007
“If Hedge Funds Kept Cows, Your Milk Would Go Sour”
23 August 2007It was just a year ago when The New York Times couldn’t get enough of the folks behind the hedge funds, where they live, summer, drink, shop, etc. Back in February, I saw this little ditty on Bloomberg and thought it was very well done. Today, given the mayhem going on in the [...]
RIM’s bandwagon charges ahead
23 August 2007This from Canaccord research earlier this week. If anyone in Waterloo at RIM is wondering why the 8800 isn’t selling (see note below), it’s because the keys feel like bubble wrap when you press them. You never know if you made contact or not, meaning missed keys or several of the same letters [...]
Ned Goodman uses the “cartel” word
23 August 2007You can always rely on Dundee’s Ned Goodman to take the “call a spade a spade” approach, something that we applaud around here. He did it again yesterday, joining those of us with the view (see “Banks agree to support each other; what of the rest?“, August 21-07) that the Canadian Chartered banks are [...]