Archive for September, 2007
Airports can be deadly
30 September 2007It has now gone beyond the fact that more than half of all U.S. flights are subject to some type of delay.
The story that a woman who was so irate that she was “late” to board a flight, that hadn’t even taken off yet, would be arrested for disorderly conduct in Phoenix is one thing. [...]
Has upticking returned to the TSX? part 3
29 September 2007Being the last trading day of quarter end and all, I thought we’d look back at a few names from a recent post (see prior post “Has upticking returned to the TSX? part 2“, September 4-07) and see how the shares performed yesterday. To remind, these shares lept out on the final day of [...]
Clarus, Orion and Westwind on Discovery Air tuckunder acquisition
29 September 2007Here is a medley of last week’s research reports on Discovery Air (DA.A:TSX):
From Clarus Securities research:
1. Discovery Air to Acquire DMS for $10 million
Yesterday, Discovery Air announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Discovery Mining Services Ltd. (“DMS”) for $10 million in cash and stock. We understand there to be no [...]
Bay Street Buzz
28 September 2007Information courtesy of Bill Vlaad of Vlaad & Co.
“At Blackmont Capital, Andre Brosseau is joining as Vice Chairman having left Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon where he was Deputy Chairman and President. Paul Pint, also from LOM, and before that with Brosseau at CIBC World Market, is joining the Investment Banking Group as a Director. [...]
When does Regulation Services step in?
27 September 2007One could start with the age-old question, who watches the watchers?
That question sprung to mind as Coventree (COF:TSX) rallied another 62% on volume in the first hour of trading this morning. This followed a big run between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. yesterday; Coventree shares jumped from 60 cents to close at more than [...]