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Westwind initiates on Espial

5 September 2007

Despite not being in the 2-dealer IPO syndicate (GMP and Genuity were co-leads and the sole underwriters), Westwind Partners has just launched coverage on Ottawa-based IPTV story Espial (ESP:TSX). Espial went public at $7/share in a $25MM deal in June (see post “Espial gets it done“, June 4-07), and enjoyed a quick run above [...]

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Clarus research on upcoming Discovery Air quarterly results

5 September 2007

Here is the preview note from Clarus Securities on Discovery Air (DA.A:TSX):
Discovery will report Q2/08 results Thursday September 13, 2007 and will hold a conference call that day at 2:00PM EST (Dial-In: 416-644-3418, 1-800-731-6941).
For the quarter, we forecast $41.8 million in revenue, EBITDA of $13.8 million (~33% margin) and FD EPS of $0.06. Q2 is [...]

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A year under the blogosphere belt

5 September 2007

Thanks to everyone for stopping by this site during our first year as bloggers. I’ve tried to stick to the rules of the road as laid out by my pal Rick Segal: 1) don’t rely on the “I read this somewhere and this is what I think about it” angle; and 2) talk about [...]

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