Archive for November 4th, 2007
Is it the Taser or the mindset? part 2
4 November 2007This post is really more about the brutality of flying and airports in general, but the Taser came to mind after reading the following story about a gaggle of passengers that demanded to be let off an Airbus 340 after noticing that 5 feet of the right wingtip was missing. Fortunately for the unruly [...]
CIBC exits U.S. i-banking business: Wow
4 November 2007In the category of “you just never know”, the news has hit of CIBC’s (CM:TSX) dramatic departure from most of its U.S. capital markets businesses. I’m practically speechless. You have to hand it to CIBC CEO Gerry McCaughey, there isn’t a lot of tilting at windmills at his bank any longer. One [...]