Archive for December 19th, 2007
Will Manulife come to CIBC’s rescue?
19 December 2007With Citibank, Morgan Stanley et al tapping strategic investors for a major capital top-up, the rumour that Manulife is prepared to take a 10% stake in CIBC should be taken seriously.
How many years ago was it that MFC was worth 10% of its current market cap? I think it was 13 years ago [...]
Our Nintendo Wii auction begins right now
19 December 2007Thanks to our friends at the Toronto office of Wells Fargo Foothill, we have a new in-the-box Nintendo Wii for our readers to bid on. According to Best Buy’s website, they have none available to buy for Christmas. The reserve bid for this undertaking is $275 (plus delivery, if any). Minimum $10 [...]
First with the news, and free to boot
19 December 2007In case you missed our piece yesterday at 10:39 a.m. regarding the rumoured new Blackberries (see post “GMP Research previews touchscreen Blackberry“, December 18-07), the DTM followed-up with their own story in today’s paper. If only I knew how to upload the diagrams from Ray’s research report.
Last week it was BCE, and before that [...]