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Archive for June 13th, 2008

Keep an eye on Apple’s Steve Jobs part 2

13 June 2008

As The Chief was wont to say: “Sometimes, you just have to laugh yourself”.
Steve Jobs makes his pitch on Monday. He looks about as ill as you can be without having to take the day off work. Apple shares closed at US$181.61 on Monday.
Blogs, such our own, start nattering at 7 a.m. on [...]

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The anachronistic Brewers Retail

13 June 2008

As InBev launches a US$46 billion hostile bid for Anheuser-Busch, the iconic Bud may no longer be sporting an American flag. That’s something we long became comfortable with here in Canada, as Labatt, Molson and Sleeman have all been acquired by foreign-based brewers.
Change is the constant in this business. John Sleeman may still [...]

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