Archive for October 10th, 2008
Does RIM’s weak share price bring on a takeover bid? part 3
10 October 2008If you can stand another post on the topic of Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ) potentially acquiring Research In Motion (RIM:TSX, RIMM:NASDAQ), there are two points to make as the Thanksgiving weekend begins.
The first regards Canaccord Adams research analyst Peter Misek’s comments to Reuters yesterday when he was asked about my original Wednesday post (see prior post “Does [...]
Decade of Daddy Mirror Fund update
10 October 2008On the assumption that we are at least halfway to the bottom….
Buying 35,000 Royal Bank (RY:TSX) at $40.04 and adding 100,000 Spectra Energy (SE:NYSE) at US$15.81 for our Decade of Daddy Mirror Fund™.
Over at you-know-where, the NAV broke through the $9.00 floor yesterday, putting it about 25% down from the original $12.00 IPO issue price. [...]
Crunch time and opportunity for venture debt firms
10 October 2008As governments race to preserve “liquidity” for small, medium and large business at their local banks, what is an information technology, clean tech or alternative energy company to do if they need to raise capital? And what’s become of the subordinated debt market if the senior debt market has shut tight?
The evidence south of [...]
Media Hat Tip #39
10 October 2008In case you missed it, Barron’s picked up on our “Does RIM’s weak share price bring on a takeover bid?” post from Wednesday.
Here is the Barron’s link.
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