Archive for November 3rd, 2008
McCain campaign not dead yet
3 November 2008If you have more than a passing interest in the U.S. Presidential race, punch through to www.realclearpolitics.com. They run a superb website, and the electoral college is much easier to comprehend with a visual of how the needed 270 electoral college votes add up.
For all of the momentum that Senator Barack Obama has, Senator [...]
Rogers A/B trade together for first time in years
3 November 2008I’ve paid attention to the trading patterns of Rogers Communication (RCI:TSX) A and B shares for the past 13 years or so, and this morning marks the first time that the voting and non-voting shares have traded within pennines of each other on the bid side of the market.
The corporate news out of Rogers regarding [...]
Political expediency trumps free market
3 November 2008I’m starting to figure out how hard it is to grow a business – at least on a level playing field; that sinking feeling that entrepreneurs get sometimes when they worry that their fill-in-the-blank product is going to have growth challenges that weren’t initially forseen.
You’d think that this is an easy time to be in [...]