Archive for December 3rd, 2008
RIM’s $1.50 Certicom bid just the beginning
3 December 2008It isn’t like I have any particular insight into what’s going on with the Research In Motion (RIM:TSX, RIMM:Q) hostile bid for Certicom (CIC:TSX). But I can do math (the poison dwarf mightn’t agree with that view btw). A $66 million bid for a $26 million run rate revenue software security IP-heavy company [...]
Who had the ninny idea that the BQ should run Canada?
3 December 2008In their zest to grab the levers of power, the New Democrats have finally given the Bloc Quebecois a reason for being. For the next ten years, BQ candidates will be able to address each and every Quebec town hall meeting with a simple vignette:
Remember when we decided who would be in power in [...]
Gulf Trip: Day Three
3 December 2008Dubai/Abu Dhabi
It seems so easy. Leave Canada on Friday evening. Land in Dubai early Saturday evening. Toddle off to bed at the normal time on Saturday night, and awake on Sunday morning as though nothing really happened.
Our first business day involved three meetings and a two hour drive from Dubai to Abu [...]