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Media Hat Tips #50 & 51

13 July 2009

In case you missed it, David Berman, the Markets Columnist at The Globe and Mail, picked up on our “Will Canucks repeat Goldmans’ success?” and “Lunch with Warren — that’s one way to spend your mgmt fees” posts from the past few days.
Here are the links to his Buffett and Goldman pieces.
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GMP sees triple in Softchoice Corp.

13 July 2009

This GMP Securities research note caught my eye. A tech company with the chance for a triple? That’s Softchoice (SO:TSX):
Softchoice Corp. BUY
SO-TSX
C$3.85 Target: C$9.50
Building for 2010 – Initiating Coverage with Buy Rating
. IT Spending to Rebound: Our discussions with IT professionals and published reports suggest IT spending may have bottomed and should gradually [...]

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Will Canucks repeat Goldmans’ success?

13 July 2009

According to the NYT, the trading desk at Goldman Sachs (GS:NYSE) has been on fire during the past quarter. Rumours of a US$2 billion profit for fiscal Q2, which ended on June 30th, sets the market up for a nice increase over the US$1.66 billion profit registered in the first quarter.
It is difficult to [...]

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