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Archive for December 21st, 2009

Clarus: CleanTech industry news

21 December 2009

Having led the $50 million IPO syndicate for Wellington Financial Fund III portfolio co. Biox (see prior post “Biox looks set to raise $50 million in IPO” Nov 28-09), investment bank Clarus Securities is playing close attention to developments in the biodiesel world:
Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Postponed Till 2010
The U.S. Congress has postponed voting on [...]

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Selling Toronto Hydro is no pollyanna

21 December 2009

Fixing Toronto – Part Six
I see that one of Toronto’s mayoral candidates has a solution for Toronto’s financial woes: sell Toronto Hydro.
On the face of it, privatizing assets that need not be publicly-owned makes sense. It was only a few years ago that federal politicians thought Canada needed to own Telesat, Canadair, de Havilland, [...]

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