The end of the mail strike has delivered all the news that shareholders of Research In Motion (RIM:TSX) need to know. Equity Research Analysts can publish reports, and CNBC has a posse of talking heads to wheel out whenever the topic turns to “what’s wrong with BlackBerry?” But the company’s own Information Circular does a
US$234B CalPERS backs several Canadian fund managers
Want to know how CalPERS is doing in the Private Equity and Venture Capital space? Thanks to the efforts of Fortune’s Dan Primack, all is now known. I’ll pulled off the returns of the Canadian fund managers as at Dec. 31, 2010, just to give you a flavour. All in all, CalPERS has US$50B of
Lovin’ Palo Alto
It might seem like a statement, but it really isn’t, despite the fact that 8 of our last 10 financings have been for U.S.-based companies. As is often the case on a Friday, a deal gets put to bed. Happy to report that we just closed a US$5.5 million venture debt financing for a California-based
Will David Miller make the eco-choice? part 2
It won’t come as a surprise, but former Toronto Mayor David Miller appears to have rejected my offer of a free trip to New York City via the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport. One of our readers, Tom Liston, passed along the blog offer (see prior post “Will David Miller make the eco-choice?” June 17-11)
