Archive for March, 2012
Clairmail to be Acquired for US$173 million by LSE-listed Monitise Group
26 March 2012This news hit the wire a few hours ago. We are finding some great companies to back across the USA, as this news demonstrates.
Clairmail Inc., of San Rafael, CA, will be acquired by Monitise Group (LSE: MONI.L) of London, UK. Monitise will acquire Clairmail for ~US$173 million, pending shareholder approval. The transaction [...]
Mark McQueen co-hosts BNN
23 March 2012For those of you who missed it yesterday at 3pm, Mark McQueen was back as a regular guest co-host on the Business News Network’s “Business Day” with Kim Parlee and Andrew Bell to discuss the top business stories for the day. The first segment can be found here.
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Euro recession clouds Flaherty’s budget flexibility
22 March 2012Everything was going along just rosy, until….
An analysis from RBC’s Europe Economic Research division this morning reminds us of the tightrope that Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is walking. Next week’s Federal budget is going to make some headlines, with expectations of large cuts to government spending. But it’s more thoughtful than that.
Majority [...]
Reagan, Thatcher, Harper?
19 March 2012The rights and responsibilities of Labour are and should be clear. And the issues at stake in the Air Canada pilot “situation” seem to have become confused, even in the minds of some of its on frontline workers. This dispute isn’t about the rights of labour.
Unions have an important place in [...]
It’s time for Tom Anselmi
8 March 2012Last Fall, the Toronto Sun reported that the board of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment would “soon name a new boss.” That was almost five months ago, and with Richard Peddie now 10 weeks gone, after a 14 month notice period, the time is certainly ripe for a new CEO to be appointed.
The MLSE [...]