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Certicom says RIM bid is superior

Certicom's board of directors has determined that a bid from RIM is superior to one already on the table. Al Foerster, lecturer, Wilfred Laurier University School of Business and Economics, talks to BNN Research In Motion Ltd.'s much sweetened ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  5 Feb 2009
Related Topics: VeriSign, Inc.

Frontera Copper finds white knight

A higher competing takeover bid worth about $42-million has emerged for Frontera Copper Corp., the target of an unsolicited bid launched late last year by Invecture Group SA de CV of Mexico. Toronto-based Frontera said Wednesday that it has entered a ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  4 Feb 2009

Scotiabank expands in Thailand

Bank of Nova Scotia has bought another big chunk of a Thai bank, bringing its stake to the 49 per cent allowed to foreign owners in the Asian nation and strengthening its far-flung empire abroad. Scotiabank said Tuesday it has bought an additional 24 ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  3 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Bank of Nova Scotia

CIBC issues $200-million in preferred shares

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is raising another $200-million in capital through an issue of preferred shares, continuing the parade of banks making repeat visits to a market where retail investors are hungry for dividend income. The bank said ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  26 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,  Toronto Dominion Bank,  Bank of Nova Scotia

Starbucks unveils options exchange

Coffee-shop colossus Starbucks Corp. wants shareholders to approve a potentially controversial plan that would put some value back into management and employee stock options made worthless by the sharp decline in the price of the company's shares in ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  22 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Starbucks Corp,  Howard Schultz,  Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.

Despite warnings, PM touts fixes for short term

TORONTO/OTTAWA Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned that Ottawa will be forced to run "very significant deficits" in the next few years to pull Canada out of a severe downturn but a group of leading economists is warning him against wasting ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE AND STEVEN CHASE, Globe and Mail,  17 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Stephen Harper,  Don Drummond,  Jim Flaherty,  Gordon Campbell,  Bank of Nova Scotia

Canadian exporters rank U.S. as riskiest market

In a dramatic shift, Canadian exporters now see the United States as their riskiest market, the first time it has surpassed Asia in this category, a federal agency said Thursday. Fully 33 per cent of companies polled by Export Development Canada for ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  15 Jan 2009

It's really gloomy out there

Thursday has brought more gloomy tunes from both sides of the 49th parallel. A “Workplace Blues Survey” conducted by a Canadian careers college has found that 23 per cent of Canadians now fear they may lose their jobs, while a poll conducted by Royal ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  15 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

CanWest swings to loss

Debt-laden broadcaster and publisher CanWest Global Communications Corp. lost $33-million or 18 cents a share in the first quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, a 180-per-cent plunge from a year-earlier profit of $41-million or 23 cents, and warned that ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  14 Jan 2009

Talisman slashes capital spending budget

Talisman Energy Inc. has chopped its capital spending budget for the third year in a row, this time in response to low energy prices and the global economic and financial slowdown. The Calgary company said Tuesday it has budgeted $3.6-billion for ...

From JOHN PARTRIDGE, Globe and Mail,  13 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Talisman Energy Inc.

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