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Yacht watch part 2
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The Star joins the parade against the Brewers Retail
http://www.wellingtonfund.com/blog/2008/07/06/the-star-joins-the-parade-against-the-brewers-retail/Our pals at The Toronto Star launched a two-part series yesterday titled “The real reason your beer costs more than it should“. They are understandably focused on the ownership situation at The Beer Store. According to a poll, 6 out of 10 customers believe that the Ontario Government owns these retail beer outlets, not three international brewing conglomerates. …
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A message for Mats
http://www.wellingtonfund.com/blog/2008/07/05/a-message-for-mats/It has been quite a few years since I paid close attention to the NHL. Bernie Parent, Bobby Clark, Bill Barber, Dave Schultz and Rick Leach were bowling over the rest of the league in 1974-76, and it’s fair to say that no group has ever seemed as interesting. It’s not that I haven’t tried. …
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Canada Pensioned Plan, Analysts Positive as RioCan Sells Stake in Two Developments
http://aboutpensions.com/tt0377092/pensions-canada-pensioned...on seven investment bankers from Bear Sterns into their Municipal Finance Healthcare group. Kathy Costine, Rae Boylan and Nelson Luria are joining as Managing Directors while James LaVigne is a Director. Additionally, Marcella Finkel and Evie Wang are ..Read the rest of this post. Therefore, my advice to you is get into it! (more…) Pensions, Retirement and Old Age
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Canada Pensioned Plan, Analysts Positive as RioCan Sells Stake in Two Developments
http://aboutpensions.com/tt0377092/pensions-canada-pensioned...on seven investment bankers from Bear Sterns into their Municipal Finance Healthcare group. Kathy Costine, Rae Boylan and Nelson Luria are joining as Managing Directors while James LaVigne is a Director. Additionally, Marcella Finkel and Evie Wang are ..Read the rest of this post. Therefore, my advice to you is get into it! (more…) Pensions, Retirement and Old Age Blog
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The great LSIF myth
http://www.vcrants.com/?p=25posted at the Wellington Financial Blog
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Afternoon Reading: How Tight Credit and Rising Oil Prices Can Kill
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/06/27/afternoon-reading-how-...Citigroup Mark McQueen over at Wellington Financial’s blog admits this idea might fall in the crazy ideas category, but what about a Citigroup, Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Nova Scotia tie up? Along those same lines, Dealscape wonders when Canadian banks will head south to make acquisitions.
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Macleans.ca Blog Central
http://blog.macleans.ca, but after four straight months of pullbacks, Desjardins Group predicts Canada’s economy is headed for a recession. Prognosis: Gloom. Ticker tape: Mark Macqueen of Toronto investment firm Wellington West thinks Royal Bank and Scotiabank should team up to buy mega Wall-Street bank Citigroup, once the largest company in the world… With prices for everything from gasoline to lipstick going through the roof, bet you didn
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Wacky Bank Takeover Idea No.1
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/20...But Wellington Financial's Mark McQueen may have just come up with the most bizarre proposal yet. "Canada’s Royal Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia should get their I-banking teams working on a joint bid for Citigroup," says Mr. McQueen on his blog. The investment guru says combined the two Canadian banks have enough market capitalization to swallow the troubled U.S. behemoth, and they could divide up its operations along the lines of their existing geographic footprints (Scotiabank would take
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News flash on dandruff and hair loss
http://beginners-exercise-infow3x.blogspot.com/2008/06/news-...Gallatin, TN (PRWEB) April 11, 2006 -- SKYLERT, Inc. (www.skylert.com), a proven leader in delivering real-time Severe Weather Notifications and Inspeed (InSpeed.com, LLC) have entered into an... Put Citigroup out of its misery Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:11:58 PDT In the crazy ideas category, this may certainly fall. But with Goldman Sachs slapping Citigroup (C:NYSE) with a sell - despite Citigoup shares being at a 10 year low - now is the time for crazy thinking. In the spirit
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Le dividende de BCE comme solution
http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/lapresseaffaires/dufour/?p=391...M. McQueen se demande pourquoi BCE n’a pas aussi retenu le dividende précédent en avril. «Les dirigeants ne voyaient-ils pas à ce moment-là que la situation pourrait exiger une telle mesure plus tard?» Vous pouvez consulter ici les propos de Mark McQueen.
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BCE is there a deal to be made?
http://mattroberts.com/2008/06/24/bce-is-there-a-deal-to-be-...m usually at the beach. But for Insight into whether BCE and the LBO/Banks can make a deal here Mark McGuire over at Wellington Financial has been following every painful twist and turn of the OTPP/BCE deal. Today, Mark wrote a post that if there was an award for best post on a financial subject I’m pretty sure would win him the prize. Its direct and to the point. And by far the best analysis I’ve seen on the subject, I think anyone with an interest in the BCE saga should read it. Well done Mark! [as a full disclosure: i no longer own BCE directly, but may in some mutual funds]
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act tax : Marijuana, wonderful plant!! (blog)
http://www.vegeo.net/tax/c,k/bloglist/act+tax,3976,0Three cheers for John Ruffolo and his team at Deloitte for their very timely study of the Canadian venture capital landscape ... remedies exist at each investment stage, the country must act quickly to remove major tax barriers [more...] Date: 2007-12-06 15:00:46 Blog: Wellington Financial Bl...
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