Can't ignore Lenovo's interest in RIM
BNN report: Lenovo looking at Research In Motion Let’s get all of the guff out of the way off the top. BNN Television is trying to confirm that Lenovo is interested in acquiring Research...
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Canadian Business Leadership Forum 2012
I had the chance to be the luncheon speaker at the 10th annual Canadian Business Magazine Leadership Forum earlier today. It was a unique opportunity to be part of an day-long agenda with a...
Two more Wellington portfolio acquisitions….
As you’ve read from time to time, there’s been plenty of strategic M&A interest in our Fund III portfolio over the course of 2012 (see prior post “Tech M&A market getting hotter” Aug 8-12)....
Balsillie to take helm as Wellington Financial's Chairman
It has been a few months since I broke any news (see prior post “$100M+ acquisition of Dayforce in the works” Dec 19-11), so I thought I would give our loyal blog readers a...
Rigor In Mortis?
That’s the plan? Do a better job of executing while promoting the same ops guy that led the team to a one year delay in the BB10? I’m trying to imagine what the share...
How RIM can squeeze the shorts
With 38 million shares short as of the end of November (hat tip NBF research analyst Kris Thompson), and Research In Motion (RIM:TSX) potentially in play against its wishes, what’s a CEO to do?...
NBF hits sell button a 2nd time on RIM
First they went to US$16 at National Bank Financial on tech giant Research In Motion (RIM:TSX, RIMM:Q), now Analyst Kris Thompson says US$10 is the right number. Here’s the skinny that comes with the...
peHUB declares RIM dead, set for "breakup"
If you ply your trade in the world of private capital, you are well-served to read the morning musings of Dan Primack at Fortune and the team at peHUB. There’s a perennial trove of...
Jimmy & MLSE: the pain of knowing what could have been
Like every shareholder of Research In Motion (RIM:TSX), Jim Balsillie, our favourite CEO, has suffered during the past 24 months. But Jimmy’s been particularly hard done by. There is the annoyance of missing the...
What will become of channel checks?
News about the latest insider trading investigation always comes as a surprise, and it appears as though the FBI is in the process of scaring the entire U.S. hedge fund industry out of their...
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