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Meet Ron Shuttleworth, the analyst who just keeps beating the market 27 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
Just halfway through 2013, M Partners tech analyst Ron Shuttleworth is already up 38%. The S&P/TSX index, meanwhile, has grown by just 2.4%. After a year in which his coverage universe returned 40%, ...
This fascinating new quiz will tell you which economist you most admire 26 Aug 2013 | 10:11 pm
Do you share a viewpoint on economics with Nobel Prize winning economist Eric Maskin? This test will tell you. Are you an Eric Maskin guy? Perhaps you prefer Kenneth Judd? Maybe Pete Klenow? A fasci...
All about the Japanese “banishment rooms” used by Hitachi, Sony and Toshiba 26 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
A PR person from Panasonic admitted that the company had 468 employees enrolled in its “Business and Human Resources Development Center”. These “banishment” rooms assign menial, repetitive tasks desig...
Companies that ignore diversity are missing out on its profound benefits 26 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
Bryant: About 16.5% of the directors in the top ten publicly traded ICT firms in Canada are women, well below the standard set by the financial sector where the top five Canadian banks have achieved 3...
Insider buying at Alarmforce 23 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
Ousted Alarnforce CEO Matlin: ““If I can get the shareholders’ approval I expect to be back, obviously with a new board and a new mandate to grow the company.” Joel Matlin’s sudden departure from Ala...
Steve Ballmer’s departure from Microsoft is not a cure-all, says Garrity 23 Aug 2013 | 10:31 pm
Left to right: Jon Shirley, who was Microsoft’s president and chief operating officer until 1990, Steve Ballmer, and Bill Gates, circa 1987. Steve Ballmer’s departure from Microsoft is not a cure-all...
A “Squirrel “market? The Nasdaq’s weird history of rodent-related shutdowns 22 Aug 2013 | 11:48 pm
On August 2nd, 1994 a squirrel chewed into a power line in Trumbull, Connecticut, where the Nasdaq’s computer center is located, shutting down trading for 34 minutes. It was the second time it had hap...
Flaherty’s annual meeting is no elite gabfest, says Beyond the Rack’s Shtern 22 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s annual retreat with business leaders at a swanky Quebec resort has been criticized as a waste of time and taxpayer money, but Beyond the Rack CEO Yona Shtern s...
Amazon’s brush with art is unlikely to fail a second time 22 Aug 2013 | 08:29 am
You can now buy books, perfume, a netbook, and Andy Warhol’s Mao 99, (1972), a steal at (U.S.) $200,000.00 on Amazon.com. Don’t worry, it includes free shipping. Amazon’s recently announced fine art ...
Zedi could become a billion dollar company, says Cantor Fitzgerald’s Prattas 21 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
Zedi CEO Matthew Heffernan says he particularly proud that the company was able to deliver uninterrupted service during the recent flooding in Southern Alberta. Calgary-based Zedi (TSXV:ZED) has the ...
