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Market Action

May 20, 2011

Another bad day for Greek bonds: The yield on the Greek 10-year bond added 56 basis points, driving the difference with German bunds to a record 1,349 basis points.…Stocks and the euro extended losses as …

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Market Action

May 19, 2011

The lifecos continue to whine about new capital requirements: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) set to take effect 2014 “will severely inhibit” the core business of Canadian lifecos, Donald Stewart, chief executive of Sun Life …

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Market Action

May 18, 2011

There’s a scuffle about a Greek default: European Central Bank officials ruled out a Greek debt restructuring, clashing with political leaders over a solution to the sovereign financial crisis. “A Greek debt restructuring is not …

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Market Action

May 17, 2011

Glad to see that some people take piracy seriously: About 20 percent of ships in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden will use armed guards within the next 18 months, up from 12 percent, …

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Market Action

May 16, 2011

The Committee to Protect Canadians from Competition has come up with a new bid for the TMX: A group of nine Canadian banks and pension funds have offered to buy the TMX Group Inc., attempting …

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Issue Comments

BNA Annual Report

BAM Split Corp. has not posted its 2010 Annual Report on its website, so investors must go to SEDAR to get it; it was filed on 2010-12-17. The performance reporting is rather boring, since only …

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Market Action

May 13, 2011

Well, let’s think about bankruptcy … banks are no longer allowed to go bust … countries are no longer allowed to go bust … now, it would appear, power companies can no longer go bust: …

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