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Analysts disagree on HBC deal with Target *
Analysts disagreed yesterday on whether it makes more sense for Hudson's Bay Co. to sell its best Zellers discount-store locations to Minnesota-based Target Corp. or accept a takeover by the U.S. chain.
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Bad omens no big deal to economist *
Downward trend on Dow technical charts offset by strong economy, expert says.
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Buck or Two parent files for protection *
The parent of the Buck or Two chain will shutter the bulk of its corporate-owned stores, lay off hundreds of workers and try to sell its franchising arm as the dollar store operator -- buckling under the weight of "accelerating losses" and rising expenses at its corporate stores -- filed for court protection from its creditors yesterday.
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Doing it their way becomes amateur hour *
Google Inc. founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page parlayed a university Internet project into a world-beating search engine worth billions of dollars, but their decision to take on Wall Street may have backfired.
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Dollarama undergoes major transformation *
There is one dollar store for every 18,000 people in the United States, and one for every 26,700 in Canada.
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Doubts grow over Virgin IPO *
Doubts are growing over the flotation of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile Telecoms Ltd.
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Family voting shares limit Molson, Coors investors' options *
Voting for or against Molson's merger with Coors is like voting Conservative or Liberal. You don't like either, so you vote for the party that is least odious.
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Google faces bumpy IPO road, analysts say *
Google Inc. faces serious headwinds as it prepares to launch its long-anticipated initial public offering despite a lacklustre equity market and questions about the company's business plan.
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Google prices IPO *
Clarifying some of the details behind its highly anticipated stock offering, Internet search leader Google Inc. on Monday estimated its market value to be as high as $36 billion (U.S.), rivalling corporate stalwarts such as McDonald's Corp. and Sony Corp.
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Google shares jump *
Shares of Google Inc., the world's leading Internet search engine, rose more than 17 per cent to top $100 (U.S.) on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq Thursday.
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Google shines in market debut *
Lower IPO price helps shares soar. . .
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Google to delay IPO *
Google Inc. is delaying its IPO by a week because of logistical problems related to institutional investors registering to bid on the shares, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Google turns investing world on its ear with IPO auction *
Internet search company valuing itself at between $29-billion and $36-billion (U.S.)
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Investors beware: Markets a no-man's land until after election *
Yesterday's rotten U.S. employment report may have just tossed an anchor to the drowning hopes of a near-term rebound in stocks. A pretty strong case is now in place for the investors to sit on their hands until at least November.
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It's time to change how bonds are traded *
You probably don't buy many government or corporate bonds -- that's your mutual fund manager's job -- but you might be shocked if you did.
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Keeping tabs on cyber-terror *
Since the 2002 sale of their security threat management upstart, Security Focus, to Symantec for a cool $75 million U.S., the two co-founders stayed on -- as did most of the original staff -- remaining in Calgary.
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Less-hopeful Google slashes IPO price, cuts share supply *
Tech firm's offering would now yield up to $1.86-billion, still the largest on record.
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Market forecast: Caution sign *
Larry Berman, chief technical strategist at CIBC World Markets Inc., doesn't believe a new cyclical bull market is around the corner.
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Market forecast: Parallels with the 1950s *
As Tom Caldwell, chairman of Caldwell Securities Ltd., sees it, there are parallels to be drawn between now and the 1950s.
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Market forecasts: Talking about 'death crosses' *
"Death crosses" have been in the news lately. A so-called death cross occurs when a stock market index's 50-day moving average falls below its 200-day moving average.
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Market is even worse than it looks *
Four months ago, I inaugurated this modest contribution to investment journalism with a column entitled (albeit not by me): "A no-lose market can be humbling for an active hedge fund manager." It concluded with the sentence: "... if last year was like shooting fish in a barrel, then this year -- you might be the fish."
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Selloff shows extent of the market's nervousness *
Looks like the old nerves finally got the best of North American investors yesterday.
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Sobeys buys Thrifty Foods, gains foothold in BC *
A Vancouver Island supermarket icon known for its organic produce and fresh prepared fare was scooped up by Sobeys Inc., in a move observers predict will be the first in an aggressive West Coast expansion.
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Stars & Dogs -- Saturday, August 7, 2004 *
A selection of this week's winners and losers. . .
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Surge in wireless service sales helps Verizon post huge profit growth *
A 25-per-cent surge in wireless service sales helped boost Verizon Communications Inc.'s second-quarter profit five times higher than a year ago, the company said yesterday.
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Target flush with cash, and cachet *
The chain with a cult-like following has the funds to pay for an HBC acquisition.
{evalu8.org Editor's note: I once got a huge laugh from news anchor Deb Hope, when I referred to it years ago by its shopaholics' name of "tar-JÉE." It's common parlance now, but in those days, the cult of Tar-JÉE was new to all of us! ~AG}
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Target-HBC deal could slam competitors *
Liquidation sales may hurt, analyst says.
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Tech firms keep to market sidelines *
In the wake of Google's IPO stumbles, observers see little Canadian activity.
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Tech stocks hammered on warning from HP *
Helps push Nasdaq down almost 1.7 per cent...
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The eBay Company (backgrounder) *
eBay brings together millions of people every day on a local, national and international basis through an array of websites that focus on commerce, payments and communications.
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Ugly Google IPO yields pretty results *
Enough about Google's debut being a failure!
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Vincor acquires British wine distributor *
Vincor International Inc. yesterday signed a $243-million deal to buy British wine importer and distributor Western Wines Ltd. in a bid to increase its global presence and become one of the world's top-10 vintners.
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Wall Street leaves Bay Street in its dust *
Rosy profits at Verizon, Pulte boost N.Y. but slippage at EnCana, Barrick hits TSX.
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Air Canada restructuring ready for take off *
Creditors expected to overwhelmingly approve the creation of a revamped airline.
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