Canadian Technology Stocks
On July 23rd, five days after he went missing on Lake Joseph, the body of GMP Capital co-founder Brad Griffiths was recovered by divers. Adam Adamou, who knew Griffiths since the early 1990′s, says Griffiths passing closes a certain chapter in the development and evolution of Bay Street. I’m not sure that I’m the right [...]
Wondering who’s hot? Cantech Letter breaks down the The Top Performing TSX Techs for the week of July 18th to July 22nd. This survey includes any stock listed on the TSX Technology, Cleantech and Life Sciences indexes with a minimum share price of $.10 cents as of July 18th, 2011. The number in brackets is [...]
OK, first the name, because weeks or even days from now it may no longer exist. Zarlink (TSX:ZL) comes from “Tsar of Links”, and reflects the Ottawa semiconductor manufacturer’s early history in networking equipment. On Wednesday, the company, which was born out of the telecommunications division of tech legend Terry Matthew’s Mitel and has been [...]
There was a theme running through last week’s top tech performers on the TSX, and that theme was change. From a dramatic ousting of the entire board at Bennett Environmental (TSX:BEV) to the turnaround at Ottawa’s International Datacasting (TSX:IDC), management changes appear to be unlocking dormant value in some Canadian techs. We countdown the top [...]
Lagging domestic sales. Increased competition. It seems everyone is piling on the anti-Research in Motion bandwagon these days. But a cursory look at the balance sheet shows a company in outstanding financial shape, and still a leader in an industry that is still growing by leaps and bounds. While the market capitalization of RIM has [...]
After buying your double-double at Tim Horton’s, do you ever wonder where the coins came from? Long before they were turned into the currency we all carry around in our pockets, they were raw metals hidden in the earth. How do mining companies know where to drill to find metal deposits? And once they find [...]
It’s not exactly a sea-change from the past few years when mining stocks absolutely dominated the top performers on the TSX. But halfway through 2011 technology does boast a respectable five of the top twenty performers on the exchange. We count down the top five TSX gainers so far this year. The number in brackets, [...]
After a tough few years, 2011 is shaping up quite nicely for shareholders of Quebec City’s Aeterna Zentaris (TSX:AEZ). Today, nearly eight years after initially filing, the company’s cancer therapy candidate, Perifosine, was granted a patent by the European Patent Office. The patent, which is effective July 13th and will expire on July 28, 2023, [...]
A “game changer”. That’s what Terry Ball, President and CEO of Burlington’s Innovative Composites (TSXV:IC) called today’s announcement that his company had secured a contract with Barclays Gedi Group to supply approximately (US) $68 million of its EcoScape Housing for projects in Ghana and Haiti. Today’s news comes after last September’s agreement with Barclays Gedi [...]
Wondering who’s hot? Cantech Letter breaks down the The Top Performing TSX Techs for the week of June 27th to July 1st, The list includes any stock listed on the TSX technology, cleantech and life sciences indices with a minimum share price of $.10 cents as of June 27th, 2011. 1. Ondine Biomedical (TSX:OBP) +39.1% [...]
