Month: March 2013

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Should you sell your Aurora Cannabis stock?

Roth Capital Markets analyst Bill Kirk reiterated a “Neutral” rating on Aurora Cannabis (Aurora Cannabis Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSX:ACB) and lowered his 12-month price target to C$5.00 from C$6.00 following what he described as a solid third-quarter beat that was quickly overshadowed by cautious implied fourth-quarter guidance. In a Feb. 5 sales […]

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Tim Regan loves this Canadian bank stock

Kingwest & Company managing director Tim Regan said EQB (EQB Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSX:EQB) is increasingly well positioned to gain share as a digital-first challenger bank, citing the strategic impact of its acquisition of PC Financial. EQB, a Canadian digital financial services company with $137-billion in combined assets under management and administration, […]

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Cormark upgrades BlackBerry to BUY, raises target to $20

March 21, 2013

On CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight yesterday, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins reiterated his comments...

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Boris Wertz talks about the origins of Canada’s Startup Visa

March 21, 2013

For two weeks in February, 2010, Vancouver welcomed the world for the 21st Winter Olympics. The game...

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CRH Medical increases revenue and profit in 2012

March 20, 2013

CRH Medical (CRH Medical Stock Quote, Chart,News: TSX:CRH) today reported its fiscal 2012 results. T...

Terry Matthews says the size of the market for Magor's solutions is as much as $15-billion right now and is expected to double in the next few years.

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Terry Matthews talks about his latest venture, Magor Corp.

March 20, 2013

Sir Terry Matthews appeared on BNN yesterday to talk about his latest venture, Magor (TSXV:MCC), whi...

Shares of BlackBerry are getting a boost from Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum, who upgraded the company to

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What’s behind Morgan Stanley’s flip-flop on BlackBerry?

March 20, 2013

Shares of BlackBerry (TSX:BB) are racing today, on the TSX the stock was up 8% to $16.66, at press t...

Videogame subject matter has expanded to encompass real-world issues that addresses other forms of violence in a more nuanced way. Into this new atmosphere of maturity walks Actual Sunlight, a game which places the gamer in the skin of a depressed office worker living in Toronto.

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Actual Sunlight: the video game about a depressed Toronto office worker

March 20, 2013

It’s an interesting time for videogames. For people of a certain age, videogames required maybe an...

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Byron’s Loe maintains BUY on IMRIS, lowers price target to $7.50

March 19, 2013

Yesterday, magnetic resonance equipment manufacturer IMRIS (TSX:IM) announced it had closed its unde...

Former analyst Chris Umiastowski, writing for CrackBerry.com, took issue with a recent TechCrunch article that mocked BlackBerry's announcement of a million device order.

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TechCrunch is ignorant about BlackBerry, says Chris Umiastowski

March 19, 2013

Last Wednesday, BlackBerry (TSX:BB) announced it had secured its largest ever order. The company sai...

Wi-LAN CEO Jim Skippen. The Ottawa-based patent player has raised its dividend four times since first declaring one in 2009.

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Wi-LAN ex-dividend date is tomorrow

March 19, 2013

Ottawa-based patent player Wi-LAN (TSX:WIN) will pay a dividend of $0.04 per share to shareholders w...

In the United States, the Samsung version of the Google Chromebook has number one on Amazon’s best-selling laptop list for 149 days since its launch.

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Google’s cheap and cheerful Chromebook finally hits Canada

March 19, 2013

Google today announced that its cheap and cheerful Chromebooks are now available in Canada. In an an...

Bioteq Environmental's water treatment facility in China.

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Bioteq Environmental posts record topline despite lower copper prices

March 18, 2013

Bioteq Environmental (TSX:BQE) today reported its fiscal 2012 results. The Vancouver-based cleantech...

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Tom Liston says he expects that Amaya Gaming's acquisition of gaming machine operator Cadillac Jack will provide accelerating growth in licenses, but anticipates that online gaming will become a larger part of the company's revenue mix.

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Cantor Fitzgerald initiates coverage of Amaya Gaming with a BUY, $7.50 target

March 18, 2013

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Tom Liston this morning initiated coverage of Amaya Gaming (TSX:AYA) with ...

IMAX says it is seeing growth in Europe. Upcoming titles include Upcoming titles include Iron Man 3 and G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

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IMAX expands in Turkey, sees growth in European market

March 18, 2013

IMAX (TSX:IMX) today announced and agreement with Turkey’s largest cinema circuit owner, Mars ...

American tech entrepreneurs such as Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google founder Sergey Brin and Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, have recently lobbied for the right to hire skilled immigrants.

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Facebook thumbs nose at slow US immigration reform with Vancouver office

March 18, 2013

According to several sources, Facebook will hire 150 programmers for a temporary office in Vancouver...

The late Steve Jobs has proved a tough act to follow for current CEO Tim Cook.

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Let’s Face It: Apple is lost without Steve Jobs’s Reality Distortion Field

March 16, 2013

Pete Myers was a “6,6” shooting guard who was drafted in 1986 by the Chicago Bulls in th...

Byron Capital analyst Rob Goff says incoming Quebecor boss Robert Depatie has already earned the respect of of investors, debt holders, peers and customers alike.

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Byron’s Goff raises target on Quebecor to $52, reiterates Top Pick rating

March 15, 2013

Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B) yesterday reported its Q4 and fiscal 2012 results. For the year, the company ea...

Computershare CEO Stuart Crosby. This week, the company announced it has sold its entire holding in Calgary-based competitor Solium Capital, which it acquired in 2010 for $29.2-million.

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Computershare exit may unlock Solium Capital’s value, say analysts

March 15, 2013

One curious aspect of Calgary-based software company Solium Capital’s (TSX:SUM) structure was ...

1936: Dr. Norman Bethune stands in front of The Canadian Blood Transfusion Unit which operated during the Spanish Civil War.

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Innovator Norman Bethune an ignored cultural link between Canada and China

March 15, 2013

Dr. Norman Bethune, an Ontario-born communist who developed the mobile surgical field hospital while...

Month: March 2013

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