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CautiousL Eric Kirzner thinks his Easy Chair portfolio, earning 14.8 per cent annually, will settle down a bit.
CautiousL Eric Kirzner thinks his Easy Chair portfolio, earning 14.8 per cent annually, will settle down a bit.

CautiousL Eric Kirzner thinks his Easy Chair portfolio, earning 14.8 per cent annually, will settle down a bit.

Date2/7/1997
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W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
12/31/1970
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
4/20/1982
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
1/4/1973
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
5/14/1976
Bachelorhood may not be the carefree, glamorous state society thinks it is. To find out U of T's Dr. Rubin Todres, left, and his students are doing a research project on unmarried men. Dennis Long and Carmel Keating are in class.
Bachelorhood may not be the carefree, glamorous state society thinks it is. To find out U of T's Dr. Rubin Todres, left, and his students are doing a research project on unmarried men. Dennis Long and Carmel Keating are in class.
3/12/1976
Looking west: Alberta politician Frank Bruseker thinks his city, Calgary, should be the capital of a new Canada.
Looking west: Alberta politician Frank Bruseker thinks his city, Calgary, should be the capital of a new Canada.
4/27/1992
Well-Travelled, 80-year-old Joseph Caulder of Yonge St. holds map showing his travels around the world as a Rotarian. He's pointing to Buenos Aires, one of the many cities in which he spoke to Rotariars. He thinks 1924 convention here greatest.
Well-Travelled, 80-year-old Joseph Caulder of Yonge St. holds map showing his travels around the world as a Rotarian. He's pointing to Buenos Aires, one of the many cities in which he spoke to Rotariars. He thinks 1924 convention here greatest.
6/5/1964
His british factory, just outside London, turns out 60,000 of those Garrard automatic record changers every week. Eighty per cent go for export. Garrard president William Fleming, has hired a train for his latest selling trip in Canada.
His british factory, just outside London, turns out 60,000 of those Garrard automatic record changers every week. Eighty per cent go for export. Garrard president William Fleming, has hired a train for his latest selling trip in Canada.
9/8/1969
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
3/29/1982
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
Blow to small business: E.V. (Bud) Drury, of Genstar Stone Products Inc., in one of his firm's quarries, says the proposed annual fee of 6 cents per tonne will be particularly tough on the small businessman.
4/15/1982
Retailer Gordon Frattini, above, complains that reduction in sales tax from 7 to 4 per cent will cost him $70 for adjustments to his electronic cash register
Retailer Gordon Frattini, above, complains that reduction in sales tax from 7 to 4 per cent will cost him $70 for adjustments to his electronic cash register
4/14/1978