Friday Fun: March 2, 2018
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — March 2, 2018 — In today’s Friday Fun: a UFO injures a mechanic, 420 – the most dangerous day to drive; a loophole in the laws around auto data; China’s new auto manufacturer takes shape and much, much more! A truly bizarre accident occurred in California last […]
Friday Fun: A ‘wild ride’ to escape BC’s forest fires; bodyshop employee embezzles half a million
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 13, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun we look into one couple’s wild ride to escape the BC forest fires, a collision shop employee convicted of embezzling more than $500,000 from the business, a dispute between collision repairers and insurers in New Zealand and much, […]
Tuesday Ticker: Elliot Advisors launches another suit against AkzoNobel
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 10, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker looks at a new legal challenge launched against AkzoNobel by one of its own investors, stock in auto parts retailers melts down, Boyd and Assured close their deal and much, much more! AkzoNobel – Just when it seemed the AkzoNobel-PPG takeover […]
Friday Fun: Claims in Newfoundland go ‘through the roof’; Canada and US auto sales show stark contrast
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — July 6, 2017 — In this week’s edition of Friday Fun: Auto insurance angst in Newfoundland and Labrador, a Ferrari doing 200 kilometres per hour on BC’s Lions Gate bridge Volvo plans to phase out internal combustion and much, much more! – West Vancouver police impounded a Ferrari from […]
The Autonomous Report: Could self-driving cars impact police procedures?
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 25, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, comedian Steve Patterson looks at the lighter side of autonomous vehicles (AVs), Aviva is in talks with driverless car manufacturers, potential impacts of self-driving vehicles on policing and much, much more! – Steve Patterson, a stand-up comedian and a host […]
Tuesday Ticker: 52-week highs for Axalta and 3M; Toyota on the hunt for new tech
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 19, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker looks at what’s driving 52-week highs for Axalta’s and 3M’s shares, why Toyota is willing to pursue mergers and acquisitions in search of new automotive technologies and much, much more! Sherwin-Williams (SHW) – Analysts are weighing in on Sherwin-Williams now that […]
Tuesday Ticker: Analysis of the Boyd/Assured deal; AutoCanada announces share buyback
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 12, 2017 — This week’s edition of Tuesday Ticker brings you a new level of detail on the Boyd/Assured deal, share buyback news from AutoCanada, good news from the Canadian economy and much, much more! Uni-Select – Uni-Select announced the opening of a new corporate […]
The Autonomous Report: Jim Hackett to lead Ford into the self-driving era
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — June 5, 2017 — In this week’s Autonomous Report, we look at what Jim Hackett’s ascension to CEO and President of Ford means for the company’s autonomous vehicle (AV) efforts, Intel’s latest study on the coming “Passenger Economy,” why electric cars may not be the “greenest” option and […]
Tuesday Ticker: Six investors will speak against AkzoNobel board; Boyd Group elects new trustees
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — May 22, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker brings you the latest news on the attempted takeover of AkzoNobel by PPG, the election of new trustees at the Boyd Group, how investors may be worried about the effect of the Trump presidency on the US economy and much, much […]
Tuesday Ticker: PPG makes third bid for AkzoNobel
By Jeff Sanford Toronto, Ontario — April 24, 2017 — This week’s Tuesday Ticker looks at PPG’s third bid to buy AkzoNobel, earnings reports from Sherwin-Williams and PPG, why AutoCanada may soon be rated a “buy” again and much, much more! – AkzoNobel has received a third unsolicited proposal from PPG for all outstanding share […]
