Blog post by Ky Swift I was thirteen, and I was waiting in line at the theatre to see one of my all-time favourite movies, Wedding Crashers. To avoid sitting…
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Why is everyone complaining about cheaper airline tickets? Pricing practices aren’t always popular. Actually, the best pricing practices are often unpopular. The recent announcement by American Airlines which introduced basic economy...
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Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 762nd home run cost the San Francisco Giants hundreds of thousands of dollars. On an absolute financial basis, the 2007 game was a resounding success. The stadium was packed; memorabilia sold like hotcakes. Yet amid the thunderous applause of 40,000-plus fans, one man was fixated on the opportunity cost of this historic event.
For those of you who don’t live in Toronto, you may not have heard about the new train service our transit agency has launched, called the UP Express. It runs from the airport to Union Station with a couple of stops on the way. It is a great hit with its regular users…both of them! Nobody else has used the service, and that is because its price is so disconnected from anybody’s willingness to pay that it begs the question of whether the main asset MetroLinx should invest in is a calculator!
Sam Puchala joined SATOV in its early days, in September of 2004, and quickly became a pillar of the organization. We recently formally recognized that contribution by making Sam a partner at SATOV.
Foreign investors may have retreated for now but SATOV study shows Canada’s telcos are vulnerable to new entrant