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Avi Dalfen

Pennock Idea Hub

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Highlights of significant recent happenings include:
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Substantive Deep Dive - Canada's <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/25472" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25472:1">BlackBerry Ltd (BB CN)</a> seeks to be the go-to provider of web Security: Why we believe investors should look at Blackberry as a way to hedge their exposures to the increasing list of companies who are susceptible to adverse impact from security breaches. </li>
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Feeding the Dragon - Chinese buying of US firms brakes abruptly, obliterating the long-term trend, and now Japan has become the second-largest market for outbound M&amp;A globally. Also, South Korean food giant <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1970" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1970:1">Cj Cheiljedang (097950 KS)</a>  is continuing its aggressive expansion into the U.S. market</li>
<li> Local News on Global Companies –  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/20824" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20824:1">Kroger Co (KR US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/15273" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15273:1">Microsoft Corp (MSFT US)</a> take on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/409" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:409:1">Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US)</a> with digital grocery store experiment. “<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/11134" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11134:1">Wal Mart Stores (WMT US)</a> plans to have enough online grocery pickup sites to cover 69% of U.S. households by the end of this month. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/11369" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11369:1">Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)</a>'s proposes a “software-defined network” which is a new method of accessing the internet by removing the need for home routers, for the new Toronto neighbourhood it is planning. Mining companies are cutting back operations in largest coal region in the U.S., and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1044" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1044:1">Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A (BRK/A US)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/4124" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4124:1">Union Pacific (UNP US)</a> will be adversely impacted.</li>
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Highlights of significant recent happenings include:



Substantive Deep Dive - Canada's BlackBerry Ltd (BB CN) seeks to be the go-to provider of web Security: Why we believe investors should look at Blackberry as a way to hedge their exposures to the increasing list of companies who are susceptible to adverse impact from security breaches. 

Feeding the Dragon - Chinese buying of US firms brakes abruptly, obliterating the long-term trend, and now Japan has become the second-largest market for outbound M&amp;A globally. Also, South Korean food giant Cj Cheiljedang (097950 KS)  is continuing its aggressive expansion into the U.S. market
 Local News on Global Companies –  Kroger Co (KR US) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT US) take on Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US) with digital grocery store experiment. “Wal Mart Stores (WMT US) plans to have enough online grocery pickup sites to cover 69% of U.S. households by the end of this month. Alphabet Inc Cl C (GOOG US)'s proposes a “software-defined network” which is a new method of accessing the internet by removing the need for home routers, for the new Toronto neighbourhood it is planning. Mining companies are cutting back operations in largest coal region in the U.S., and Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A (BRK/A US), and Union Pacific (UNP US) will be adversely impacted.



Business Happenings in the Americas that May Be “Below the Radar” - Week Ending January 17, 2019