David Milstead
@davidmilstead.bsky.social
Writings on financial shenanigans, accounting, compensation, governance, and many, many baseball tweets.
After more than 15 years of writing for The Globe and Mail as a freelancer and staff member, I left the company in late April.
May 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
After more than 15 years of writing for The Globe and Mail as a freelancer and staff member, I left the company in late April.
W/ Irene Galea: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
BCE paid bonuses to top executives despite sales, profit and stock-price declines
According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, BCE had the worst shareholder return in 2024 of the big three telecom companies
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April 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
W/ Irene Galea: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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Canada’s oldest retailer, Hudson’s Bay, has been granted protection from its creditors and is evaluating “potential solutions” for the future of the business.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Hudson’s Bay granted creditor protection to restructure its business
Its move to restructure operations follows an attempt to refinance its debt, which fell apart
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Canada’s oldest retailer, Hudson’s Bay, has been granted protection from its creditors and is evaluating “potential solutions” for the future of the business.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
This is outrageous
February 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is outrageous
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This shows that "doxxing" has become a meaningless, catch-all phrase for anything these guys do not like reported. @klong.bsky.social is an impressive reporter, who simply connected the anonymous postings of a self-declared racist to the public identity of someone directly altering government.
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This shows that "doxxing" has become a meaningless, catch-all phrase for anything these guys do not like reported. @klong.bsky.social is an impressive reporter, who simply connected the anonymous postings of a self-declared racist to the public identity of someone directly altering government.
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Laws. The word you're looking for here is "laws."
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February 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Laws. The word you're looking for here is "laws."
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Football sucks. The best part about this particular Sunday is that baseball starts this week!
February 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Football sucks. The best part about this particular Sunday is that baseball starts this week!
For the 24th year in a row, Report on Business’s Board Games project will rate the work of Canada’s corporate boards using a rigorous set of governance criteria designed to go far beyond minimum mandatory rules imposed by regulators.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...
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Globe and Mail introduces 2025 Board Games criteria
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January 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
For the 24th year in a row, Report on Business’s Board Games project will rate the work of Canada’s corporate boards using a rigorous set of governance criteria designed to go far beyond minimum mandatory rules imposed by regulators.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...
Yolanda Holtzee, the champion whistleblower who policed the stock markets, has died.
For 25 years, she emailed regulators and journalists – usually in the same message – about sketchy companies and potential penny-stock scams.
neptunesociety.com/obituaries/l...
For 25 years, she emailed regulators and journalists – usually in the same message – about sketchy companies and potential penny-stock scams.
neptunesociety.com/obituaries/l...
Yolanda Holtzee Obituary - Lynnwood, WA
Celebrate the life of Yolanda Holtzee, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Neptune Society.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Yolanda Holtzee, the champion whistleblower who policed the stock markets, has died.
For 25 years, she emailed regulators and journalists – usually in the same message – about sketchy companies and potential penny-stock scams.
neptunesociety.com/obituaries/l...
For 25 years, she emailed regulators and journalists – usually in the same message – about sketchy companies and potential penny-stock scams.
neptunesociety.com/obituaries/l...
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Trump’s tariffs are about to exacerbate Canada’s productivity crisis. Will our legislators finally take action?
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Rita Trichur: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-trumps-tariffs-are-about-to-exacerbate-canadas-productivity-…
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Rita Trichur: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-trumps-tariffs-are-about-to-exacerbate-canadas-productivity-…
Opinion: Trump’s tariffs are about to exacerbate Canada’s productivity crisis. Will our legislators finally take action?
If Canada falls further behind the United States and other industrialized countries when it comes to labour productivity, our standard of living will take a serious hit
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January 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Trump’s tariffs are about to exacerbate Canada’s productivity crisis. Will our legislators finally take action?
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Rita Trichur: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-trumps-tariffs-are-about-to-exacerbate-canadas-productivity-…
The latest from the Globe's business commentary, by Rita Trichur: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-trumps-tariffs-are-about-to-exacerbate-canadas-productivity-…
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What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.
January 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.
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Been in L.A. for two years and I still miss New York, but I will admit that when someone in L.A. says they had a magical experience it’s like locking eyes with a coyote under a full moon and when someone in New York says it they mean they witnessed a guy dressed as Ant-Man get kicked by a cop horse.
January 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Been in L.A. for two years and I still miss New York, but I will admit that when someone in L.A. says they had a magical experience it’s like locking eyes with a coyote under a full moon and when someone in New York says it they mean they witnessed a guy dressed as Ant-Man get kicked by a cop horse.