Talk:Canwest

Date disconnect with BS, IS figures

Since Haida chieftain removed the equity figure from the infobox repeatedly, I've updated it and the assets to the figures as of 11/30/09 (i.e., after 1Q 2010). However, this creates a disconnect with the income statement figures. I don't think a rolling 12-month income statement figure is appropriate (it borders on synthesis), and trying to annualize from 1Q10 results is even worse. Does anybody object to having the income statement figures be for FY 2009 and the balance sheet figures, instead of as of the end of FY 2009, as of the end of the first quarter of FY 2010? —C.Fred (talk) 23:04, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Canwest. --RrburkeekrubrR 23:14, 12 February 2010 (UTC) --Haida chieftain (talk) 23:20, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Actually, Rrburke has rescinded that warning, since he feels your edits were in good faith, albeit a content dispute. —C.Fred (talk) 23:27, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

"For the three month period ended November 30, 2009 Canwest reported net earnings of $653 million." Ten disposition, non operating profit. http://www.canwestglobal.com/investors/investor_documents/F10/q1/Canwest_Q1_2010_Release.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.60.104.100 (talk) 21:58, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Apropos the above, I have removed this from the article CanWest when it filed for creditor protection, the Company's reported a Canwest reported net earnings of $653 million (includes the gain of 570 million from the sale of Ten) for the three months eneded Novemeber 30, 2009.

The two are obviously connected. Anyone venture as to what Haida Chieftan is trying to say? Is it that CanWest inflated its earnings by including the value of the sale of Ten, and is the point that the sale income went to creditors and shouldn't have been included as income? Am I right (HC, is this what you are trying to get over???), is this actually correct in Canadian financial law, and is this something that should be in the article. Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:22, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

"If the details of CanWest's debt transactions are that significant to the reader, then they'll have been covered in secondary sources. Can you point to an article in a secondary source (a newspaper, Maclean's, etc.) that has covered it? I wish that debt restructurings—or even C$400 million payments made on debt in default in the course of restructuring it—were unusual, but they're not. What makes this debt transaction unusual—and can you explain it with analysis in an independent source and not your own analysis?" Answer. CanWest failed in its duty to do its best for CanWest shareholders, when CanWest voluntarily bought back bonds, dollar per dollar, unusual debt transaction when the bond market is selling the same bonds below a dollar.' If bonds bought for .15 cents on the dollar, and adding in the 8% interest rate, that's a 700% profit. Could someone enter into the article that CanWest bought back bonds dollar per dollar? --Haida chieftain (talk) 23:03, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Could you provide a decent financial source that says this, and makes some sensible commentary. As I believe I've said before, if you just want to draw attention to CanWest's wrongdoings, start a blog. Elen of the Roads (talk) 23:22, 13 February 2010 (UTC

Haida Chieftan, I have moved your edit on the voluntary filing, and have edited it. The word 'voluntarily' does not need to be highlighted, italicised, put into quotes, or any other thing designed to signify that you have some point to make. Elen of the Roads (talk) 23:28, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

archived old sections, rants and soapboxing

Ok, so I manually archived any of the rant / soapbox sections or sections that looked like there was no outstanding items to be discussed. If you feel there was a subject that still needed discussion and you're not currently a banned user editing as an IP sockpuppet please feel free to drag said section out of archive. I've configured Misza bot to archive sections that are more than a month old and have set up the archive links at the top of this page.

From now on I recommend that any tendentious editing, disruptive comments or general asshattery from banned users / sock puppets be reverted on sight as to not muck up the valuable parts of this talk page with nonsense. Hope this helps the well meaning editors of this article have more productive discussions! Nefariousski (talk) 23:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Delisting(?) from TSX to TSX Venture

When was Canwest taken off of the TSX and moved to TSX Venture? If that move is similar to being delisted from NYSE, that's worth mentioning in the article. —C.Fred (talk) 04:40, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Canwest's stock was delisted from the TSX main board on November 13th, and started trading on the venture exchange on the 16th. The delisting was triggered by their filing for protection under the CCAA. Mlaffs (talk) 05:41, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Have you got a link to a news story on it? —C.Fred (talk) 00:25, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

From the CBC.  єmarsee  • Speak up! 05:05, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Size of history

That bankruptcy section looks as large as the remaining history. We should add more info on Canwest's history rather than focus on its death. Fairly OddParents Freak (Fairlyoddparents1234) C 00:45, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

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