Waseem Sayegh

The state of Qatar has been eying a stake in either Porsche or VW, and the emirate of Abu Dhabi has recently bought a stake in another automaker, Daimler. Both Qatar and Abu Dhabi are oil rich. With this in mind, one has to ask himself these questions:

1. Are oil rich Arab countries vertically integrating?
2. Will these acquired automakers be forced to make less fuel efficient cars?
3. Are these acquisitions purely targeting “luxury” brands?

I was part of Morgan Stanley‘s volunteer team that gathered on June 6th, 2009 at the Maisonneuve Park to participate in the site take-down following the “Relay for Life”, an event organized by the Canadian Cancer Association. Here are a couple of photos that were taken during the event.

Google’s Street View car has arrived in Montreal! While biking down Avenue De l’Hotel-de-Ville in the Plateau-Mont Royal area I spotted an Ontario license plate car that had the now infamous 360° Google camera mounted on top of it. The car also had a Dell PC monitor in the front passenger seat. I took a photo of the car, which I’m including in this post.

Click here for the approximate location of the car.