| Credo: "The philosophy of this company is to be flexible and to take advantage," JR explained nearly two decades ago. His own son, Jim, was ready to pounce: after Winnipeg's Asper family overleveraged their Canwest media empire, Shaw seized the opportunity to buy its conventional and specialty TV operations this year. But Shaw's credit ratings are many notches below AAA, and the purchase further leverages the company. |
