Shaw off to "solid start" in fiscal '07

CALGARY – The battle for workers in Alberta is holding things back a little at Shaw Communications, the company said today. The company posted nice growth figures in the first quarter of the fiscal year, ended November 30, 2006, but during a conference call with financial analysts CEO Jim Shaw said "a tight labour market" means that the company's telephone service is primarily sold via word of mouth because it can't find enough installers in order to "hit the gas" on a mass-market campaign. In Q1, consolidated service revenue of $671 million for the three month period was an increase...