Sunday, January 28, 2007

Abatix Corp: Mold & Hurricanes--Good for Business?

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Abatix (ABIX-$6.63) is principally engaged in distributing environmental, safety and construction equipment and supplies to contractors and...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Universal Technical Institute -- Failing Grade

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In December 2006, Universal Technical Institute Inc. (UTI-$22.32), provider of post-secondary education for students seeking careers as pro...
Friday, January 19, 2007

Energy Profits: Advantage Energy Income & Bronco Drilling

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Light Sweet Crude for February delivery dropped about 3.4%, or $1.76 a barrel, on Thursday, sending the benchmark oil contract on the New Y...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

A Big Payday for Disney CEO Iger-- Who Cares?

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Accounting fraud and executive peccadilloes aside, there are few business activities the news media—including us—delights in exposing as muc...
Saturday, January 13, 2007

Apple, DreamWorks, and Yahoo! One-Dollar A Year CEOs?

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The following headline piqued our curiousity: $1 a year salary CEO: Good for Stocks? The author of the posting speculated that aligning pay...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Sirius Satellite: Reverse Stock Split in the Offing?

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On Tuesday, digital radio programmer Sirius Satellite (SIRI-$3.71) said it had paid its on-air personality Howard Stern an $83 million stoc...
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Fording Canadian Coal: Post-Christmas Stocking Stuffer

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Fording Canadian Coal Trust (FDG-$19.95) is a royalty trust. The Trust, through its subsidiaries, holds a 46 percent interest in Neptune Bu...
Friday, January 05, 2007

10Q Detective Portfolio at a Glance: January 2007

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Our objective is to see if an investment of $50,000 in the 10Q_Stock Portfolio at the start of 2007 can outpace (any) gains of total shareh...
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Hedge Fund Remodeling Griffin Corp?

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Hedge Fund operator Clinton Group, which beneficially owns about 5.2% in Griffon Corp. (GFF-$25.50), recently delivered a letter to the ma...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Smiles & Frowns -- Bye! Bye! 2006

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Business in 2006 had Wi-Fi+ ailing U.S. carmakers and Music Labels+ Google!+ merging lines between cable and television+ plummeting LCD TV p...
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Friday, December 29, 2006

Will Heelys' Stock Price Skate Higher in 2007?

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On December 8, 2006, “wheels-on-a-heel" footwear designer Heelys, Inc. (HLYS-$32.74) priced 6.425 million shares at $21, a 23.5% premi...
Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Starbucks the Victim of a Coffee Mugging by Oxfam?

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Oxfam , a development charity that dates back to World War II, alleges that global coffee retailer Starbucks Corp. (SBUX-$35.38) is deprivi...
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