Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Bankruptcy in Smithfield Food's Future -- Can Pigs Fly?

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The share price of Smithfield Foods (SFD-$21.27) has rebounded about 26 percent in the last month, as investors anticipate that forward ope...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Better To Sink Napster Than Sell It -- Ask Management

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Almost 90 percent of the market valuation of Napster Inc (NAPS-$1.41) evaporated since 2004 as investors fled the digital music company, t...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Can Diogenes Find an Honest Man at CommVault?

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N. Robert Hammer , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CommVault Systems (CVLT-$15.31) , takes telecommuting to the extreme. ...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Weekend Beach Reading: July 21, 2008

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Canadian Solar (CSIQ-$31.31) said Monday that it shipped about 47 megawatts of solar module products during the second-quarter ended June 3...
Friday, July 18, 2008

Accelrys Looking to Fool Shareholders -- All of the Time

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Accelrys (ACCL-$5.01) , a maker of scientific business intelligence software, recently filed a preliminary proxy to revise their 2004 stock ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

'World of Hurt' Not Over at First Horizon National

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Shares in First Horizon National Corp (FHN-$5.85) , the largest bank in Tennessee, rebounded almost 17 percent, or 85 cents a share, after t...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Weekend Beach Reading: July 14, 2008

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Haynesville Shale is the modern equivalent of a Klondike gold rush, with Plains Exploration and Production (PXP-$73.35) paying approximatel...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Say 'Thank You' to Consolidated Graphics CEO Davis!

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The Board of Consolidated Graphics (CGX-$49.46) approved a new severance package for Chief Executive Joe R Davis that ups his lump sum sa...
Monday, July 07, 2008

Timeshare Operator Silverleaf Resorts to Interest Income for Profitability

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Homebuilders may be grabbing the headlines, but the economic slowdown and recent deterioration of the sub-prime mortgage markets has adverse...
Sunday, July 06, 2008

Weekend Beach Reading: July 06, 2008

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BioFuel Energy (BIOF-$2.60) started commercial operations at its two 115 million gallons per year ethanol plants in Wood River, Neb., and ...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Five-Past Midnight at The Dow Chemical Company

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High raw material costs recently forced Dow Chemical (DOW-$33.92) to move ahead with plans to temporarily idle or reduce production at a n...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Running on Empty with Werner Enterprises

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Werner Enterprises (WERN-$18.37), one of the nation's largest truckload carriers, is being hammered by rising fuel prices and a slowing...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Former Brown-Forman CFO in Fine Spirits

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Phoebe A. Wood retired from her position as chief financial officer of Brown-Forman (BF.B-$75.96) at the end of the distiller’s fiscal yea...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Weekend Beach Reading: June 28, 2008

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American Superconductor (AMSC-$37.00) won a $450 million order for core electrical components from Beijing’s Sinovel Wind . The parts will ...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

Gazprom and Gasification with The Jewish Autonomous Region

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In a swampy, remote region in the Soviet Far East bordering China, on the banks of the Amur River, Joseph Stalin and his Russian Federation...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Cracks Widening in Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises' Foundation

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While Hovnanian Enterprises’ (HOV-$6.14) balance sheet is improving, the operating environment in general for the industry remains bleak in...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Is CEO of Rubicon Tech Coming or Going?

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Raja M. Parvez , has served as chief executive officer of Rubicon Technology Inc (RBCN-$21.77) , a provider of sapphire substrates and produ...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

CEO of HomeFed Homesteading on Wrong Coast

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Paul J. Borden , has served as a director and President of HomeFed Corp (HOFD-$47.00) , a developer of residential real estate projects in S...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Sinking Ship at Blockbuster?

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While Blockbuster, Inc (BBI-$2.79) currently has sufficient liquidity to meet its cash obligations, the company is at risk of potential cov...

Pyrrhic Victory for Raser Tech Bulls: 10Q Detective Banned from Yahoo!

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It’s official: Yahoo! officially banned 10Q Detective from posting comments on its Message Boards. Before the investors of Raser Technologi...
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