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Daily Archives: May 1, 2008

Starbucks (SBUX): The Arrogance Of Long-Term Forecasts

Posted: May 1, 2008 at 4:49 am

Starbucks began the rocky phase of its relationship with Wall St. when its former CEO said that the company would eventually have 40,000 outlets. It had well under half of ...
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Pimco Combs Through Wall St. Unemployeed

Posted: May 1, 2008 at 4:33 am

Pimco, the huge bond manager, is doing just fine during the financial meltdown. It probably avoided putting money into risky mortgage-backed paper. As the national credit crisis got worse, investing ...
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AT&T (T) Mobile TV: Another Product No One Wants

Posted: May 1, 2008 at 4:26 am

Most research from Gartner, IDC, and Yankee Group, firms which follow tech trends, shows that people do not want to watch video on their phones. The picture quality is awful. ...
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Media Digest 5/1/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 1, 2008 at 2:52 am

According to Reuters, bank analysts are concerned that Citigroup's (C) decision to raise money signals more trouble ahead for banks.Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) will sharply cut the number of ...
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Asia Markets 5/1/2008 (NTT)

Posted: May 1, 2008 at 2:25 am

Markets in Asia were mixed with Hong Kong and Shanghai closed for a holiday.The Nikkei fell .6% to 13,767. Hitachi was down 2.1% to 686. NTT (NTT) was up 1.3% ...
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