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Daily Archives: March 3, 2010

The Below Average CEO: John W. Chidsey, Burger King

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 8:03 pm

Average: "an estimation of or approximation to an arithmetic mean"--Webster Burger King (BKC) is the perennial also-ran in the fast food market in which its runs well behind McDonald's (MCD). Burger King's ...
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National Employee Morale Day At Take-Two Interactive (TTWO)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 7:34 pm

Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) announced better than expected earnings today but also said it would need to cut its staff. Net revenue for the first fiscal quarter was ...
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Palm Losing All Friends… S&P Downgrade (PALM, AAPL, NOK, RIMM)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 2:53 pm

Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has been in trouble.  About all that can be said after it recently hit 52-week lows is that it has at least bounced about 5% from ...
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Beige Book… A Hint of Things Better

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 2:24 pm

The Federal Reserve has issued its most recent Beige Book, which does not really sound that much different from from many of the notes from the latest FOMC minutes.  The ...
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VMware’s $400M Stock Buyback Is Different (VMW, EMC, CSCO, DELL, INTC)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 2:10 pm

2010 is shaping up to be the year of the dividend.  Stock buybacks are now becoming to be "Oh so 2007" for investors.  In fact, many argue whether or not ...
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Elimination Of Botulism And Salmonella Would Cover 100% Of Healthcare Reform

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 1:59 pm

All the US government has to do to pay for the current healthcare reform proposal is eliminate foodborne illnesses like botulism, salmonella, and e-coli. A new study from The Product Safety Project says ...
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More Cleantech IPOs and Mergers Coming? (FSLR, SPWRA, ENER, WFR)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 1:05 pm

If you have watched the earnings from solar power companies and other Cleantech companies in recent weeks, the obvious elephant in the room is the notion that there needs to ...
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Greek Stock Proxy: Austerity Plan Falls Short (NBG)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 12:36 pm

Every time there is news from Greece about its debt woes, the first place to look for a reaction on how it will play out for U.S. investors and traders ...
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Costco v. BJ’s v. Big Lots: A Surprise Winner

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 12:28 pm

By Jon Ogg Costco Wholesale (COST) reported earnings this morning the same day as BJ's Wholesale (BJ).  Even Big Lots (BIG) got in on the earnings game.  Considering that we ...
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Good News, Bad News in AIG Sale

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 12:15 pm

By Heather Horn of The Atlantic Wire Mere days after AIG's staggeringly poor fourth quarter numbers dropped, taxpayers were cheered by news of a profitable deal: Prudential will buy AIG's ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/3/2010)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 8:47 am

Updated throughout the day. Updated:   12.55 PM Eastern:   RadioShack will be taken private (Bloomberg) Updated:    12.55 PM Eastern:   GM vice chair Bob Lutz will retire May 1 (CNBC) Government regulators ...
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52-Week Lows Soon Gone in Banks (BAC, C, JPM, WFC, FAS)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 8:45 am

There is a common search that value investors, momentum investors, growth investors, and traders all look through for various price screens to help on deciding when to a buy or ...
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AKAM, BX, D, FCX, GS, NFLX, PAYX, SPLS, SLB, VALE)

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 8:10 am

These are ten of the top research calls we have seen in the form of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ...
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A Sales Surge At Costco: Has The Consumer Returned, Or Just The Frugal Consumer

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 5:56 am

Costco (COST) has built its revenue over the years by selling quality goods for low prices. That is in contrast to Target (TGT) and Walmart (WMT) which have reputations for selling cheap products ...
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Greek Government Will Cut Another $6.5 Billion From Budget And Slashes Its Throat In The Process

Posted: March 3, 2010 at 5:28 am

Greece cut another $6.5 billion from its budget. The country had little choice. It cannot sell bonds to offset financial obligation because of its deficit which is about 12% or GDP. ...
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