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Amazon’s Bezos Gambles on Long-Term

Posted: October 26, 2011 at 6:26 am

Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos has gambled on his company’s long-term prospects before. He did so again last quarter, and it cost his shareholders, at least for a while. Bezos ...
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Valuation, Timing & Margins Catch Up To Amazon.com (AMZN)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 4:21 pm

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has turned in earnings for its third quarter, and we will be paying extra attention to its fourth quarter.  The seller of everything online reported earnings ...
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3M, No Indicator of Conglomerate Business & Upside (MMM, GE, HON, UTX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 10:55 am

3M Co. (NYSE: (NYSE: MMM) is standing apart from its competing conglomerate peers.  Not for the better.  United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON), and General Electric ...
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Healthways: The Implosion of the Day (HWAY, CI)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 8:55 am

Healthways Inc. (NASDAQ: HWAY) could be named "The Implosion Stock of the Day."  Revenues rose 3.3% from a year earlier to $176.2 million, but that sequential earnings gain is actually more ...
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“How to Kill a Brand”: the Reed Hastings Biography (NFLX)

Posted: October 25, 2011 at 7:48 am

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has managed to do what many thought was impossible.  The leadership's changes have managed to kill the growth and direction of the brand, and it has ...
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NetFlix Shares Down 24% On Earnings

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 4:52 pm

Wall St. slashed shares of NetFlix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has it missed all projections for revenue, earnings, and subscribers. The firm's price decisions, which have alienated customers, may have permanently hurt ...
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Top After-Hours Earnings Stocks on the Move (AXP, BWLD, CRUS, CBST, EBAY, ETFC, RVBD, WDC, WYNN)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 5:28 pm

24/7 Wall St. is tracking the after-hours earnings reports to see which stocks are on the move and which ones will be the key issues for Thursday morning. The top ...
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CROCS Earnings: Now Back To Ugly Shoes (CROX)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 5:58 pm

CROCS Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is one of the few retail apparel stocks which was up 100% from its 52-week low.  It had been a miraculous recovery stock earlier this year.  Call ...
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Noose Tightens Around Newspapers, Magazines (TWX, GCI, NYT)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 11:09 am

Newspaper companies are in deep trouble again, and it is not because of the economy exclusively. Ad dollars have moved to online media fast enough so the slide in newspaper ...
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Earnings Hat Trick: Ignore Bank Book Values (JPM, BAC, C, WFC, GS, MS, BBT, BK, COF, FITB, PNC, STI)

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 12:09 pm

You hear it all the time... "This bank is so cheap against book value that it cannot go lower."  Book value, and even tangible book value, has become a pre-recession ...
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Earnings Season Arrives, Top Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (NVLS, AA, ADTN, HST, PEP, GOOG, JBHT, JPM, SWY, MAT)

Posted: October 7, 2011 at 1:15 pm

They're Here!  Next week will launch the corporate earnings season for the third quarter.  The media is going to tell you that this is the most important earnings season in ...
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Fab-Lite Model at AMD Bites Back (AMD, INTC, HPW, DELL)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 8:35 am

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) has some good news and some bad news.  The bad news is that it is going to miss its third quarter sales and income targets.  ...
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Companies Where Employees Are Losing Hope

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 6:25 am

Some companies become so badly damaged because of changes in the competitive markets or due to poor management decisions that their employees lose hope. This may be due to the ...
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Netflix and RIM Die One Customer at a Time

Posted: September 16, 2011 at 6:24 am

It may seem naive to say that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) have alienated their customer bases, which cost them both millions of users. It is ...
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Netflix Pain, Pleasure For Competitors (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, AAPL, BBY, DISH, CSTR)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm

The first votes are in on the pricing scheme introduced in July by Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and it appears that the company's subscribers are voting with their feet. Netflix ...
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