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Oddworld: Diamond Foods, From Probe to M&A to Suicide (DMND)

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 10:37 am

Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) has gone from one of the great growth stories to a very troubled company in a very short period of time.  From a prior walnut accounting ...
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The Sodas America No Longer Drinks

Posted: November 18, 2011 at 1:29 pm

The soda industry has a problem. Some of the industry’s largest selling and most famous brands have lost well over a third of their sales in the last decade. ...
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Will Indians Remain Pepsi Loyalists or Move to Coke? (KO, PEP)

Posted: November 14, 2011 at 3:38 pm

Reports that Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is set to invest up to $2 billion in India over the next five-year period brings up an interesting question regarding its arch-rival Pepsico ...
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Tiger Woods Nabs a Name for His Bag (DROP, T)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 12:02 pm

When I clicked on the link to Fuse Science, Inc. (OTC: DROP), the browser informed me that the page was in Russian and asked me if I wanted a translation. ...
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The Poor Lose the Ability to Buy Food

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 6:35 am

Because of the recession, the poor continue to lose the ability to pay for sufficient food. It is another sign that the financial situation of the lower class has become ...
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The Ten Foods Making Thanksgiving Much More Expensive

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 5:43 pm

The cost of a standard American Thanksgiving dinner keeps rising. In 2001, the holiday meal cost $35.04. This upcoming holiday, it will be nearly $50. According to a report by ...
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Double-Digit Price Gains for Thanksgiving 2011, Inflation in Turkey & Gas

Posted: November 10, 2011 at 3:10 pm

Everyone loves the holidays and spending time off with the family (well, almost everyone), but no seems to like it when the cost of the holidays is much higher than ...
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Green Mountain Earnings: A Short Seller’s Revenge (GMCR)

Posted: November 9, 2011 at 4:35 pm

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) had a rough day with the equity markets today posting a drop of more than 4.6%, but the stock has been under constant ...
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An Unlikely & Indirect Analyst Defense of Green Mountain (GMCR, SBUX, WMT, TGT)

Posted: November 4, 2011 at 10:42 am

If you have been watching shares of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), you would know that the high-flyer has fallen from grace.  After a prominent short seller became ...
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Food Processing Stocks With Most Upside (ADM, BG, TSN, SFD, CPO, CAG, KFT, SLE, GIS, K)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 3:01 pm

The companies we’re looking at today run the gamut from large farm and food products producers to the packaged goods makers that make the products on store shelves. It’s a ...
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Diamond Foods Through the Eyes of Value Investors (DMND, PG)

Posted: November 3, 2011 at 2:45 pm

Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) is finally getting back to a decent value that investors might be more interested in.  This has been a rough week for the nut-making food ...
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Expected Price Gains for Grocery Store Stocks (SWY, KR, WINN, WFM, SVU, TFM, RDK, WMK, WMT)

Posted: November 2, 2011 at 2:05 pm

Grocery stores and supermarkets get whipsawed by rising prices on food commodities, rising prices from food processing companies, and rising fuel prices on one hand and higher unemployment and stagnant ...
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Green Mountain: Does David Einhorn Understand Beans? (GMCR, SBUX, JOE, S, BBY, GM, AAPL)

Posted: October 17, 2011 at 12:41 pm

David Einhorn of Greenlight is well-known in investing, and not just for being long.  This is called whale-watching.  His comments today at the Value Investing Congress are single-handedly taking down ...
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Iran’s Ayatollah Cheers for “Occupy Wall Street”

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 5:34 pm

The “Occupy Wall Street” movement has been supported by many, yet criticized by many as well. How does one cover such a controversial issue that runs this deep and when ...
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America’s Disappearing Restaurant Chains

Posted: October 12, 2011 at 11:17 am

There is a school of thought that says the restaurant business is always a good business - people need to eat. A glance at the sales of many of America’s ...
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