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A Lot to Chew for Organic Investors (HAIN, UNFI, WFMI, OATS)

Posted: August 29, 2007 at 10:44 am

This week may be less active in shares traded because of the pre-Labor Day absence of many Wall Street pundits.  But it is a very important week for organic food ...
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TD Ameritrade And E*Trade: Another Deal For The Government To Block

Posted: August 22, 2007 at 5:18 am

Word from The Wall Street Journal is that discount broker giants TD Ameritrade (ATMD) and E*Trade (ETFC) are working on a merger that would create a company with 11 million ...
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Media Digest 8/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 20, 2007 at 3:12 am

According to Reuters, the spotlight in an investigation of Dell's (DELL) accounting practices will fall on whether company founder and CEO Michael Dell had any role in the restatement of ...
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Sirius Is Not Whole Foods Market

Posted: August 18, 2007 at 5:01 pm

There have been a couple of media articles about shares of Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) rising because progress of the Whole Foods (WFMI) buyout of Wild Oats (OATS) is a ...
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Whole Foods Ruling Good News For Google/DoubleClick, Sirius/XM. Really.

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 11:21 am

(WFMI)(OATS)(SIRI)(XMSR)(GOOG)From Silicon Alley InsiderWhat do organic grocery stores, online ad giants, and satellite radio companies have in common? Just a bunch of regulators who decide whether to approve mega-mergers like ...
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Media Digest 8/17/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 17, 2007 at 3:17 am

According to Reuters, Dell (DELL) will restate four years of results after an audit that lasted over a year.Reuters writes that Bear Steans (BSC) will cut 240 jobs in its ...
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Whole Foods (WFMI) Wins In OT

Posted: August 16, 2007 at 7:25 pm

The issue of Whole Foods (WFMI) purchase of Wild Oats (OATS) moved over a huge hurdle today. The FTC has objected to the merger on the basis that the combination ...
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Whole Foods Posts Whole Earnings (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 31, 2007 at 3:27 pm

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:WFMI) has posted $0.35 EPS diluted on sales of $1.51 billion.  The organic food grocer saw 14% ending square footage growth and a 7.0% increase in ...
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Whole Foods Ready For Earnings As FTC Hearing Begins (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 31, 2007 at 7:50 am

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFMI) and Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:OATS) today are in a preliminary injunction hearing to begin today that will end tomorrow to decide whether to approve ...
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Weighing Earnings & FTC Review At Whole Foods (WFMI, OATS, KR, SWY)

Posted: July 30, 2007 at 1:17 pm

Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ:NASDAQ) has much more than just earnings to deal with this week.  The company is expected to report earnings and revenues on Tuesday at $0.33 EPS ...
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Wild Oats Markets (OATS) May Have To Fix Itself

Posted: July 29, 2007 at 6:30 pm

The FTC may block Whole Foods Market (WFMI) from buying Wild Oats Markets (OATS). Both companies are in the organic grocery business, and the government will argue this week that ...
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CEO’s Who Need to Go: John Mackey of Whole Foods (WFMI, OATS, KR)

Posted: July 18, 2007 at 2:59 pm

Calling for a CEO to leave a company or to be fired is not an easy task, and many market pundits demand a management change far too soon and far ...
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Whole Foods’ Board of Directors Gets Some Gumption (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 17, 2007 at 4:02 pm

After the close, Whole Foods Market's (NASDAQ:WFMI) issued three press releases, all of which were expected.  This board has not been a very strong board as far as its control ...
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What To Expect After Mackey’s Blunder (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 5:50 pm

We have covered Mackey's gaff a couple times already, but this situation is going to go far beyond mackey himself.  After Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) CEO John Mackey was busted for ...
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Whole Foods, Mackey, & ‘rahodeb’: Full 7 Year History of Message Board Posts (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: July 12, 2007 at 10:18 am

We wanted to look farther into what John Mackey of Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFMI) really said on his Yahoo! message boards.  The truth is that when you look through the links ...
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