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Warren Buffett Trivia
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 2:26pm | 345Do you know everything to know about Warren Buffett, the billionaire head of Berkshire Hathaway? 1. Warren Buffett's father was a republican congressman. 2. Warren Buffett is of Huguenot ancestry. 3. His first stock purchase was three shares of Cities Service Preferred purchased when he was eleven...
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Coca-Cola Company Elects Howard G. Buffett as Director
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 11:33am | 53The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) Board of Directors today elected Howard G. Buffett as a Director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Buffett, 55, is president of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, a private foundation that supports humanitarian initiatives focused on agriculture, nutrition...
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Hansen Natural Downgraded To Sell, Falls 4.3% (HANS)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 1:40pm | 113Shares of Hansen Natural Corporation (Nasdaq: HANS) are currently down 4.3% at $50.67 per share during Wednesday afternoon trading. Today's trading range for shares of Hansen Natural Corporation has been between $50.64 and $52.11 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the...
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Longbow Downgrades Hansen Natural From Neutral To Sell
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 10:53am | 22Longbow is downgrading shares of Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ: HANS) from Neutral to Sell.
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New COO for Arby's - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 12:33pm | 550Arby's Restaurant Group Inc., a division of Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. (WEN), announced the appointment of Diana Petrovich-Tao, as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Diana Petrovich succeeds Michael Lippert, who left the Atlanta-based company in June, 2010. Petrovich-Tao, 51, was serving at Burger...
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New COO for Arby's - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 11:48am | 550Arby's Restaurant Group Inc., a division of Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. (WEN), announced the appointment of Diana Petrovich-Tao, as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Diana Petrovich succeeds Michael Lippert, who left the Atlanta-based company in June, 2010. Petrovich-Tao, 51, was serving at Burger...
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Is This Value Stock a One Trick Pony?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 11:25am | 746The hunt for quality small cap stocks can lead investors to some unusual places. Often, to stay on track I'll consider one of Warren Buffett's guiding philosophies. Buffett likes to put his money into the companies that make the items that he's familiar with;...
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Is This Value Stock a One Trick Pony?
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 11:25am | 746The hunt for quality small cap stocks can lead investors to some unusual places. Often, to stay on track I'll consider one of Warren Buffett's guiding philosophies. Buffett likes to put his money into the companies that make the items that he's familiar with;...
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ETFs For BCS Bowl Games
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 4:31pm | 422Consider this more an exercise in fun than a legitimate trade thesis, but with college bowl season upon us, the Professor thought it would be interesting to make a mock portfolio based on the sponsors of the four most prestigious bowl games (Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Orange) and the BCS National...
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Jones Soda Popping Higher, Up 3% (JSDA)
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 12:24pm | 69Jones Soda Co. (NASDAQ: JSDA) is popping higher this morning, gaining more than 3% on heavy volume this morning. At last check, shares of JSDA were up 4 cents to $1.19 on more than 125,000 shares traded. The average daily volume for the name is 385,000 shares. Jones Soda develops, produces,...
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Options Brief: The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 11:26am | 78Shares of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) are lower on the session by 0.14%, trading at $64.41. Overall call volume is now running at 2.36x the daily average, with 1% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 46,576 contracts have traded on the session so far. The Coca-Cola Company is the...
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A Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) LEAPS Short Strangle Trade
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 9:55am | 1802An investor may be expecting reduced volatility in Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), as evidenced by a large options trade that crossed the tape early Thursday. In the past year, KO has traded in a range between roughly $49.50 and $65 (and is near the top of this range currently). A volatility trader may be...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday - Tale of the Tape
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 9:30am | 310Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Electrolux AB (ELUXY) Avnet Inc (AVT) Brady Corp (BRC) CACI Intl Inc (CACI) Coca-Cola (CCH) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AVNET (AVT): Free Stock Analysis Report BRADY CORP CL A (BRC): Free Stock Analysis Report CACI...
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Zacks #1 Rank Additions for Monday - Tale of the Tape
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 9:14am | 310Here are 5 stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today: Electrolux AB (ELUXY) Avnet Inc (AVT) Brady Corp (BRC) CACI Intl Inc (CACI) Coca-Cola (CCH) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List. AVNET (AVT): Free Stock Analysis Report BRADY CORP CL A (BRC): Free Stock Analysis Report CACI...
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Fitch Takes A Sip Out Of Pepsi's Ratings (PEP)
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 4:32pm | 83Fitch is cutting Pepsi's (NYSE: PEP) rating outlook to negative, but is keeping its rating at A+ after the North America beverage giant announced yesterday it would be buying a 66% stake in Wimm-Bill-Dann (NYSE: WBD) for $3.8 billion. "The negative outlook reflects that PepsiCo's leverage is...