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Company News for November 10, 2009 - Corporate Summary
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 10:31am | 375• Priceline.com (NASDAQ:PCLN) reported adjusted third quarter earnings of $3.45 a share, 55 cents above consensus estimates, on better-than-expected revenues of $730.7 million, ahead of estimates of $$693.97 million on strong summer season travel. The firm provided fourth quarter guidance at about...
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US Stocks Report Earnings: IGT, BX, AIG, ATVI, PSMT, HANS
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 7:21pm | 309It is a busy Friday as 147 companies report earnings today. These companies span a wide spectrum of industries, from insurance companies like AIG, to healthcare companies like Par Pharmaceuticals, and even retail companies like Price Smart. Among the companies releasing their earnings today, AIG (...
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Jones Soda (JSDA) Surges After Hours as Earnings Are In Line and Revenues Beat
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 8:59pm | 164Jones Soda (NASDAQ: JSDA) announced in line earnings for Q3 of $-.06/share and revenues of $7.2M vs. a $6.8M analyst estimate. This was the first earnings since 2007 where Jones met or exceeded analyst estimates and the stock is responding in the after hours session. "Our third quarter bottom-line...
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Jones Soda (JSDA) Announcing Earnings After Market Close Today
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 12:44pm | 157Jones Soda (NASDAQ: JSDA) will release its Q3 earnings after market close today. The company has not met or exceeded analyst’s earnings estimates since early 2007. Since that time the company has swung from rapid growth, marginal profitability, and investor enthusiasm, to constantly disappointing...
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Tom Gayner Portfolio Focus (MKL, BRK.A, MCD, KO, PG, CPB, ABT, MSFT,MSFT, MAR, SYY, CXMSF, CVA, COP, NYX, CBG, FR)
Friday, October 30, 2009 - 1:22pm | 331Tom Gayner is the CIO for Markel Corporation (NYSE: MKL). He is one of the finest minds in investing and was once said to be the best CIO to replace Warren Buffet in Berkshire Hathaways (NYSE: BRK.A). Gayner is considered a value investor that has simple rules in finding companies to invest in,...
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Pepsi Shuts Down Controversial iPhone App
Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 3:54pm | 119This one will make you laugh. PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) developed an app for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone designed to promote Pepsi's Amp energy drink. Given that the target demographic for Amp is men in their 20s and early 30s, Pepsi thought it would be a good idea to design the app to help men with...
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Today’s Earnings Preview (YHOO, KO, ITW, CAT, RF)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 5:50am | 139Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is projected to post a third-quarter profit of 7 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is expected to report third-quarter earnings of 81 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research....
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Bullish on Graco
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 7:10am | 742When making fundamental trade recommendations in my weekly newsletter EPIC Insights, there are two main variables. The first is what we think a stock is worth. This number is under our control and allows for creative thinking to derive the fair value of the operating business. Regardless of what is...
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Pepsi Co (PEP) Reports Third-Quarter Results with Increases in Profitability
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 8:14am | 65PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) reported solid profit performance in the third quarter of 2009. Reported EPS was $1.09, and in constant currency the company delivered 5 percent net revenue growth and an 8 percent increase in core EPS. The Results reflecting the company's balanced approach to investing...
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PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) puts up healthy performance
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 7:52am | 118Pepsico Inc. (NYSE: PEP) said on Thursday that its third-quarter net income rose to $1.72 billion, from $1.58 billion, in the year-ago period. Revenue of Pepsico Inc. (PEP) fell to $11.08 billion from $11.24 billion. This was higher than analysts' anticipation of Pepsico's (PEP) $1.03 a share on...
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Today’s Earnings Preview (PBG, YUM, CHTT, ANGO)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 5:50am | 147The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG) is expected to report third-quarter earnings of $1.05 a share, according to analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. Yesterday, Shares of PBG were closed at $37.31. Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) is forecast to post earnings of 58 cents a share in the third...
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Strategas Research Partners Like KO And SLB
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 11:25am | 204Jason Trennert of Strategas Research Partners spoke on CNBC about possible investing strategies. Strategas Research Partners would go long on Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), while they would short Treasuries. Coca-Cola (KO) is their favorite because it has a limited need...
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Cramer likes FNFG,VMC,KO,PEP
Friday, September 25, 2009 - 6:23am | 186CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer is Bullish on following four stocks:- Cramer is bullish on First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ: FNFG). So far, during the current year Shares of First Niagara have fallen by 24%. In March 2009, the stock hit its 52-week low of $9.48 and yesterday closed at $12.18...
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Today's Morning Top Gainers (BAYN,AM,LBIX,RHT,OSP)
Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 11:54am | 319Bay National Corporation (NASDAQ: BAYN) is the top percentage gainers in morning trade and surged among 159% today to $3.00 on moderate volume of 240K shares on no news. Today, Bay National Corp. has has re-crossed its 200-day moving average. American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) rallied 25.50...
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Jones Soda Announces Receipt of NASDAQ Minimum Bid Price Non-Compliance Letter (JSDA)
Monday, September 21, 2009 - 2:11pm | 121Last week we noticed Jones Soda (NASDAQ: JSDA) moving up strong on unusual volume with no news. The stock rose from its recent trading range of around $0.70/share to just under $1.00/share. On Friday Jones Soda did issue a press release, however this was probably not what investors had in mind....