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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Discloses 10% Stake In Burlington Northern
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has disclosed a greater than 10% stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Mueller Water Products "a" And "b" Shares Are Mispriced
Some smart investors see value in Mueller Water Products (MWA) They're probably right; but, Mueller isn't the kind of situation that jumps out at me as a clear bargain I can understand...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Topps To Be Acquired By Eisner And Others
On March 6, 2007, Topps (TOPP) announced it agreed to be acquired for $975 per share in cash in a transaction valued at $385...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Traffic At Utube.com Surges 440%
Traffic at uTubecom recently jumped more than 440%...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Internet
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Friendly's CEO Resigns; Largest Shareholder Requests Seats
On September 28th, Friendly Ice Cream Corp (FRN), announced CEO John L...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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The Human Index
As the Dow approaches a new all-time high (the record close was 11,72298), now would be a good time to take a break from the financial news found on your televisions, in your newspapers, (and yes) even on your computers...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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An Analysis Of Lenox (LNX)
Below is a letter from Mr John L...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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An Analysis Of Nintendo (NTDOY)
Even before last week's announcement from Sony (SNE), it seemed nearly certain that company's dominance in the PlayStation 2 generation of video game consoles would give way to a much more level playing field for the PS3 generation...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Sony Delays Playstation 3
As a result of problems related to the mass production of a key component of its Blu-ray DVD player, Sony (SNE) will delay the European launch of its next generation video game console, the PlayStation 3 (PS3)...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Sumner Redstone Fires Viacom CEO Tom Freston
On Monday, Sumner Redstone fired Viacom’s CEO, Tom Freston Yesterday, Viacom announced that its Board of Directors had appointed Philippe Dauman President and CEO and Thomas Dooley Senior Executive V...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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The Importance Of Maintenance Cap-Ex
Maintenance Cap-Ex
The nice thing about having low capital spending, is the pleasant surprise it creates...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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An Analysis Of Wells Fargo & Company (WFC)
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) is a huge Western and Midwestern bank that provides a diverse array of financial services to its more than 23 million customers...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Business
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Cedar Fair To Buy Paramount Parks
Publicly traded limited partnership Cedar Fair (FUN) will acquire the Paramount Parks business of CBS Corp (CBS) for approximately $1...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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On Valley National Bancorp
Valley National Bancorp (VLY) is a conservative bank with a strong position in northern New Jersey and a presence in Manhattan...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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On Microsoft
Microsoft is a difficult situation for me to evaluate I think the company still has a lot of growth ahead in some areas...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Computers and Technology
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On Banks
Superficially, banking appears to be a commodity business In fact, it appears to be a particularly poor commodity business, because capacity is not constrained by the need to invest in a substantial physical infrastructure...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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The Danger Of Inflexible Enterprises
Whenever a large investment has been made in a particular area, whenever there is a lot capital, people, and ego tied up with some operation, the transition away from that operation is apt to be far slower than what an objective observer would have expected...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Investing With Confidence
Most people’s beliefs about investing are very tenuous There are, of course, people who are very passionate about investing...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Mismanagement At The New York Times
The New York Times Company (NYT) isn’t just reporting the news – it’s making the news At yesterday’s annual meeting, shareholders withheld 28% of their votes for the four directors elected by holders of the company’s common stock...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Stocks Look Pricey
The first quarter of 2006 is over Now is a good time to reflect on stock prices and the opportunities they present...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Buffett's Big Bet
Over the past few days, there have been several stories written about Warren Buffett’s $14 billion bet on global stock markets...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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What Is Value Investing?
Different sources define value investing differently Some say value investing is the investment philosophy that favors the purchase of stocks that are currently selling at low price-to-book ratios and have high dividend yields...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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The Wonders And Horrors Of Compounding
Google Price Target: $16,57890
Some of you will immediately recognize this headline is a joke...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Some Lessons From Warren Buffett's Annual Letter
Warren Buffett’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders was released over the weekend Readers will find plenty of investing lessons among the twenty-three pages...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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Return On Assets Is The Hit By Pitch Of Investing
Despite all appearances to the contrary, this is a post about investing – not baseball So, to those of you who love reading about investing but hate reading about baseball: don’t be deterred...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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An Analysis Of The Journal Register Company (JRC)
Let me begin with some of the eye – catching metrics that might lead an investor to consider purchasing shares of the Journal Register Company (JRC)...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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An Analysis Of Journal Communications (JRN)
Journal Communications (JRN) is comprised of seven essentially separate businesses: The Milwaukee Sentinel, Community Newspapers, Television Stations, Radio Stations, Telecommunications, Printing Services, and Direct Marketing...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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The Logic Behind Technical Analysis
Let me first say that I do not now engage in technical analysis; nor, have I ever engaged in technical analysis...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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An Analysis Of Overstock.com (OSTK)
Why is a value investor writing about an unprofitable internet company Because value investing is about finding dollars that trade for fifty cents; with a market cap of less than 75% of sales, Overstock...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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An Analysis Of Lexmark
In 2005, Berkshire Hathaway bought about a million shares of Lexmark I haven’t followed this story closely, but I assume the stock was purchased by Lou Simpson rather than Warren Buffett...
Author: Geoff Gannon - Category: Finances
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