Subscribe to RSS(NCS) NCI Building Systems Posts Sluggish Results
Recently, NCI Building Systems, Inc. (NCS) reported discouraging financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010. Revenues for the quarter contracted by 29.8%...
(MGM) MGM Mirage Raises $826 Million in Debt Offering
On Wednesday, MGM Mirage (MGM) closed a debt offering and raised approximately $826 million. The company used the proceeds from this offering to fulfill certain...
Putting Americans Back to Work: Another Step Forward
Click here to see the video. This morning, President Obama signed into effect the HIRE Act, a jobs bill that provides small businesses with incentives to spur hiring...
Putting the Concerns of Our Veterans and Our Troops to Rest
As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our Veterans dragged into partisan politics. Unfortunately the...
Well designed rates can reduce water usage – just ask San Antonio
In an effort to further reduce water use, San Antonio Water System (SAWS) proposed a new rate structure to the City Council on Wednesday that would penalize high-volume...
(SMTC) Semtech Beats Fourth Quarter Expectations – Guides Up
Semtech Corp.’s (SMTC) fourth-quarter earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents. Shares were up in response. The company’s closest competitors,...
Hong Kong Bubble?: Hong Kong Residential Property Prices January 2009
There has been much speculation recently about an ongoing price bubble occurring in the Hong Kong residential property market. In fact, the concern has been so great...
EU officials throw Greece a small life preserver
Appetite for risk is being fueled by the Fed, BOJ and EU support for Greece. Even Standard and Poor’s has given Greece’s austerity budget cuts their stamp of...
(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Slow
In February, Housing Starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 575,000, a decline of 5.9% from the revised January level and just 0.2% above a year ago....
(KR) Kroger Analyst Ups Stock to Neutral
We recently upgraded our recommendation on Kroger Company (KR) to Neutral from Underperform with a target price of $23.00. Kroger’s dominant position among the...
A EURO parachute has holes
A EURO parachute is available it seems for Greece, breaking all their own rules. Member governments have laid the ‘life-line groundwork’ if need be. However,...
Presidential Proclamation — National Poison Prevention Week
A PROCLAMATION Since 1962, during National Poison Prevention Week we alert American families about the dangers of accidental poisonings and provide information on...
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