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BNET Author Biography
David Phillips has more than 25 years' experience on Wall Street, first as a financial consultant and then as an equity analyst for several investment banking firms. He sifts through SEC filings for his blog The 10Q Detective, looking for financial statement soft spots, such as depreciation policies, warranty...
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David Phillips is an intrepid sifter of SEC secrets. On his own blog, The 10Q Detective, he searches through SEC filings with fine-toothed comb, looking for juicy tidbits from inside the world’s most interesting public companies. David has also been writing the Energy Industry blog for BNET since April. ...
Tags: Blog, Blogging, David, David Phillips, Internet, Management, Michael Mattis, Strategy
Blog posts 2008-06-13
Johnson Controls, Oxford promise simpler door assembly.
Two auto suppliers are teaming up to design a new way to make vehicle doors. The move promises to change the way automakers assemble cars. The plan by plastics specialist Johnson Controls Inc. and metal components maker Oxford Automotive Inc. would c Two auto suppliers are...
Tags: automobile company, David Phillips, Johnson Controls Inc., plastics, supplier
Research articles 2000-09-11
FDA Delays Genzyme's Lumizyme, Manufacturing Problems Blamed
Genzyme announced that the FDA is delaying final approval of the company's application to market Lumizyme alglucosidase alfa for the treatment of Pompe disease. Not unexpected, given FDA regulators had sent out a memo last Friday warning healthcare providers that enzyme replacement drugs made at the Allston Landing plant might...
Tags: FDA, Genzyme Corp., Manufacturing, Federal Government, Government, David Phillips
Blog posts 2009-11-19
Why J&J's Stelara Launch Should Target Dermatologists First
Johnson & Johnson recently launched Stelara for the treatment of adult patients (18 years or older) with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Although Stelara is entering a crowded treatment room for psoriasis, this first-in-class interleukin IL inhibitor could still put the "no more tears" back in J&J's future -- if...
Tags: Johnson & Johnson, David Phillips
Blog posts 2009-11-20
Fleetwood Introduces Hybrid Motor Home
The Company: Fleetwood Enterprises, a producer of recreational vehicles RV and manufactured homes. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on December 4, 2008. The Finding: Fleetwood Enterprises Inc. unveiled its first-ever hybrid motor home at the annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville,...
Tags: Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., Fleetwood, Recreational Vehicle, Investment, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-06
DELL Offers Easier Financing, Despite Rising Credit Losses
In a move to boost sales and profits of higher-margin items like corporate server computers, DELL is offering zero-percent financing to commercial customers. Ironically, the decision to offer easier financing terms comes after word that the PC maker's financing arm, Dell Financial Services DFS, reported an increase in credit losses...
Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Financing, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-08
Acergy SA Cuts Capex Spend for 2009
The Company: Acergy S.A., is a Norwegian-based seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor for the offshore oil and gas industry. The Filing: FORM 6-K filed with the SEC on December 2, 2008. The Finding: Acergy is expected to end the 2008 fiscal year with a backlog of...
Tags: Barrel, Vessel, Barge, Acergy S.A., Outsourcing, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Financial Statements, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-09
Consumer Credit Quality Declining at Target
Amid declining comparable store sales resulting from a decrease in consumer spending, discount retailer Target is also being adversely affected by rising bad debt expenses as consumer creditworthiness continues to deteriorate, according to the third-quarter 2008 10-Q regulatory filing: Credit card receivables are recorded net of an...
Tags: Writeoff, Receivables, Consumer Credit, Accounts, Financial Services, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-09
SubPrime Loans Still Weigh on H&R Block
Despite shedding its money-losing mortgage operations to focus on its tax business, H&R Block is still haunted by collapsing real-estate prices. As of the second-quarter ended October 30, the largest provider of U.S. tax preparation services held approximately $812 million in residential loans purchased from former mortgage loan affiliates, Option...
Tags: H&R Block Inc., Loan, Allowance, Mortgage Loan, Taxes, Mortgages, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Capital Structures, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-10
H&R Block Still Haunted By Subprime Mortgages
Despite shedding its money-losing mortgage operations to focus on its tax business, H&R Block is still haunted by collapsing real-estate prices. As of the second-quarter ended October 30, the largest provider of U.S. tax preparation services held approximately $812 million in residential loans purchased from former mortgage loan affiliates, Option...
Tags: H&R Block Inc., Subprime Mortgage, Loan, Allowance, Mortgage Loan, Taxes, Mortgages, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Capital Structures, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-10
Target's Bad Credit-Card Debts On the Rise
Amid declining comparable store sales resulting from a decrease in consumer spending, discount retailer Target is also being adversely affected by rising bad debt expenses as consumer creditworthiness continues to deteriorate, according to the third-quarter 2008 10-Q regulatory filing: Credit card receivables are recorded net of an...
Tags: Writeoff, Receivables, Accounts, Financial Services, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-10
NVIDIA Diverts Tax Dollars to R&D
Intel is looking to wrestle share away from graphics chipset maker Nvidia by putting integrated-graphics silicon into its cental processing units. Nvidia, which dominates the market for high-end graphics popular among gamers, is fighting back against its cross-town rival by moving aggressively to capture share for entertainment applications in smaller,...
Tags: R&D, NVidia Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Research & Development, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-05
Jackson Hewitt Prepares for 2009 Tax Season
Despite popular thinking on the certainty of taxes, recent filings with the SEC suggest even Jackson Hewitt Tax Service JHI -- and its business partners -- is taking a cautious approach to the coming year.  The No. 2 U.S. tax return preparer, which competes with H&R Block,  has reworked agreements with its...
Tags: Jackson Hewitt, JHI, Republic Bank & Trust Co., 10-Q Detective, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-04
Could Beazer Homes Default on Real-Estate Loans?
Certain of Beazer Homes' loan covenants require that the homebuilder maintain minimum levels of stockholder equity (or some variation, such as tangible net worth). After posting a devastating September-quarter loss of $12.32 a share, driven primarily by asset impairments and lot abandonment charges and lower net orders, the company could...
Tags: Asset, Equity, Worth, Covenant, Beazer Homes, Asset Management, Financial Services, Investment, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-03
Total SA Buyout Offer for Nexen Too Low
The Company: Nexen Inc., a Canadian energy producer. The Filing: FORM 10-Q filed with the SEC on October 30, 2008. The Finding: The Financial Times reported on its website on Tuesday that French oil major Total SA is poised to make a $15.8...
Tags: Asset, Barrel, Nexen Inc., Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-03
NBTY Counting on Wholesalers to Move Vitamins
NBTY Inc., a leading global manufacturer and marketer of a broad line of nutritional supplements, said overall sales for its wholesale/U.S. Nutrition segment grew $183.6 million, or 18.8% to $1.1 billion for fiscal year 2008 ended September 30. Excluding the July 2008 acquisition of Leiner Health Products, organic sales grew...
Tags: Customer, Vitamin, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-12-02
American Tower - Industry Leading Capital Structure
American Tower is a leading owner and operator of communications sites for the wireless and broadcast industries, with more than 23,000 sites in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and India. The company's has grown its communications site portfolio through acquisitions and tower construction activities, primarily funded from cash flow from...
Tags: American Tower, David Phillips, Debt, Equity, Finance, Financial, Investment, Revenue, Wi-Fi, Wireless
Blog posts 2008-12-01
TJX Data Theft Proving Expensive for Discount Retailer
TJX, the owner of a number of off-price retail brands, including T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and A.J Wright stores, disclosed a data breach in 2007, where 45.6 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen from one of its systems over a period of more than 18 months by an unknown...
Tags: Retail Company, Debit Card, Online Payment, Computer, Intrusion, TJX, Productivity, Retail, Financial Services, Network Security, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-11-28
Subscriber Growth Slowing at Brink's Home Security
On October 31, cash-in-transit security provider The Brinks Company completed its Brink's Home Security BHS Holdings spin-off. Immediately following the transaction, BHS Holdings debuted on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CFL", reflecting its corporate mission of creating "Customers For Life" in its principal business-- home security system...
Tags: System Monitoring, Subscriber Growth, It Services, Security, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-11-26
Stronger U.S. Dollar Hurting Profitability at Suntech Power
The Company: Suntech Power Holdings, a Chinese solar energy company. The Filing: FORM 6-K filed with the SEC on November 20, 2008. The Finding: Dr. Zhengrong Shi, Chairman and Chief Executive of Suntech Power, said the polysilicon pricing bubble has finally burst, with spot...
Tags: U.S., Dollar, Euro, Currency Management, Pricing, Manufacturing, Marketing, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-11-25
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