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Board and Executive Compensation in S&P 500
Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Executive compensation and board largess with high paid executives is a hot topic recently.  That spurred us to look comprehensively at some factual comparative data on the total cost of boards of directors and top executive teams among the S&P 500 companies (proxy SPY...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., American Tower Corp., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Apache Corp., Apple Inc., AT&T Corp., Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., BMC Software Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Chevron Corp., Cintas Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Comcast Corp., Compuware Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., D. R. Horton Inc., Dean Foods Co., Dell Computer Corp., Dillard's Inc., Dynegy Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., Federated Investors Inc., Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., General Electric Co., General Growth Properties Inc., Gilead Sciences Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Google Inc., Harman International Industries Inc., Home Depot Inc., Huntington Bancshares Inc., IBM Corp., Ingersoll-Rand, Intel Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Janus Capital Group Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Lowe's Companies Inc., Masco Corp., Massey Energy Co., McDonald's Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Microchip Technology Inc., Microsoft Corp., Monster Worldwide Inc., Morgan Stanley, New York Times Co., News Corp., NICOR Inc., NiSource Inc., Novell Inc., Occidental Petroleum Corp., Patterson Companies Inc., PerkinElmer Inc., Pfizer Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., Progress Energy Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Range Resources Corp., SanDisk Corp., Schlumberger Ltd., Sears Holdings Corp., Seeking Alpha, Southwest Airlines Co., Sun Microsystems Inc., Tellabs, Titanium Metals Corp., Tyson Foods Inc., Unisys Corp., Valero Energy Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Washington Post Co., Western Union Co., Whole Foods Market
External links 2008-08-06
Holding Positions Over the Weekend: Debunking the Monday Myth?
Michael Stokes submits: Warning: these results might fly in the face of generally accepted wisdom. A “fact” commonly repeated by stock market pundits is the idea that traders should be wary of holding positions over the weekend. As the idea goes, a lot can happen from Friday’s close until Monday’s...
Tags: Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-08-06
Spain: Services Contracting, Unemployment Rising, Consumer Confidence Down
Edward Hugh submits: Spain's Services Sector Contracted Sharply Again in July The euro zone's services sector slid further into contraction in July, hitting a five-year low, while inflationary price pressures remained near record levels. Final data in the monthly PMI survey of private sector companies showed that of the big...
Tags: Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-08-05
Cash is King: The Search for Recession Proof Stocks
Andrew Snyder submits: The equities market reminds me of a girl I used to date. Her mood could change faster than an afternoon breeze. One minute the world was grand, the next she was spewing fire from her nostrils and chasing me with a pitchfork. Fortunately, there were...
Tags: Merck & Co. Inc., General Motors Corp., Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-08-01
Desjardins Analyst: Garda World Most Profitable Among Peers
FP Trading Desk submits: Private equity firm The Blackstone Group BX is paying $750-million to buy security personnel firm AlliedBarton Security Services, saying it was attracted by strong fundamentals in the sector. The purchase price for the third largest U.S. physical security provider values privately-held AlliedBarton at 8.3 times...
Tags: Blackstone Group LP, Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-07-31
China Medical F2Q09 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Bin Li with Morgan Stanley. Analyst for Bin Li - Morgan Stanley This is Chris on behalf of Bin Li – on the HPV SPR, you mentioned the expected launch will be first quarter calendar...
Tags: Revenue, Hospital, Call Transcript, Earnings, Morgan Stanley, FISH, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Raven Industries, Inc. F3Q10 (Qtr End 10/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Jeff Evanson - Dougherty & Company Jeff Evanson - Dougherty & Company Thanks for the candid commentary as always and the straightforward thinking in business management. Could you talk a little bit about how much...
Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Raven Industries Inc., Ranchview, Expenses, Dan Rykhus SST, Modems, Roi/Tco, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Investment, Hardware, Components, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Karru Martinson - Deutsche Bank. Karru Martinson - Deutsche Bank I was just wondering if we could start with just the capital markets transaction here, and could you explain a little bit you know why you...
Tags: Bon-Ton Stores Inc., Capital Market, EBITDA, Deutsche Bank AG, Call Transcript, Earnings, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Burt Chao - Simmons & Company. Burt Chao - Simmons & Company First just a couple of housekeeping questions; can you provide shipments in the quarter to your core business and then also shipments potentially; I don’t...
Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Simmons & Co., Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Williams-Sonoma F3Q09 (Qtr End 11/1/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Colin McGranahan with Sanford Bernstein. Analyst for Colin McGranahan - Sanford C. Bernstein It’s [Avery Sheffield] filling in for Colin. I was curious, relating to the catalog optimization strategy, this quarter the direct sales growth outpaced...
Tags: Incentive, Williams-Sonoma Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., SG&A, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Donaldson Company Inc. F1Q10 (Qtr End 31/10/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Hamzah Mazari - Credit Suisse. Hamzah Mazari - Credit Suisse Just a question on your margins, how should we be thinking about your margins going forward over the next couple of years as a cyclical recovery takes hold, at some...
Tags: Donaldson Company Inc., Margin, Call Transcript, Earnings, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Seeking Alpha, Donaldson Co. Inc.
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Stein Mart, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from [Jimmy Sheber – Rice Felcher] [Jimmy Sheber – Rice Felcher] It seems like these SG&A improvements are almost accelerating and you say that Q4 SG&A will be a little bit higher than it has been in the prior quarters. You’re...
Tags: Inventory, Call Transcript, Earnings, Stein Mart Inc., David Stoval Surplus Inventory, Retail, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 10/03/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Krish Sankar – Bank of America – Merrill Lynch Krish Sankar – Bank of America – Merrill Lynch You briefly touched upon the fact that calendar one, two is seasonally weak. Do you think you’re going to see normal seasonality this time...
Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Seasonality, Kulicke & Soffa Industries Inc., Engineering, Semiconductors, Hardware, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Trina Solar Ltd. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript.
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Ming Shu - Piper Jaffray. Ming Shu - Piper Jaffray Your Q4 shipment guidance is very impressive, seems like you guys are taking market share. So can you give us some more color on the Q1 shipment trend? If possible,...
Tags: U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Scripting Languages, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Trans World Entertainment Corp. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions I’m showing no one in the queue at this time, sir. Bob Higgins Okay Steve. I’d like to thank everyone for your time today and we look forward to talking to you the first part of January with our sales results for the nine week...
Tags: Trans World Entertainment Corp., Call Transcript, Earnings, Transcript, Sales Strategy, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Internet, Sales, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Datawatch Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator At this time there are no questions. I would like to turn the call back over to management for any closing comments. Ken Bero Let me just kind of summarize that in an economy that continues to be difficult we are pleased...
Tags: Datawatch Corp., Call Transcript, Earnings, Transcript, Financial Accounting, Internet, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Patterson Companies Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 24/10/10) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Larry Marsh - Barclays Capital. Larry Marsh - Barclays Capital I don’t know, what happened. I don’t know if that’s a demotion or not, but a couple of follow-ups, if I could. First, I guess, still on the balance sheet....
Tags: Acquisition, Imaging, Barclays Plc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Patterson Companies Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Document Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Managerial Accounting, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Casual Male Retail Group Inc Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Richard Jaffe with Stifel Nicolaus. Richard Jaffe - Stifel Nicolaus Two questions, one would you take us through the XL superstore the Destination XL, besides the store and the kind of commitment you see putting into one of those stores...
Tags: Rochester, Call Transcript, Earnings, Store, Internet, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance, Seeking Alpha, Casual Male Retail Group Inc.
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Limited Brands, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Brian Tunick - JPMorgan Brian Tunick - JPMorgan As we think about the restage you just talked about on the anti bac and we compare that to the restage of Signature which obviously has very negative...
Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Call Transcript, Earnings, Limited Brands Inc., Research & Development, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Richard Jaffe – Stifel Nicolaus. Richard Jaffe – Stifel Nicolaus Just two quick questions, one is on IMU and the benefits you’ve seen and the sustainability of those benefits. I know the market was under, or...
Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Promotion, Children's Place Retail Stores Inc., Sales Strategy, Purchasing & Procurement, Benefits, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Sales, Business Operations, Human Resources, Management, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-11-19
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