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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: Seeking Alpha, Apple Inc., American Tower Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Apache Corp., Anadarko Petroleum Corp., BMC Software Inc., Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., Comcast Corp., ConocoPhillips Co., Compuware Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Cintas Corp., Chevron Corp., Dillard's Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Dean Foods Co., D. R. Horton Inc., Dynegy Inc., Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Federated Investors Inc., NICOR Inc., General Electric Co., General Growth Properties Inc., Gilead Sciences Inc., Google Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., Harman International Industries Inc., Huntington Bancshares Inc., Home Depot Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Ingersoll-Rand, Sun Microsystems Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Janus Capital Group Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Lowe's Companies Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., Masco Corp., McDonald's Corp., Microchip Technology Inc., Massey Energy Co., Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Monster Worldwide Inc., Morgan Stanley, Microsoft Corp., NiSource Inc., Novell Inc., News Corp., New York Times Co., Occidental Petroleum Corp., Patterson Companie
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
Leading Brands F2Q08 (Qtr End 8/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions We do have a question from a private investor, Andrew [Carron]. Andrew Carron - Private Investor It’s a good quarter. You know, we were all looking for -- $0.01 a share looks pretty good. Profit would have been nice -- $200,000, that’s...
Tags: Advertisement, Product, Call Transcript, Earnings, Marketing Research, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-06
Lessons Learned From SoundBite Misstep
Chris Fernandez submits: It’s been about two months now since I advocated selling your full position, if you had one, in SoundBite Communications (NASDAQ: SDBT), a provider of on-demand customer contact solutions. In those couple of months I’ve had time to reflect upon what went wrong with my investment thesis...
Tags: Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-10-06
Zila, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 07/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Marc Robins - The Robins Group Marc Robins - The Robins Group Let’s talk about the Arizona facility there in Phoenix, any thought of closing that down and moving things to Arkansas? David Bethune ...
Tags: Financial, Call Transcript, Arkansas, Earnings, Sales Team, Zila Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Sales, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-06
IDT Corporation F4Q08 (Qtr End 7/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Mr. Isaac Schwartz with [Riboti] & Company. Isaac Schwartz - Riboti & Company I was just wondering how much total investment you’ve made in the consumer finance, the consumer receivables business. Stephen R. Brown Again, I’ll refer...
Tags: IDT Corp., Compensation, Receivables, Call Transcript, Earnings, Balance Sheets, Investment, Financial Services, Benefits, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-06
Centennial Communications Corp. F1Q09 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Ric Prentiss – Raymond James. Ric Prentiss – Raymond James On the US side on the net adds we had modeled the TDMA system flushing out in the fiscal second quarter. I think I heard from you that its complete,...
Tags: Hurricane, Call Transcript, Earnings, Cell, Centennial Communications Corp., Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-07
Bank of America Corporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Matthew D. O’Connor - UBS US. Matthew D. O’Connor - UBS US You provide a lot of good detail on the reserves and asset quality by subcategory and specifically I’m looking on page 24 in the commercial breakdown, and...
Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Commercial Real Estate, Call Transcript, Earnings, Reserve, UBS AG, Real Estate, Financial Services, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha, Bank of America Corp.
Earnings calls 2008-10-07
Acuity Brands, Inc. F4Q08 (Qtr End 08/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Matt McCall - BB&T Markets Matt McCall - BB&T Markets If we look at the gross margin performance I think last quarter you had talked about expectations of sequential pressure of up to 100 basis...
Tags: Acuity Brands Inc., Call Transcript, Earnings, Sales Strategy, Sales, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-07
Safeway F3Q08 (Qtr End 9/6/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question today is from John Heinbockel and please state your company name. John Heinbockel - Goldman Sachs Steve, a couple of things; if you look at the up-tick in ID momentum here in the last five weeks, could you talk about...
Tags: Goldman Sachs & Co., Call Transcript, Safeway Plc., Earnings, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Seeking Alpha, Safeway Inc.
Earnings calls 2008-10-07
Cantel Medical Corp. F4Q08 (Qtr End 07/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from Michael Gaugler- Brean Murray, Carret & Company. Michael Gaugler- Brean Murray, Carret & Company Andy let’s start with the dialysis business for a moment. When I think back to some of the previous calls and discussions the...
Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Brean Murray Co., Cantel Medical Corp., Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-07
CalAmp F2Q09 (Qtr End 8/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question is from the line of Jim [Harken] with Premiere Capital Management. Jim Harken - Premiere Capital Management I’d like to get a little more color on the agreement with Arcadian. When would you envision this contributing materially to revenues? Richard...
Tags: Call Transcript, Earnings, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Seeking Alpha, CalAmp Corp.
Earnings calls 2008-10-07
3 Essential Books for Financial Crises
This week's wild events have left me fielding many questions. I rely heavily on the following resources: Charles Kindleberger, Manias, Crashes and Panics: A History of Financial Crises, 1978. I taught from Kindleberger's International Economics, the standard textbook at the time (1970s when I was teaching). After his retirement, he...
Tags: Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-09-17
German Consumer and Investor Confidence Falls
Edward Hugh submits: German business and consumer confidence fell more than economists forecast in August, raising the likelihood that Europe's largest economy may now be steadily slipping into a recession. Business Climate Worsens In August by Edward Hugh
Tags: Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-08-27
Ramifications of Britain's Panic Move To Rescue Housing
Michael Shedlock submits: The Telegraph is reporting Chancellor raises stamp duty threshold to £175,000. Buyers of homes worth up to £175,000 will not have to pay stamp duty, Alistair Darling has announced, as he promised the country would "get through" the economic downturn. by Michael Shedlock
Tags: Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-09-02
The ECB Remains Hawkish
Kathy Lien submits: ECB President Trichet’s lack of commitment towards future monetary policy has led to little volatility in the Euro. After leaving interest rates unchanged at 4.25 percent, Trichet explicitly said that he has “no bias.”  However based upon the number of times he used the...
Tags: Seeking Alpha
External links 2008-09-04
Wells Fargo Acquisition of Wachovia Conference Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matthew O’Connor – UBS Securities. Matthew O’Connor – UBS Securities Just to clarify, on page 11, the $74 billion of accumulative losses and markets value adjustments, that’s a pre-tax number, correct? Howard I. Atkins Correct. Matthew...
Tags: Acquisition, Wells Fargo & Co., Call Transcript, Wachovia Corp., Balance Sheet, UBS AG, Balance Sheets, Asset Management, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-10-03
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