Consumer Goods

Retail Sales Data Show We’re In Recession (or at least acting like we are)

Wal-Mart & Costco show good earnings, translates into a recession.

Stock Symbol: WLMT WLMT Stock Price: $0.00 Todays Change: N/A (N/A)

Crocs' First Quarter Results Lack Bite

 

Crocs (CROX) released its first quarter numbers Wednesday after the closing bell. Revenue came in at $198.5 million. The company posted a loss of $4.5 million or 5 cents per share, well below the $24.9 million or 31 cents per share it earned in the comparable period a year ago.

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Stock Symbol: CROX CROCS, INC. Stock Price: $11.14 Todays Change: -0.26 (-2.28%)

Oil is the blood for our Economy

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America's gasoline supply is limited partly because the environmental movement has been a key player halting the development of oil refineries, which in turn limits our ability to produce gasoline (we haven't built a new refinery in nearly 50 years). This puts us in a bind. We, along with the rest of the world have a growing demand for oil and gasoline, while the supply .............

Free Cone day at Ben and Jerry's

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Every year on their birthday Ben & Jerry’s celebrates by giving the public free ice cream. Seems slightly backwards, but totally true. Go to any participating scoop shop today and get your free cone!

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Office Depot a Bargain

 
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Office Depot stock has been beaten down too far and now it represents a decent bargain.

Stock Symbol: ODP OFFICE DEPOT INC Stock Price: $12.96 Todays Change: -0.17 (-1.29%)

Mars buying gum maker Wrigley with financing from Buffett

Candy maker Mars Inc. is buying Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the confectioner behind Juicy Fruit and Doublemint gum and Life Savers candy, for about $23 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday.

The agreement has the potential to transform the globe's confectionery industry and could spawn a series of other combinations.

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Stock Symbol: WWY WRIGLEY WM JR CO Stock Price: $76.55 Todays Change: -0.15 (-0.20%)

Food Crisis Worsens as Rice Prices Surge

Rice prices have hit fresh records after World Bank officials said Thailand, the largest exporter of the grain, may restrict exports, worsening the global food crisis. The escalating food crisis is easily the biggest problem facing Asia and other emerging markets - much more troubling than the credit crunch.

Crocs is crashing

Crocs remained down all day Tuesday after Crocs announced guidance cuts that one analyst termed "stunning," amid lower-than-expected demand, and Najarian warned investors to resist the temptation to bottom fish. Macke doesn’t have confidence in the company after the numbers it reported on Monday, and Finerman says management is clueless.

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Stock Symbol: CROX CROCS, INC. Stock Price: $11.14 Todays Change: -0.26 (-2.28%)

A loser wants to buy a loser?

 

Blockbuster wants to buy Circuit City. A deal that should have never came about

Stock Symbol: BBI BLOCKBUSTER INC Stock Price: $2.66 Todays Change: -0.02 (-0.75%)

Fortune loses V&S to Pernod, but gains in market

Fortune Brands Inc (FO) shares jumped over 8 percent on Monday after the U.S. spirits company lost an auction for Absolut vodka maker Vin & Sprit [VSG.UL] and said it would begin buying back its own shares.

Vested Interest: 
Going out
Stock Symbol: FO FORTUNE BRANDS IN Stock Price: $68.96 Todays Change: -0.59 (-0.85%)

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Fairfax Financial to Invest in Abitibi

AbitibiBowater (ABH), the largest North American newsprint maker, said on Monday Fairfax Financial Holdings (FFH) agreed to invest $350 million in unregistered convertible debentures of AbitibiBowater, sending its shares up more than 24%.

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Stock Symbol: ABH ABITIBIBOWATER IN Stock Price: $10.92 Todays Change: +0.44 (+4.20%)

No More gambling

 

Research shows gamers spend up to£40 on a single new release console title. Yet when reselling, the price drops down to between£20 and£30, leaving a loss of around half the original cost of the game.

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They found Elliott Spitzer's girl

 

Elliot Spitzer's career is over and then some. But nobody really cares about Spitzer, they care about who the other party was.

Spice up your Profile w/ MKC

 
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THOUGH SOME INVESTORS LOST their appetite for McCormick & Co., the spice king's growing profits could lure investors back to the table. ( barrons Articale )

Stock Symbol: MKC MCCORMICK & CO Stock Price: $36.90 Todays Change: -0.16 (-0.43%)