FeedPosted Aug 25th 2010 11:30AM by Elizabeth Harrow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Management, Options, Technical Analysis, Commodities
Patriot Coal Corporation (PCX) was in focus Wednesday morning, thanks to some management shake-ups announced late Tuesday night. The company said that Paul Vining, who serves as president and chief operating officer, will step down effective immediately. However, Vining will do his part to ensure a smooth transition by staying on in a senior advisory role, potentially through the end of the year.
In order to fill the two roles left vacant by Vining, CEO Richard Whiting will now add the title of "president" to his resume. Meanwhile, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development Charles Ebetino Jr. scored a promotion to chief operating officer.
Continue reading Patriot Coal Plunges as President and COO Steps Down
Posted Aug 23rd 2010 1:00PM by Elizabeth Harrow (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, From the Boards, Management, Options
Bookseller Barnes & Noble (BKS) is slated to take its turn in the earnings spotlight before the opening bell Tuesday, Aug. 24. It's not exactly business as usual for Barnes & Noble, though -- with a proxy battle waging between Chairman Leonard Riggio and activist investor Ron Burkle, there's going to be an unusually harsh media glare on the quarterly results.
Of course, it's not just the financial media who will be eager to get a glimpse at Barnes & Noble's performance. Investors will also be chomping at the bit ahead of the firm's annual meeting, because Burkle has proposed a slate of three nominees for the retailer's board, and Riggio's seat is among those up for reelection. As Reuters' Phil Wahba explained it on Friday, "the extent of the damage is likely to affect who shareholders vote for at next month's annual meeting."
Continue reading Pressure's On Ahead of Earnings from Barnes & Noble
Posted Aug 23rd 2010 12:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Management, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Scandals, Oracle Corp (ORCL), Options, Chasing Value™, Stock Picks
The foolishness that goes on in the adult world sets a poor example for the next generation. The poor decisions, arrogance and even stupidity of the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) board of directors and the equally unfit to lead NCAA is shameful. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle (ORCL) is correct in calling out the board of HP for firing CEO Mark Hurd, understanding the harm and injustice done to the company and its shareholders.
I can think of no more hypocritical organization then the NCAA, which has also shown itself to lack a sense of fair play and justice, while holding itself aloof and making demands of others. Its out-of-touch judgments and penalties for rules infractions make no sense, and USC students with no culpability were on the receiving end of it.
Continue reading Chasing Value™: HP and Hurd, NCAA and USC -- Misguided and Foolish
Posted Aug 19th 2010 2:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Forecasts, Management, Apple Inc (AAPL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Market Matters, Citigroup Inc. (C), Chasing Value™

Over the past four years I have made numerous bad calls. Thankfully, I have made far more good calls. But if only I would have been right all the time, then I would probably have a lot more of your money. To bet and never lose adds up pretty quickly to a substantial bit of change.
Yesterday when I posted
Chasing Value: Citigroup Beats Apple one commenter took me to task
"Didn't you post the same post about Berkshire B versus Apple at the beginning of the year?" The answer is yes, and I stand by that belief.
These two great companies, Apple Inc. (
AAPL) and Berkshire Hathaway (
BRK.B) led by extremely talented entrepreneurs, have very divergent businesses, by design, and neither would choose any other path. I could not help but go back to examine the stock records for the year to see by how far I might have blundered, assuming our reader already had. Here is what I found.
Continue reading Chasing Value: Apple vs. Berkshire Hathaway -- A Dead Heat
Posted Aug 3rd 2010 2:00PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Management, Corning Inc (GLW), Chasing Value™

In between the world of tech stocks and companies that employ technology is Corning Inc. (
GLW). In between the world you see on hand held devices, computers, and flat screen televisions and the world within is
Corning's Gorilla Glass.
Oddly this is not a new product; it was developed 48 years ago. It is thin, light weight, very strong and scratch resistant. It seems that new uses are being discovered every day, and those uses are in products that are in high growth mode. Today there is an expanding array of touch screens and flats-screens.
How big is this opportunity, and will it ignite Corning stock value?
Continue reading Chasing Value: Corning Gorilla Glass
Posted Jul 12th 2010 5:00PM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Bad News, Management, Market Matters, Economic Data, Small Business, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis
The lifeblood of business is credit. Unfortunately, the credit available has been shrinking instead of growing. As of June 30, U.S. commercial and industrial loans held by banks have declined to $1.24 trillion from $1.6 trillion in 2008
Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman cites that credit creation as the key to economic growth. He has prodded banks consistently to lend more. Banks, instead of loosing up. are making it harder for small businesses to get credit. Even those with a good credit rating are finding it hard to get loans. Bernanke stated: "Making credit accessible to sound small businesses is crucial to our economic recovery and so should be front and center among our current policy challenges." Again speaking to lenders he stated: "Our message is clear. Consistent with maintaining appropriately prudent standards, lenders should do all they can to meet the needs of creditworthy borrowers."
Continue reading Bernanke Cites a Persistent Problem: Small Businesses Can't Get Loans
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