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Well I am short Goldman so I know this up’s my chances but I am not overly happy to see Bear Stearns fall other then that. It is tough to see an almost 100 year old financial institution failing like this because it is not a good sign for our financial markets.
If you missed the ticker, JPMorgan […]

Hey Bear Stearns, I know a business that is having trouble, shoot me the number to get some of that federal money so they can stay a float. Thanks buddy…. psss. “mark to market”.
The Bear Stearns stock is in a free fall right now losing over $27 dollars yesterday. At this point I hope the short […]

In a recent article I talked about setting up a high end audio system for your PC. As I searched for speakers that I wanted to demo I came across a couple of brands I wanted to hear. Along with that I  wanted to have a couple of places to get quotes from so the […]

I have grown tired of hearing the word recession over and over every single day. Sadly enough here I am contributing to it but in the end I hope this article offsets me using it.
If you say something enough then it is bound to happen. If you want to succeed but you are constantly talking […]

 
In the backrooms of the Midwest you will hear the term NAFTA come up. You won’t find too many people having anything good to say about it.  The reality is it hit the Midwest very hard but NAFTA was felt throughout the country so regardless of where you live it is worth taking an interest […]

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Crocs made an announcement today that they do not sell Crocs branded products to Costco and they have no intentions to. The news reports have noted that other companies have sold Crocs to Costco in an indirect fashion.
It looks like the stock dipped at bit at the end of the day and here is what […]

I know news on Wal-Mart keeps the anti-capitalist busy so I had to write a quick note on this for fun.
You will continue to see Wal-Mat do rather well as the economy slows down. The fact is they have just about the cheapest prices around. Those on fixed incomes or people that are light on […]

When you think of Diebold you may think of ATM machines but for me I always think about the great voting controversy about their machines and the documentaries that followed.
In the past Diebold seemed like one of those powerful \ well connected business so it seems strange to me to think about them being bought […]

After watching a recent tennis tournament and getting blasted with SAP commercials I had to do a bit more research and read some feedback. Most of the commercials were focused on the mid-sized business market which I happen to have my hands on an implementation of this size currently.
I am not a manufacturing guru by […]

I am not sure it is the same in your area but around here they have the “T-Mobile Hotspot” service which they charge for. I was waiting in the parking lot for a friend and I wanted to jump on the net using my iPod Touch and check a few things which I could not […]

We talk about the coffee business a lot on here since it is a booming billion dollar business that is highly competitive. And well, you have to drink a lot of coffee to write this much daily.
Dunkin Donuts decided to make small coffee drinks only 99 cents while Starbucks shut down to keep the gen […]

This question came in about how to choose a business to start.
I hear this question often and it comes with a short and powerful answer.
Which ever one you feel like starting.
People want to start a business that will not fail. Well we all want that! But what it comes down to is business is a […]

Starbucks is closing all 7,100 stores today for barista  re-training. I guess the focus is to make a better product but what are they really going after here?
I see a desperate scramble starting to hit Starbucks. Poorly planned ideas and news like today’s makes me wonder where the hell they are going. If you want […]

And here I just posted a while back about Take-Two signing Strauss Zelnick and then here comes EA.
Now if you check around the Internet forums EA is considered the evil empire to many. Too many jump on the bandwagon and the fact is if they were anybody of importance at EA then they wouldn’t be […]

I never thought I would be sitting there saying that a McDonald’s commercial was great. As they continue to steal market share from the likes of Starbucks and other chains we don’t see any slack coming from the McDonald’s marketing machine.
In this commercial they show two guys sitting at a table with their I look […]

Well in just about any stock book somewhere in the early chapters you will read that if you see insiders selling then run.
For the first time in 3 years you have the CEO at Amazon selling a significant portion of his holdings (although it still leaves him with roughly 25%). Is it time for a new yacht […]

Well Hillary could have said copy…. But a quick note on this since to me if you can get to that point you have made it.
How cool would it be to have your brand become the common name for something? Around here everyone asks for a Coke anytime that want a cola or a Kleenex […]

Well there was the dollar menu, then the short lived sandwiches, then the backlash from price increases and now it is time to reduce headcount.
 And who thought this giant was unstoppable? I still question them going back to the Kozmo.com thing and I really wonder who the hell pulls the trigger on some of these […]

For a short answer yes and I would love a piece of it.
I recall talks a few years ago about this IPO happening then it never did. They are pushing above $200 million in sales and can still find some private financing from places like Starbucks.
Last year you could get a sandwich for $3.79 and […]

I still recall when Ming Tsai left the Food Network and I was thinking how did they let that one go? That was a while back but recently Mario Batali moved on and now it is Emeril.
On the flip side I look at what they have brought in. Giada De Laurentiis has done pretty well […]

 
Well he is keeping his restaurants but she now has the rights to his cookbooks, TV shows and kitchen products.  The deal is for $45 Million in small unmarked bills and $5 million in insider trading stock tips (sarcasm people).
Just as FoodTV dropped Emeril live you have to wonder if they dropped the ball or […]

In Metro Detroit the first burrito place popped up I am guessing maybe 8 or so years ago called Rio Wraps. You walked in and built a burrito Subway style but with Mexican food.
Then came Qdoba, then Chipotle, then Moes and now one called Sausalito. Qdoba and Chipotle timed the market just right. As Rio […]

And here I thought the old saying was the finance companies are the only ones that made money for the big 3?
 Well we all needed a break from the Countrywide news so here is something new. GMAC is slicing off about 15% of their staff which I guess should slightly go down as car sales […]