Articles Written by:    GEORGE GUTOWSKI     

« Previous  |  Next »

Wendy's Arby's Creates Cryptic New Supply Chain Arrangement

There was very little information provided other than the fact the franchisee’s will be financial partners. The question becomes, 'who gets the benefits and why penalize the shareholder and advantage the franchise owners?' Initially, Wendy’s will fund ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, Seeking Alpha,  5 Nov 2009

Mosaic Offers Up Positive Executive Comments, No Guidance

Mosaic (MOS) reported its Q1 numbers and really stuck its neck out with this comment hidden in its press release. “Mosaic is not providing financial guidance on potash sales volumes or MOP selling price until market conditions normalize.” All this in ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, Seeking Alpha,  7 Oct 2009

Twitter Not Profitable - Media Elites

Twitter is not profitable say media elites. Allen & Co., a major venture capital power house is hosting a no media media conference at the posh location of Sun Valley. Major business news outlets all are reporting that the participants on a panel ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, ETF Investor,  12 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Ken Auletta,  Barry Diller

Dun & Bradstreet's Dividend Raise Is Nice, But More Explanation Required

Dun & Bradstreet (DNB) reported some excellent numbers for 2008 (Call Transcript). This certainly makes sense as DNB sells products and solutions that help with financial due diligence. The company also announced an increase in its dividend from $0.30 @ ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, Seeking Alpha,  2 Feb 2009

Acuant Signals Acquisition on the Horizon

Actuant (ATU) released earnings and pronounced them to be record breakers.  Full-year 2008 revenues were a record $1.66 billion, a 14% increase over the prior year.Q4 revenues increased 4% year-over-year, to $405 million. (Call Transcript) Record ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, ETF Investor,  2 Oct 2008

Best Buy Swallows Napster: The Perfect Deal?

Best Buy (BBY) has offered a 95% premium to acquire Napster (NAPS). The rationale offered in public is that the two companies are an incredible fit with really great synergies. Best Buy has ruled the retail space for electronics and rightfully has ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, Seeking Alpha,  16 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Napster, Inc.,  Best Buy Co., Inc.

Fedex Q3 EPS Guidance: Not Enough on the Table

Fedex (FDX) announced guidance for EPS for the quarter ending Aug 31 at $1.23. This is well above the last guidance. The reason being, cost cutting and an unexpected drop in fuel prices toward the end of the quarter. But it still has not yet budged on ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, Seeking Alpha,  11 Sep 2008

Pepsi Goes Ruskie: How Will Deal Affect Earnings?

PepsiCo (PEP) and Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) recently announced : completion of a 75.53% stake in Russia's leading branded juice company JSC Lebedyansky (RTS: LEKZ), excluding the company's baby food and mineral water business, for US$ 1.4 billion. The ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, ETF Investor,  2 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.,  BP p.l.c.

Is Dollar Tree an FX Play?

DLTR) reported some excellent results. The company's press release headlines a 27.3% increase in EPS. Sounds great, most companies would kill to be able to say something like that. President and CEO Bob Sasser said “Our performance in the second ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, ETF Investor,  28 Aug 2008

Wal-Mart: Can Marketing Influence Share Price?

Wal-Mart (WMT) has experienced approximately a 34% increase in share appreciation in the past year. At one point it was a very good whipping boy- problems in Germany, South Korea and Japan; sluggish sales in North America. I am positive I had a few ...

From GEORGE GUTOWSKI, Seeking Alpha,  27 Aug 2008
Related Topics: FORTUNE Magazine

« Previous  |  Next »

Who is This?

Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.

Suggest an Entry

Enter a url from sourcewatch.org or wikipedia.org:


recommend removal

close