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With Father’s Day less than a week away, it seemed like a good time to see what’s cookin’ at Williams Sonoma (WSM). This has been a better year so far for the company, with the stock trading about 34 percent higher than it did at the end of 2009, increased revenues, and the dividend bump that [...]
According to pro surfer Kelly Slater’s website, he’s the “greatest surfer of all time.” Of course, we’re in no position to disagree: He’s won 9 world titles and dozens of competitions. He surfs with Cameron Diaz, for Pete’s sake. The guy exudes cool. As you might imagine, getting a celebrity like Slater to endorse your [...]
Although we’re all watching the ghastly oil spill in the Gulf, other companies have been dealing with their own environmental issues. Thankfully, they’re on a smaller scale, but they may still interest the companies’ shareholders. First, The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (PBY) disclosed in yesterday’s 10-Q that it signed a formal settlement [...]
One might think — OK, perhaps hope — that after going through the grind of bankruptcy and emerging relatively unscathed, that the executives at a particular company might feel a wee bit chastened, perhaps even cautious about how things could look to others. But that’s not exactly the case at Pilgrim’s Pride (PPC), which is [...]
Those of us of a certain age may remember the old 1970s television show called “The Six Million Dollar Man.” The title character in the show, Steve Austin, was a bionic man, and suffice it to say that he could do just about anything. To our knowledge, there aren’t any bionic executives leading the charge [...]
