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Too much traffic for Live Nation….

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Every so often, we take a break from our usual trawl through SEC filings to talk about a real life experience with a publicly traded company. On Friday night, a normally robust time for filings, I kicked off early to head up to Saratoga Springs and catch Elvis Costello and the Police in a concert [...]

Food for thought at Smithfield…

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

As we head into the Fourth of July holiday and what will no doubt be a weekend full of BBQs, I can’t seem to get a number that I saw in the 10K that Smithfield Foods (SFD) filed last week out of my head: their slaughter capacity in the U.S. has now reached 122,000 pigs [...]

Can I get my 2 days back, American Airlines?

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Footnoted regulars know that I really stay focused on the filings. But on rare occasions, it seems worthwhile to share a personal experience involving a publicly traded company to provide a perspective that’s not readily visible in the filings. And my experience with American Airlines (AMR) these past two days shows just how bad airline [...]

Another wrong number: Callwave

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Speaking of wrong numbers, over the weekend I received this friendly little note from the folks at Callwave (CALL), which I’ve used on those rare occasions when someone needs to send me a fax: Dear Michelle Leder, You asked and we heard you. Now we’ve added several powerful new features to your CallWave fax service. [...]