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Anyone who’s ever been to Disney World near Orlando knows that it’s a pretty big place that seems to stretch on forever. But the 10-K filed by Walt Disney Co. (DIS) late Wednesday had an interesting disclosure that shows that the company continues to sell land in Florida on top of the land sold last [...]
Late yesterday, the WSJ reported that Tyson Foods’ (TSN) big push into drug-free chickens had hit a bit of a snag in the form of a ruling by the federal Food & Drug Administration. (Since the WSJ is not yet free, the AP version of the story is here). What’s interesting here is that while [...]
Last week was unusually busy in terms of filings, with the bulk of non-accelerated filers whose quarter ended Sept. 30, required to get their Qs in by Wednesday (the deadline for accelerated filers was Nov. 9). So it seemed like a good time to see just how many companies, and, perhaps more importantly, which ones, [...]
Wondering what ever happened to Arthur Laffer of trickle down economics fame? Well, he turns up in a new music video from my new friend, Merle Hazard, who likes to pen little dittys about the subprime mess. Hazard has just released a new video, about the woes faced by mortgage bond traders in the Hamptons. [...]
Thanks, autumn, for finally showing up here in the Northeast. I can stop feeling sorry for all those sweaters sitting in store windows as women strolled by in tank tops. I’m not surprised that this press release issued late last week by Ann Taylor (ANN) said “unseasonably warm weather” had cut into October sales. Or [...]
