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- Japan Investing Remains an Enigma [view article]
- Summer Movies Projected to Be Recession Proof Again [view article]
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- An Amazing Graphic on Box Office Receipts [view article]
- Dreamworks (DWA) springs a leak; stock falls 5% before earnings are released [view article]
- Apple, Dreamworks, Yahoo!: Do $1 a Year CEOs Really Boost Stock Value? [view article]
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Spielberg and Co. Look to India for Next Move [view article]
Population is certainly rising not the values and product quality.......... ReplyDreamworks Animated Films to Have Intel Inside [view article]
Dreamworks (DWA) is the best...if not than one of the best.A definite favorite. Reply
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
"Disney's (DIS) Pixar unit still uses AMD chips. " ...Incorrect, Pixar is an Intel house. They switched from Sun to Intel based render/servers in 2003. Google is your friend.
Intel was the driving force behind Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars and most recently Wall.E
www.intel.com/pressroo...
news.cnet.com/2100-100... Reply
Spielberg and Co. Look to India for Next Move [view article]
With India rising it amazes me that WorldSpace (WRSP) has not performed better than it has. Being the sole media satellite owner/operator in the European/Africa continents, with an upstart satellite radio service up and runing in India as well as other European nations. Their stock has been stuck under $4.00 for over a year now. I would suspect that once the Sirius/XM merger completes, they should start to move. Julia, is there any merit to this line of thought? ReplySummer Movies Projected to Be Recession Proof Again [view article]
I've owned shares of Marvel for a couple of years and have been keenly watching the previews and geek response to them. I ended up trading in my shares of Oracle for Marvel after seeing what looked like a terrific job they'd done on Marvel. Here it is Monday, and I'm pleased as punch that Iron Man blew the lid off of the idiot analysts who thought that Marvel 'didn't have any more good characters....' He who laughs last... and with a healthy profit... laughs best! ReplySummer Movies Projected to Be Recession Proof Again [view article]
Iron Man was thoroughly enjoyable, one of the best adaptations yet. Proof that Marvel is on the right track. Just hope they can correct their earlier mistake with the Hulk. June will tell... ReplySummer Movies Projected to Be Recession Proof Again [view article]
"Iron Man" is destined to be the arrowhead in a very sprited summer movie season, and this film's sequels are already set to go. I suggest anyone attending the film stay through the credits and see the little 30-second coda featuring a surprise appearance by another Marvel character (played by an actor anyone would logically place in that role) to discuss with Tony Stark a plan that will definitely require more Marvel heroes. Ka-ching! ReplyEditors
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Is this a buy or a sell? ReplyWall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
iF WE HAVE BILLIONS OF CUBIC FEET OF NATURAL GAS RESERVES?/WHY NOT UTILIZE IT TO RUN OUR CARS AND TRUCKS,ECT,ECT?CONSPIR... BY CONGRESS AND BIG OIL/ WE CAN BRING THE OIL COUNTRIES TO THEIR KNEES OVERNIGHT OR WOULD IT RUIN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY?JUST A THOUGHT, AS IT WILL BE HALF THE PRICE OF OIL TO UTILIZE THESE RESEVES AND IT IS A GREEN FUEL.AS USUAL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IF HAD THE CHOICE WOULD PAY A PREMIUM TO STOP MONEY FLOW TO CHAVEZ ,AND OIL TERRORIST COUNTRIES,BUT HAVE NONE AND OUR WALLETS AND ECONOMY IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE TO OIL AND OIL BIG SHOTS.I WONDER IF THERE IS A CHAMPION OUT THERE INTERESTED IN MAKING LOTS OF MONEY AND PROVIDING THAT CHOICE? ReplyWall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
they should ban F-ing msft altogether ReplyAn Amazing Graphic on Box Office Receipts [view article]
Just to be sure I understand how this graphic works --1) the height of the "mountain range" in the fixed x-axis version (and the total vertical spread in the other version) indicates the total size of the movie-going audience at a particular point in time? Is this only for first-run films, or for all movies in theaters across the country, including revival showings at repertory houses?
2) when a new film opens its graphic area starts at the apex (in the fixed x-axis version) of the areas already claimed by previously opened films? That is, we're not dealing with overlaps here -- this is a two-dimensional image, not an image in which "National Treasure" rears up majestically from the same baseline as all the other films and towers incredibly high above them. The suggestion of a mountain range and the existence of convex curves at the top of the range incline me to see the area for a film as continuing behind the films below it in the graph, but I assume this is just because of a bias toward interpreting images as representations of three-dimensional realities. Pretty, but confusing.
3) in the variable x-axis chart, why was the shape not symmetrical horizontally? Because of the introduction of some films above and some below the center (was this done on the basis of date, or of filling in where available space was growing most quickly, or what?), the tailing off of the films toward the right is not going to provide a fixed baseline in any case, so what are the reasons for the high and low points for a given date not being in symmetry? The fine effect of the graphic suggests that it was created this way for very definite reasons, but that leaves me feeling inadequate if I cannot determine what the reason was and therefore what the chart is intended to convey. Either that, or the practical purposes of the chart have been shunted aside in favor of its appealing style.
On the whole, though, I find this approach a positive development and will be interested in seeing how it's picked up and refined in the future. Reply
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
Well, I guess today's bright spot is the EU fine for MSFT, although that's like pocket change to them.I think Ben is nuts if he does another rate cut. I think I'll start papering my bird cage with worthless US dollars.
Glad I'm not in AMGEN; I'm not likeing Big Pharma in general these days. Much more bad news in that sector than good. Reply
Apple, Dreamworks, Yahoo!: Do $1 a Year CEOs Really Boost Stock Value? [view article]
HI DaveI liked your thorough analysis about how the $1 a year guys really get paid. However, when I posted my "$1 a year salary CEO: Good for Stocks?"article, it wasn't meant to be a scientific analysis, as I would need a sample of at least 30 to determine statistical significance. As you are aware, the total population of companies with $1 a year CEO's is very small.
My article was more of a general observation using the assumption that if the CEO's are compensated primarly by price performance (either options or restricted stock), then it would seem that the stock performance should be good.
If enough executives are paid this way, then it can actually add pennies per share to company earnings. National Student Marketing Corp. tried this in the 1970's with ALL their employees, and it helped the earnings and stock price enormously (before the company went out of business).
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Apple, Dreamworks, Yahoo!: Do $1 a Year CEOs Really Boost Stock Value? [view article]
Dear Dave:Terry Semel did better than you suggest.
He pocketed $450,000,000 net from exercises of options and sales of stock.
He still holds about $300,000,000 -320,000,000 in fair value of un-exercised options wih the stock at 29.45.
Some of those options were backdated and spring loaded. Most of he costs to Yahoo were not recorded against earnings.
If you want the details of his options grants you can go to optonsforemployees.com....
John Reply