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    • Manitowoc: Building Opportunity on Other People's Doubts [view article]
      they already have an International presence in the food equipment business. This purchase only enhances it. Between the food equipment, the shipyard, and the mining equipment, they are more diversified than many companies. they are predictable and steady--one of the better companies to own. Why should they branch out into something more Ag. related as some have mentioned? These fast-growing areas are only a small part of the world of companies. MTW is a proven leader with all of their areas of production. According to the logic I see here. IBM, Microsoft and Nokia should start selling fertilizer. The writing here arre certainly an unmentionalble form of fertilizer.

      Sam       Apr 25 04:38 AM
    • Companhia Vale do Rio Doce: From Major to 'Miner'? [view article]
      Wow! I am not a particular fan of Vale although I hold a few shares along with those of BHP and Fsumf.

      I can not quite get your point here. It expresses jealousy of some sort, I can't quite figure. Or, maybe it's that you are envious for some reason-maybe even vindictive for some convoluted reason.

      Seems to me that the company was smart in not further pursuing the failed purchase attempt. Remember too, A large part of the populous there wants to bring it back into the total fold of the country. Their move was to help delay or divert that. Their seemingly next move for the same reason might be to buy smaller companies to further complicate state takeover.

      I noticed that you did not tie your article in with the negatively aggresive and out-of-order activities and comments of BHP/RTP. Something is a little one-sided here.

      That's OK!       Apr 24 05:00 PM
    • Tax Burdens Around the World: U.S. Near the Middle [view article]
      This chart is interesting. But, it does not reveal the benefits available in the listed countries or the percent of income going toward them. For the US,for instance, I would suspect that when one factors in unemployment compensation, disability, Medical insurance, and general living standards, the US would rank much worse than indicated here in terms of cost as well as percentage per wage earner. Mar 13 08:38 AM
    • The Future of Navteq [view article]
      Great seemingly strong-based viewpoint with disclosure. Directively speculatively, but certainly has my agreement.

      Keep them coming.

      Sam Bigger in SC       Aug 03 09:19 AM
    • A Contrarian's View on Garmin [view article]
      Response to comments of Thomas Barta,

      I agree with you on being "safe" for about telve months. I do not agree with the part of GRMN being dead in the water if the phone capability develops. Interest in those should be great but I don't see a significant percentage of folks being interested for quite a while. Older folks,like me, will most likely continue preference for the portable devices due to screen size, limitations of vision, etc.

      Eitehr way, GMRN and NVT are currently being mentioned in the same breath and I think it will continue--at least for a year or so when the regular evaluation should get real serious. A buy out of or by either company might alter the prosepects.

      Sam Bigger in Anderson, SC       Aug 03 07:43 AM
    • A Contrarian's View on Garmin [view article]
      I usually do not read articles that have no disclosure or identification of the writer. In fact, I usually just ignore them. I made an exception this morning because I have stock in GRMN and NVT and expect to buy more of each today.

      The undisclosed writer may be onto something but I don't think the current competition will play much of a role,overall, for quite a while. Garmin will continue coming out with new units produced for different interests and I believe they will play some role in the developments leading up to phone-capability.

      It seems to usually boil down to the money and in Garmin's case, I think it boils down to superior management and marketing in comparison to TOMTOM. However, I believe the mapping system of Tele Atlas is superior to that of Navteq in Europe as well as in the USA. Garmin,to me, has the superior hardware. If TomTom could match Garmin with unit quality, they would be a real force here in the USA. Both companies could stand improvement in the Customer Service areas.

      I believe,too, that it will be quite a while before other mapping companies or unit producers can compete.

      Sam Bigger in Townville, SC       Jul 31 09:51 AM
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