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The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
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Not So Fast, Laidlaw Third quarter earnings give this bus a boost, but this company is no speedster.   |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2005
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I Missed This Bus Bus operator Laidlaw has cleaned up its business, but is there much room left to ride? Turnarounds can be great opportunities for investors, but they require an above-average commitment to due diligence. |
The Motley Fool
January 8, 2007
Rich Smith |
Laidlaw Laid Out Investors dropped shares of the busing titan nearly 5% on news of a weaker-than-expected quarter. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Laying Down the Laidlaw So far, this company's turnaround looks pretty successful. If it can achieve the further goals it has set for itself, the company's tightened focus on buses could well make this a profitable investment for long-term owners. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Stride Rite Stumbles The shoe company loses its footing, but still expects solid profit growth this year. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Dollars and Cents in the Citi Healthy signs emanate from the consumer area as more pay off their credit card debt. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2004
Rich Smith |
Time Bomb at Electronics Boutique? The video game retailer's growth story may be following a familiar, unpleasant path. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2004
Rich Smith |
Thomson's Flip Side Thomson's earnings, free cash flow, and valuation tell the full story. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2004
Phil Wohl |
American Greetings Trims Debt Investors respond favorably to the company's debt restructuring. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Rural/Metro Still in ICU Though the ambulance operator's stock has rebounded quite a bit, future survival or success isn't a sure thing yet. |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2004
Seth Jayson |
CarMax Inches Forward CarMax turns out solid numbers, but are its shares worth the going price? |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2004
Rich Smith |
Texas Instruments Stands Out The chip maker distinguishes itself with solid Q1 results. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Circuit City Reloaded? Investors grab onto hope, but it still seems too early to call a turnaround. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2004
Ben McClure |
Quality Earnings Count Here are three telltale signs of strong earnings. This reporting period, it's worthwhile taking a peek behind the earnings. Here are three telltale signs of earnings "quality" to guide your stock picks. |
AskMen.com
July 14, 2003
Ash Karbasfrooshan |
Lingo You Need To Know When it comes to how you should speak, the bottom line is that you need to speak with conviction and confidence. Even if you are wrong, you need to give others the sense that you are right. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2004
Mark Mahorney |
Shuffle Master's No Shell Game Gaming equipment company Shuffle Master had a big week, announcing two acquisitions and reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2004
Bill Mann |
Earning $24 Billion Isn't Enough Global Crossing's accounting earnings were huge, but don't get too excited. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
The Brink of Suspense Brink's offers a big surprise in today's earnings announcement. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
Career Education's Class Rank Career Education is one of the cheaper companies in the education sphere. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Gannett's Ad-vantageous Q1 First-quarter earnings for Gannett, publisher of USA Today and hundreds of other newspapers, show strong increases in advertising revenues across every segment of the company. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Is It Time to Get Rid of EBITDA? The latest target of corporate reformers may not be a company or even an individual. Instead it is a concept, EBITDA, that may have been indirectly responsible for at least some of the corporate carcasses now littering the landscape. |
The Motley Fool
January 20, 2004
Jeff Hwang |
United Technologies Delivers The Dow component wraps up the year with another strong performance. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2004
Bill Mann |
Not on the Level 3 Level 3's losing money, and now one of its big customers is departing. Ouch. |
Inc.
March 1, 2002
Jill Andresky Fraser |
Business for Sale: Wanna Sit in the Driver's Seat? A 10-year-old vehicle-repair service whose revenues and earnings have risen by more than 50% during the past two years -- a growth-oriented buyer could put the pedal to the metal here... |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2004
Rich Smith |
American Standard Still Clogged American Standard reported strong results, but debt remains a factor. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2004
Rich Smith |
DoubleClick's Pinched Penny Rounding earnings per share can lay traps for unwary investors. Online advertiser DoubleClick becomes a good lesson in why it is best to think of those little ticker symbols scrolling by as pieces of companies rather than little ticker symbols. |
CIO
January 1, 2001
Ian Springsteel |
Money Talk - Financial Glossary Fluency in CFO-speak can help your company---and your career. |
Entrepreneur
September 2003
Jennifer Pallet |
Money Buzz Online charitable systems for your employees; a fundamentally flawed investing strategy |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
First Health's Second Go Despite a November warning, the company is back on track. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Onward, Coach! The retailer boosts guidance on a strong spring line and success in Japan. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
United Natural Gets Slammed Investors viewed the company as an unhealthy investment today, pushing the stock down as much as 19% after the organic food supplier warned it will come in shy of profit expectations. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2004
Phil Wohl |
America's Car-Mart Rolls On Will the pre-owned car dealer continue to drive better-than-expected results? |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2003
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Standing by Family Dollar Investors may be catching on to this discounted Dollar retailer. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Behind the Times The New York Times may have the big name, but compared to some of its peers, the Manhattan media empire looks a bit soft in the earnings department. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Be Press-Release Savvy When you're looking at a company's press release, remember that sometimes numbers can be misleading. It's smart not to take what you read at face value. Be skeptical. We often do this when reading words, but we should think critically when reading about numbers, too. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Fool Looks Ahead Yellow school buses and superheroes in red and blue color the week ahead. Let's take a closer look. Monday: On the eve of the holiday, stateside companies will be mum on the earnings front... Tuesday: Market closed... Wednesday: Oce chimes in... etc. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2005
W.D. Crotty |
Six Flags at Half-Staff The amusement park's first-quarter results are anything but amusing. Fans of the stock will scream that it is not the prime summer season and that no one should have expected a profit. |
Inc.
October 2004
Bobbie Gossage |
Cranking Up the Earnings Forget revenue growth. For VCs these days, it's the "earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization," that counts. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2003
Motley Fool Staff |
Why Stock Prices Go Up and Down If a company's profits keep growing, its stock price will follow suit -- eventually. Corporate earnings drive stocks in the long run. In the short run, though, there are many different reasons stock prices flitter up and down. Don't take all moves too seriously. |
AskMen.com
September 29, 2002
Ash Karbasfrooshan |
Investing: Stocks 101 An introduction to investing in stocks |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Rich Smith |
Covering Portfolio Recovery Portfolio Recovery Associates' performance over the past six months have been good with earnings of $0.81 per diluted share translating to an earnings growth of nearly 31% over the first half of 2003. |
BusinessWeek
May 3, 2004
Arner & Kerwin |
Another Glittering Quarter For Profits Still harboring doubts about the strength of the economic recovery? Well, it looks like you can put them to rest. Broad-based demand, a weak dollar that is boosting exports, and an improving job scene have combined to fuel a surge in corporate profits. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2009
Matt Koppenheffer |
Your Bankruptcy Preparedness Kit You don't want to end up owning the next headline-making bankruptcy, so here are three strategies to avoid that fate. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Lexmark Inks More Profits The printer maker lives up to its buzz and continues to increase earnings. |
The Motley Fool
July 10, 2006
Anders Bylund |
3 Stocks That Missed the Mark A peek at companies that over-promised and under-delivered. Aracruz Celulose... Laidlaw International... America's Car-Mart... |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
An Unlucky Alliance Slot-machine maker Alliance Gaming is getting hammered, but it's no loser. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Ben Austen |
The Megabus Effect After decades of decline, the bus is the U.S.'s fastest-growing way to travel, led by curbside service from Megabus, BoltBus, and others. |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2004
Bill Mann |
Things Left Unsaid A company puts its best foot forward in a press release, but old releases can tell a different story. |
FDIC FYI
September 5, 2002 |
Corporate Earnings Growth Suggests Business Sector Recovery The recession that began in March 2001 has been termed a corporate sector recession because of pervasive weakness in the business sector. Recent earnings reports from companies in the S&P 500 index suggest that the trend of declining corporate profits may have run its course. |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
Andrew Park |
Profits: "The Fog Is Beginning to Lift" With the economy's biggest worries behind it, earnings look set to keep heading up |
