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The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Upper Deck Spins Topps In Topps' buyout bidding, Upper Deck regains the upper hand.   |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Topps Hits the Deck Trading-card specialist Topps is recommending that shareholders not tender their shares to Upper Deck. The renegade bidder and trading-card rival is offering $10.75 a share. |
The Motley Fool
May 25, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
2 Suitors Make a Play for Topps A bidding war may be under way for the struggling maker of trading cards. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Topps Hits Bottom The trading-card company accepts Tornante's buyout offer, cheating investors out of better deals. |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Eisner's New Card Trick Michael Eisner's Tornante investing arm is teaming up with private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners to cash out existing trading card and candy maker Topps shareholders at $9.75 a pop. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2007
Christopher Palmeri |
Saying No To An LBO Shareholders are fighting "lowball" buyout bids - and finding an ally in the courts. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2005
Andy Cross |
My Pops May Dig Topps Topps' candy sale flops, but the company still has value. |
The Motley Fool
April 11, 2006
Jeremy MacNealy |
Topps in Need of a Relief Pitcher The confectionary and trading card manufacturer continues to strike out. Is there any relief in sight? For a stock that's essentially at the same level it was back in 1989, there better be some evidence of positive performance before jumping in. |
BusinessWeek
September 3, 2007
Ronald Grover |
Michael Eisner 2.0 Will See You Now Former Disney chief Michael Eisner has reinvented himself as a New Media mogul. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Topps Flipping Past Sports Cards The legendary sports card manufacturer is shifting its focus away from its shrinking core. Wait to invest in shares until the company realigns its business further away from its sports card roots. |
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
Has Topps Topped Out? An enterprise value of $340.3 million, with $92.9 million in cash and no long-term debt, creates a reasonable a price for a marquee name like Topps. But its stock may remain topped out until the company can spur growth by shuffling up its sports cards. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Say It Ain't So, Bazooka Joe! After seven months of unsuccessfully trying to sell its confectionery business, the trading card specialist has decided to keep it after all. Even though the stock is now trading near its 52-week low, shareholders may come to appreciate this decision. |
The Motley Fool
March 12, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
The M&A Mix Tape A rockin' review of what dealmakers have been doing over the past week. "Kiss on My List" by Hall and Oates featuring Movielink... "Can't Buy Me Love" by The Beatles featuring Citi and Nikko... etc. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Fool Looks Back Cards and kids set the stage for a busy walk down Wall Street this past week. Lonely at the Topps... Where a Kid Can be a Kidder... |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2006
Stephen Ellis |
Topps Should Be Sent to the Showers This candy and card seller has two strikes against it. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2005
Nathan Slaughter |
Topps Stuck in a Slump The confectioner and trading card company is down but not out. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
January 6, 2006
Jeremy MacNealy |
Topps Strikes Out, Again There's a lot to dislike about the company's recent performance. But an enterprise of buying back chunks of what it considers undervalued shares, combined with initiatives in place to attempt a turnaround, may provide some much-needed relief for this stock. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2005
Nathan Slaughter |
Is Topps at a Bottom? The confectioner and trading-card company posts fourth straight year of down sales. However, top line growth is in the forecast this year, and each share comes with around $2.60 in cash inside. |
Inc.
May 2009
Ryan McCarthy |
Loans You Pay Every Day One firm gives loans when banks won't -- and, yes, there's a catch |
AskMen.com
Malcolm MacMillan |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Sports Cards After hearing how far the hobby has come, you might want to stop on the way home and pick up a pack or two. |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2007
Steven Mallas |
Is Topps at the Top? Topps showed improvement in its third-quarter performance. Should you collect some of its shares? |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Topps Topples The cards-and-candy company is having trouble with its WizKids acquisition. |
Science News
November 16, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Card Shuffling Shenanigans Application of statistics to card shuffling machines shows that they have flaws. |
Science News
October 14, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Disorder in the Deck How many shuffles are enough? Different mathematical methods yield different answers as to the amount of shuffling needed to erase the residual order in a pack of playing cards... |
PC Magazine
January 10, 2007
Sarah Pike |
Invisible Icon Close system applications using the icon in the upper left corner of Windows. |
