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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Washington Post Non Disclosure	Washington Post (WPO) just announced the takeover of Foreign Policy Magazine. Sounds like a good idea that enhances the political clout of Washington Post. The class B shares which trade around $550 a share and are trading near their 52 week lows were up slightly in this mornings early trading.OK let me get this straight. A news organization that fights for disclosure, clarity, transparency, even the truth, announces a deal with financial implications and utters not one word about the financial ...	September 30, 2008
Internet sales falter as a possible salvation for newspapers	Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Industry, NewspapersThe one last hope failing newspapers could hold onto is that the online versions of their products would grow enough to offset falling print profits. The most recent earnings from the largest chains have raised the question of whether that is possible. Results from The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) have diminished the dream even further. The numbers for the company's flagship paper, The Washington Post, were remarkably poor. Ac...	August 02, 2008
LEE: Should Lee Enterprises Investors Stop the Presses or Pick Up a Scoop?	photo credit: qnr This article is a reprint of my February 21, 2008 RealMoney column The last year hasn’t been a good time to own a newspaper. The best performing stock was Washington Post (WPO), which managed not to decline significantly. New York Times (NYT) and Gannett (GCI - Annual Report) are down as much as half, while smaller firms like Lee Enterprises (LEE), Belo Corp. (BLC), McClatchy (MNI) and Journal Register (JRC) have registered declines ranging from 60-80%. Always on the eye...	February 28, 2008
52 Week Low's 2/25	(XRIT)- X-Rite Incorporated (XLPRX)- Xl Cap Ltd(WSC)- Wesco Financial Corpo ... (WPO)- The Washington Post C ... (WPL)- W.P. Stewart & Co. Ltd. (WMK)- Weis Markets, Inc (WIND)- Wind River Systems Inc (USM)- United States Cellula ...(UNFI)- United Natural Foods Inc (UFS)- Domtar Corp (TZOO)- Travelzoo Inc (TWPG)- Thomas Weisel Partner ... (SLRY)- Salary Com Inc (SLE)- Sara Lee Corporation (SIRF)- Sirf Technology Hldgs Inc (DF)- Dean Foods Co New (CSPI)- CSP Inc (CSHB)- C...	February 25, 2008
Earnings highlights: Wal-mart, Crocs, Garmin, Safeway, Newmont and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Wal-Mart (WMT), Safeway Inc (SWY), Newmont Mining (NEM), Crocs Inc (CROX), Garmin Ltd (GRMN)Here are a few highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: Amkor Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR) easily beat estimates and raised its guidance. Crocs Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) posted solid fourth-quarter results on strong overseas sales. DealerTrack Holdings (NASDAQ: TRAK) fourth-quarter revenue rose, but the credit crunch hurt results...	February 23, 2008
Mohnish Pabrai Interview	Here is an interview with the man who just paid $650,000 for lunch with Warren Buffett. It was sent to me by the interviewer and can be found at Investorguide.comJuly 11, 2007Interview conducted by Tom Murcko.It is my privilege to bring you the following interview I recently conducted with value investing superstar Mohnish Pabrai. Mohnish is one of my favorite investors who doesn't have the initials W.B. His investment style is similar to the low risk, high value style followed by Warren Buffett...	July 12, 2007
The UFO Stock Portfolio	If you have nothing to do during the July 4 weekend, why not head on down to Roswell, New Mexico and check out the Roswell UFO Festival taking place July 5-8, 2007. Do you realize that this is the 60th anniversary of the famous Roswell UFO incident? Since I couldn't find any recent financial data for UFO Incorporated, Martian Limited, or Alien Corp., I decided to use the Roswell UFO Festival sponsors to build a UFO portfolio.The Roswell UFO portfolio sponsors are as follows:20th Century Fox Film...	July 03, 2007
Warren Buffett Short Squeezes	If you are looking for a short term stock play but want the backup of turning the position into a long term investment, you might want to look at the investments that are owned by an outstanding investment professional for the long term aspect, and a high short ratio (the number of days it takes to cover a short position based on the average daily volume of shares traded) for the possibility of a short term spike. Warren Buffett, one of the superheroes of investing, has had an outstanding track ...	June 21, 2007
Warren Buffett Rides More Railroads (BNI, NSC, UNP), Plus Other Holdings	This is an edited version of the first story to run an expanded list. Last month we all found out that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway decided to take a ride on the Reading by investing in Burlington Northern (BNI-NYSE). He also said that he had invested in two others, and now we know the holdings out of today's larger filing. Here are the positions noted in the filing. Here is a full list out of the SEC FILING: Here are the rail positions: Burlington Northern (BN...	May 15, 2007
What can Buffett buy?	Filed under: Deals, Management, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Gannett Co (GCI), Dow Jones and Co (DJ)Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) has too much money. Its chief, Warren Buffett, says he might buy something for $40 to $60 billion, if he can find something cheap. Overspending is against his principles. Berkshire is in so many businesses that it is hard to determine what it might buy next. The company owns jet rental operation NetJets, but also owns Benjamin Moore, G...	May 09, 2007

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