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MondaySep 08, 2008 6:15 am

Susan M Ivey – Reynolds American, Inc (RAI)

Company Overview Reynolds American, Inc. was created in 2004 by the merger of R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Holdings and British American Tobacco PLC, and is now the parent company of the operating companies listed below with their specialties. As a holding company, Reynolds American focuses on pleasing the stockholder, while the operating companies focus on pleasing their customers. To please stockholders, the management team at Reynolds American focuses on two things: increasing stock price and increasing dividends. The operating companies are as follows: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company – U.S. market mostly. Sells 1 of every 3 cigarettes sold in the US. Brands…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:14 am

Irene Rosenfeld – Kraft Foods, Inc. (KFT)

Company Overview James L. Kraft began a wholesale cheese company in 1903 in Chicago, IL. However, the current entity, Kraft Foods, Inc., has roots in companies that were started as far back as 1767. Kraft today is the result of a series of mergers of food product manufacturers including Nabisco, Oscar Meyer, and General Foods. Current well known brands are Breakstone, Chips Ahoy!, Cool Whip, DiGiorno, Jell-O, Kraft, Kool-Aid, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Ritz, Tang, and Velveeta. Kraft produces and distributes its products to 150 countries, with more than 180 manufacturing and processing facilities worldwide. Kraft claims…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:13 am

Andrea Jung – Avon Products, Inc. (AVP)

Company Overview Avon is one of the United States’ oldest companies. Originally founded as the California Perfume Company in 1886, Avon has always been about marketing. On October 6, 1939, the wildly successful California Perfume,by then with over $4M in sales and more than 25,000 representatives, changed its name to Avon Products, Inc. People believe that the company was re-christened “Avon” for the whimsical reason that Suffern on the Ramapo, the New York State town in which the founder of the company lived, reminded him of Shakespeare’s Stratford-on-Avon1 Avon today calls itself “The Company for Women” and is one…

MondaySep 08, 2008 5:59 am

Uranium Energy Corp. (URHN.OB) Announces Record High Readings from Ruhuhu Project Field Program

Today, Uranium Energy announced that it has recorded a Geiger-counter reading of 1253 cps at Ruhuhu Target 4, the highest single reading so far. According to the company, the reading was recorded 145 m east of the base line of the trend anomaly. This success is the latest news from the company regarding its ground crew’s efforts to map Target 4 for trenching, pitting and systematic sampling. Uranium Energy said it will continue to inform its shareholders with the latest updates from its field program as they become available. Ghaith Qamheiah, President of Uranium Hunter commented, "While recognizing that we…

MondaySep 08, 2008 5:36 am

Stone Energy Corp. (SGY) Reports Impact from Hurricane Gustav

Stone Energy (SGY) is an independent oil and natural gas company headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana. The company’s business strategy is to increase shareholder value through the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas in mature and emerging fields. Stone currently operates in the Gulf of Mexico, onshore Louisiana, and is also engaged in an exploratory joint venture in Bohai Bay, China. Stone recently provided an update on the impact of Hurricane Gustav on its operations. The adverse weather conditions associated with Hurricane Gustav resulted in the suspension of all offshore drilling and production activities in the Gulf of…

MondaySep 08, 2008 4:28 am

Sound Business Management Makes Powell Industries Inc. (POWL) Stand Apart

This small-capital member of the Electronic Instrumentation & Controls Industry from Houston, TX is simply remarkable. The early-September 2008 stock price is a good 30% above the 52-week low of $31.68. The market capitalization is now over $460 million, and the Price to Earnings Ratio is 23.10. What is special about this? The industry has been a poor performer. It has lost 20% of its collective market capitalization. You cannot get away by blaming the troubled U.S. economy because this industry does not even match the S&P 500 index trend. U.S. corporations in the business of instrumentation and controls suffer…

MondaySep 08, 2008 4:26 am

Social Engagement as a Strategic Plank – Better Business Basics Bulletin

The lobbies of Washington are unfairly maligned. Not all of them are funded by illicit interests. Many of the causes they promote are in the greater public interest. It is time for retail stock investors to take pragmatic views of how businesses can gain from jockeying policy-makers. Marketing is not for consumers alone. Effective communication must cover all categories of stakeholders. People at large need education on the roles of enterprises and entire industries as well. This is a global matter nowadays, so it falls on corporations to wield influence on foreign governments as well. Trade associations and industry bodies…

MondaySep 08, 2008 4:21 am

Superlattice Power, Inc. (SLAT.OB) Announces Success Producing New Nano Cathode Material

In the morning’s news today, Superlattice Power announced that its North Carolina production facility has produced 200 kg (approx. 440 lb.) of high purity, new nano cathode material. This latest achievement will allow the company to use the material in a battery manufacturing facility for use in electric vehicles. Superlattice has now committed itself to developing and producing cobalt-free cathode material with superlattice structure on a large scale for high voltage application using a new electrolyte capable of withstanding voltage beyond 5 volts. Dr. Surajit Sengupta and Dr. Vishal Mahajan have taken the charge to perform all research with a…

MondaySep 08, 2008 3:58 am

The Morning Edge – September 8, 2008

The U.S. Treasury Department finally stepped up to the plate over the weekend and seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The nation’s largest mortgage lenders have had implicit federal backing as government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Mounting losses from the sub-prime mess have artificially held up mortgage rates despite multiple Fed rate cuts, making home-ownership more expensive and exacerbating the housing crisis. Now that federal support is fully explicit, the concerns of major holders of Fannie and Freddie debt, including China and Russia, should be ameliorated, and mortgage rates should come down. Overseas markets in Asia and Europe rallied…

SaturdaySep 06, 2008 5:38 am

eDOORWAYS Corporation (EDWY.PK) Platform will Provide Expert-Level Community Content Contributions

eDOORWAYS Corporation (EDWY.OB), a web-based consumer problem-solving gateway, lifestyle information source and online business-to-consumer marketplace, is aggressively pursuing its growth initiatives to turn social networking into a profitable business model. One advantage of the eDOORWAYS community compared to its mainstream competitors MySpace and Facebook is the flexible platform design and “expert” level capability. For professional experts, such as accredited, published journalists, there is a “gold level” profile status that allows users to specifically target their areas of expertise by adding unique profile keywords. In order to establish a credible, knowledge-based community, eDOORWAYS experts can be paid for their knowledge. The…

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