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MondaySep 08, 2008 6:41 am

Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. (PSUN) – Going Beyond the Beach

Trading on NASDAQ, Pacific Sunwear of California Inc. is a leading lifestyle specialty retailer of everyday casual apparel, accessories, and footwear. As part of the Apparel Stores industry, the company has their corporate headquarters in Anaheim, California. Their store concept finds its roots in the youth culture and fashion trends of Southern California. The company began in 1980 as a small surf shop in Newport Beach, California, although under a different name. With California's cooler winter seasons moving beach-goers off the beaches and into the malls, the surf shop moved there as well. They began opening surf shops in malls…

MondaySep 08, 2008 6:38 am

Hawthorne Gold Corp. (HGC.V) is Organizing their Trio to Play for Profit

Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Hawthorne Gold Corp. (HGC.V) is a gold exploration and development company. Their corporate focus is on three key properties in this Canadian province: Frasergold, Table Mountain, and Taurus. Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX-V), the company's goal is to become a successful gold company through focused exploration. They are also working to achieve this goal through continued development of their current projects and through the potential acquisitions of other projects. The company's direction comes from well-respected mining leaders Richard Barclay and Michael Beley, together with mining veteran Michael Redfearn. Their mission is to become…

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 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 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 5:36 am

Chief Executive Officer of Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (SWHC) Discusses First Quarter Financial Results

Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASD: SWHC), a manufacturer of handguns, law enforcement products, and firearm safety and security products, recently announced its financial results from the fiscal first quarter ended July 31, 2008. Shares opened lower late last week after the company reported quarterly net income of $2.3 million, or $0.05 per fully diluted share, compared with $4.7 million, or $0.11 per fully diluted share, for the comparable period in 2007. Net product sales totaled $78.0 million, a $3.6 million or 4.9 percent year-over-year increase over net product sales for the fiscal first quarter of 2007. The company’s president…

SaturdaySep 06, 2008 5:34 am

China Finance, Inc. (CHFI.OB) Signs On As China Construction Bank’s Loan Guarantor

China Finance, Inc. (OTCBB: CHFI) announced that its subsidiary is China Construction Bank's (CCB) newest loan guarantor. On Sept. 1, CCB and China Finance's wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Shenzhen Hua Yin Guaranty and Investment Limited Liability Corporation ("SHY"), entered into a Memo of Bank-Guaranty Cooperation and a Guaranty Cooperation Agreement. CHFI focuses on small and medium enterprises. In a news release, CHFI says the agreement opens these enterprises to the more favorable terms offered at CCB's 13,000 branches, while also allowing SHY to expand geographically. SHY continues to work with China Industrial and Commercial Bank in similar endeavors. "China Construction Bank…

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