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Is Big Lots' Management Creating Value?

Fri, 31/12/2010 - 17:25 by Dan Dzombak

Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger, once said, "I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it. And never a year passes but I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther."

The Best Stocks for 2011: Valero Energy

Fri, 31/12/2010 - 06:53 by Chuck Saletta

 

This article is part of our "Best Stocks for 2011" series where our Foolish writers pick their top stocks ideas for the year ahead. Click here to see a review of last year's picks and our 12 recommendations for the year ahead.




7 Reasons Not to Worry This Week

Tue, 21/12/2010 - 12:17 by Rick Aristotle ...

Before you begin passing around the eggnog -- or re-gifting the fruitcake -- there's still an abridged week of earnings to cover.

I had no problem over the weekend bringing up several companies that are projected to post lower quarterly earnings this week than they did a year ago.

Is Toll Brothers a Good Turnaround Play?

Wed, 15/12/2010 - 12:42 by Motley Fool

Everyone loves a comeback. So when Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) reported fourth-quarter earnings earlier this month and showed its second straight quarter of profitability, I was intrigued. After 11 straight quarters of losses -- yes, you read that correctly -- I wondered whether this was a turnaround story in the making, a chance to get in on the cheap with a company that has weathered a major storm. So should you consider adding Toll Brothers to your portfolio? Let's take a closer look at the numbers.

Will Anyone Buy This Broken Retailer?

Tue, 07/12/2010 - 10:36 by Rick Aristotle ...

 

Don't Get Too Worked Up Over Penn West Energy Trust's Earnings

Sat, 04/12/2010 - 12:42 by Seth Jayson

 Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls.

 

Are These Food and Beverage Companies Creating Value?

Fri, 26/11/2010 - 07:32 by Dan Dzombak

 "I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it," Warren Buffett's business partner, Charlie Munger, once said. "And never a year passes but I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther."

NBA: Milwaukee 108, Atlanta 91

Thu, 11/11/2010 - 08:33 by Prince damin

Atlanta -- Corey Maggette came off the bench to score 20 points Wednesday and the Milwaukee Bucks dominated the middle two quarters to down Atlanta 108-91.

After winning their first six games of the season, the Hawks have dropped three in a row.

Milwaukee outscored Atlanta 67-33 during the second and third periods, hitting 51 percent from the field for the game and making 8-of-15 from 3-point range. Maggette missed just one of his eight attempts from the floor.

Brandon Jennings added 19 points for the Bucks, winners of two in a row, and Ersan Ilyasova had 17.

Zaza Pachulia led Atlanta with 16 points and Al Horford had 14. Milwaukee had lost in its six previous trips to Atlanta.

Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).

Melzer through to Mercedes Cup quarters

Thu, 15/07/2010 - 11:30 by Pankaj Damin

Stuttgart, Germany -- No. 2-seeded Jurgen Melzer claimed a tight second-round win Wednesday at the Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Germany.

Melzer slipped past Mischa Zverev 7-5, 7-5. He had a shaky serve, landing only 58 percent of his first serve, but he managed to save four of six of Zverev's break-point changes and took the match because of four breaks of his own.

He moves into Friday's quarterfinals against fifth-seeded Albert Montanes, who claimed a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win over Juan Ignacio Chela. Montanes piled up eight service breaks over 14 receiving games.

Simon Gruel ousted seventh-seeded Gilles Simon 6-4, 7-5, dropping serve only once and winning 70 percent of the points on serve.

Sharapova makes Aegon Classic quarters

Fri, 11/06/2010 - 10:23 by Pankaj Damin

Birmingham, England -- No. 2-seeded Maria Sharapova collected two wins Thursday and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Aegon Classic grass-court tennis tournament in England.

Sharapova fishing off a suspended second-round match against Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-0, 6-3 before taking out Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-1 in a third-round pairing.

Rains earlier the week caused a backlog of matches, forcing several players to battle through two matches Thursday. That included top-seeded Li Na, who beat Anne Keothavong 6-2, 6-4 before going against 13th-seeded Angelique Kerber in a third-round match. They were tied 4-6, 6-3 when the match was halted because of darkness.

Sharapova advances to Strasbourg quarters

Thu, 20/05/2010 - 10:51 by Pankaj Damin

Strasbourg, France -- No. 1 seed Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg International Wednesday, while Sybille Bammer and Virginie Razzano were shown the door.

Sharapova made quick work of her second-round opponent, Bulgarian qualifier Dia Evtimova, 6-3, 6-0 in a match that lasted a little more than an hour.

The former world No. 1 will next face German Julia Goerges, who reached the quarters by upsetting the sixth-seeded Bammer 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) on the clay-court tuneup for next week's French Open.

French crowd favorite Razzano, seeded third, was bounced from Strasbourg at the hands of Sweden's Sofia Arvidsson 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Troicki rides rout to Belgrade quarters

Thu, 06/05/2010 - 10:12 by Pankaj Damin

Belgrade, Serbia -- Sixth-seeded Viktor Troicki lost only one game in picking up a second-round victory Wednesday at the $556,000 Serbian Open tennis tournament.

Troicki pasted Florent Serra 6-0, 6-1 in 41 minutes. Troicki lost five points -- one in the second set -- on serve in the rout. He finished with 75 percent of the total points, allowing Serra just 17 points in the match

Serra won only seven points in the second set with four coming in the only game he won on the day.

Troicki's victory earned him a quarterfinals berth against fourth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka, who dispatched Alessio Di Mauro 6-1, 6-4. Wawrinka had to deal with only two break points in the match and he saved both.