Wednesday, January 30, 2008

on music and harmony

Музыка - это, что наполняет нас гармонией. Какая музыка - такая и гармония.

Music is what fills us with the harmony. So the kind of your harmony depends on the kind of music you listen to

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Martha Stewart Gets A Boost

Shares of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia are off more than 20% for the year to date, and 13% since late February. But now may be the time for investors to reconsider their opinion on that sinking stock.

So says Bear Stearns analyst Michael Meltz. In a client note posted Tuesday morning, Meltz pointed out that recent price weakness.

"While valuation is still not cheap, the pullback makes the shares somewhat more attractive given the company's growth profile," the analyst wrote.

Meltz told his clients that he thinks shares of the media company, founded by Martha Stewart in 1996, could benefit in coming months from positive news flow related to new deals and products, including its redesigned Web site, MarthaSteward.com

Additionally, Meltz noted that many of the company's previously announced merchandising alliances will be rolled out throughout the spring and summer, such as a collection of paints at Lowe's, crafts at Michael's Stores and home products at Macy's.

Meltz added, "We think the future looks bright for Martha Stewart, and view the company as one of the few real growth stories within the broader media space."

He upgraded his rating on the company to "peer perform" from "underperform."

Traders responded, sending shares of the company climbing 3.9%, or 65 cents, to $17.53 in Tuesday trading.

Separately on Tuesday, homebuilder KB Home said it's teaming up with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to build a community of 97 houses in Los Angeles County.

The community, scheduled to start welcoming residents in the fall of 2007, is the second such community that the two companies have built together in California.

Source Forbes.com

Sporting tycoon buys Adidas stake


Fiona Walsh
Tuesday March 27, 2007
Guardian Unlimited

Secretive retail billionaire Mike Ashley has splashed out more than £180m on a 3.14% stake in Adidas, the German sportswear group.
News of his holding saw shares in Adidas, the world's second-largest sporting goods maker, jump €1.15 on the German stock exchange today, to €40.25 (£27.32).

Just weeks ago Mr Ashley raised £929m by floating his Sports Direct empire on the London stock market. At the time, he said he had no plans to spend the cash, but would put it in the bank instead.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Task of the raider

The task (of a bidder; raider ) is to identify asset that not used efficiently, acquire it, make it efficient, and than realise it at competitive price on the market.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Stones roll by U2 for top-grossing tour ever

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Though they'll surely live to fight another day, U2's brief stint holding the title of top-grossing tour ever is over. That distinction returns to the Rolling Stones, whose A Bigger Bang tour is now the top-grossing tour in history.
Full article from Yahoo! UK& Ireland

Oil rallies towards $60 on Nigeria, dollar

Oil rallies towards $60 on Nigeria, dollar. Source Yahoo!UK&Ireland

Bank of Georgia IPO to raise 83 million pounds

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of Georgia said on Friday it expected to raise $160 million (83 million pounds) in a share flotation that will make it the first ever company from the former Soviet Union country to list in London. Full article from Reuters UK

Friday, November 24, 2006

We won't chop up Gazporn:)

Russia' President Vladimir Putin denies EU proposal to unbundle Gazprom's upstream and downstream operations -- exploration and production from transportation and distribution. Article from Yahoo! Finance UK

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Kerkorian's Tracinda offers to buy 5% more of GM

Article from USA TODAY about Kerkorian's dances around troubled world biggest auto maker

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Oil back near $59

ArticleFrom Yahoo!Finance

World's fastest economy could speed to trouble

Article from Yahoo! Finance UK&Ireland about robust speed of Azeibardjan economy caused oil price increase along with the launch of the pipeline through Turkey that opens country's oil export direct access to the Western markets (bypassing Russia)

Is Porsche revving up to take over Volkswagen?


Article from Yahoo!Finance UK&Ireland