Neal Shanske submits: ?Gluttony is good?, a modern Gordon Gekko might have said, in reference to the triumphant return of the coveted mustard belt to America. Joey Chestnut, paying no heed to rising beef prices, managed to consume, quite conspicuously, 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Like many former high-flyers, defending six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi suffered from a late ?reversal?, and was able to manage a mere 63 hot dogs.
Hoping to do for stock picking what eating contests have done for sport, and in honor of the holiday, I have constructed a portfolio of companies whose names contain the...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan submits: The prevailing wisdom is that by bringing internationally-focused Kijiji to the US, eBay (EBAY) is taking on Craigslist.
That?s not the case. Craigslist is growing too fast to give a damn, frankly. And, as everyone has mentioned by now, eBay is 25% owner of Craigslist and they also have a board seat. While Craig Newmark might not say so, one day, he?ll get tired of being the CSR extraordinaire at Craigslist and want to sell. Trust me, it?s a matter...
Area Realty Market Turning Soft (Monterey Herald, September 4th): "According to the most recent figures available from the Monterey County Association of Realtors, July's single-family home...
MainSource Financial Group signed a definitive agreement to acquire 1st Independence Financial Group Co. and its unit, 1st Independence Bank Inc., for about $37 million, or $18.34 a share. MainSource, a Greensburg, Ind., bank holding company, said each 1st Independence shareholder will receive $5.475 in cash and 0.881036 share of MainSource common stock for each 1st Independence share. MainSource said 1st Bank will become a wholly owned unit named MainSource Bank-Kentucky after the expected deal closing in the third quarter. MainSource expects the transaction to be neutral to earnings in the first full year following closing and to add...
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