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...finally found a new CEO to run the company in the place of founder Jerry Yang who was part of the Microsoft foul-up. Carol Bartz was the head of Autodesk (ADSK) from 1992 to 2006. She deserves whatever credit she got for improving Autodesk's fortunes. The stock soared over the period that she ran the company. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...There is very little left of Yahoo compared to what the company was even three years ago when the stock traded at $43, just after posting the highest operating income in its history. The stock now trades around $12. Yahoo's market value has dropped to $17 billion. Its value now is about the same as trash hauling firm Waste Management (WMI). In the last quarter, the portal company had an operating loss of $278 million. With goodwill and restructuring charges taken out, Yahoo would have made a modest profit. The sales are not likely to get better...
...Hinrichs, group vice president of Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs at Ford Motor Company, said the tentative agreement gives Ford "the option" of using Ford common stock for up to 50% of the payments into the VEBA in lieu of cash. "We will consider each payment when it is due and use our discretion in determining whether cash or stock makes sense at the time, balancing our liquidity needs and preserving shareholder value," Hinrichs said...
...movies, and it keeps the family at home. So I think there's a basic level of consumption out there that isn't going to change. I credit our President for giving a sense of confidence that something is happening. I don't think people are watching the stock market on a minute-to-minute basis like they were in the fall. I think there's a basic sense that yes, it may get worse, the market may go down, but the dust is settling. The dust is settling...
...Apollo (APOL) is a large education company almost no one has heard of. The firm has a stock market value of $12 billion and had sales of $970 million last quarter. Its operating profit on that was $307 million, so the company has obscene margins. In the last year, Apollo's shares were up almost 30%. While Apollo may not be well-known, it largest division, the University of Phoenix, is well known because it is the largest private university in the country. As people find that they need new skills to find work, Apollo is in a position...