Primary Research Off the Record research did on Ruby Tuesday (RI) last week seem to confirm that Ruby Tuesday's new menu is drawing in the crowds...and managers interviewed were much more enthusiastic than we expected. Two other items have crossed my desk today that lead me to believe we should be pounding the table on this research to our clients...first Wachovia Securities "Friday Night Wait Report" released today (Monday November 6) seems to reinforce our positive findings. Their report states: Ruby Tuesday Posts Longest Wait Time Of Past 2 Years. We are encouraged by the 15-minute average wait time at Ruby Tuesday this week, which represents the longest wait for the concept in over 2 years. The average wait was up 12 minutes from last week....
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(Fortune Magazine) -- What makes Tiger Woods great? What made Berkshire Hathaway (Charts) Chairman Warren Buffett the world's premier investor? We think we know: Each was a natural who came into the world with a gift for doing exactly what he ended up doing. As Buffett told Fortune not long ago, he was "wired at birth to allocate capital." It's a one-in-a-million thing. You've got it - or you don't...
Have you ever wondered why most of the people you know (and probably your elected representatives) insist on making dumb decisions when they are so clearly wrong? Below are ten reasons that they act like idiots without even knowing it. And as they say in poker, if you can't spot the sucker at the table, then it's probably you...
One other item this week to elaborate on and that is our findings on Cat...as mentioned in the research two more negative items surfaced from our primary interviews: cost of used equipment going down another 10% or so and how it is getting tougher to convert rental owners to purchase. Although I don't know if these negative items by themselves will lead to another dip in CAT stock price like our inputs a few months ago, I do know that if we get more negative news in the follow up 3-4 weeks from now I would bet the stock will dip again..stay tuned.
The Following the video is live on the streets, where Stephan Marbury introduces his new clothing line/shoe line to the streets. Here you get real life feedback from fans and strangers. Write Comment (0 Comments)
eMarketer releases estimated ad revenue and market share for Google and Yahoo!
As Yahoo! and Google report their third-quarter earnings this week, eMarketer's new estimates of US full-year advertising revenue, growth and market share for the two companies can help put their earnings in perspective.
Okay how about this...next year Google's growth in revenues (fundamentals) will way exceed Yahoo's growth for comparison sake here is what Google and Yahoo had for last four quarters (since you have been positive on YHOO) in revenue in billions:
33 Reasons why VoIP is Destroying Traditional Telecoms
Over the last 5 years the traditional telecoms' share of the telephone market has shrunk significantly as upstart cellular and VoIP competitors continue to gain ground. But even more bad news is on the horizon for the likes of AT&T and Southwestern Bell; projections indicate that by 2010 more than 25% of American households will no longer even own a traditional land line.
