Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has been hard at work promoting American-Latvian relations. In July, as part of a delegation of government officials, Prime Minister Dombrovskis visited the headquarters of investment firm NCH Capital Inc. He also spoke before an audience of investors, political and economic analysts, and he signaled an interest in creating stronger… Continue Reading
The headlines again tell us about Greek debt and the possibility that Greece will default on its loans. We have been hearing about Greece’s problems for over three years and the potential disaster that they may cause the western world. Perhaps it is because we are so used to the idea that we don’t even… Continue Reading
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.’s (T (EL) stock has been rising continuously over the last 2 years. It has risen from a low of $20 in March 2009 to $113 on January 9th, 2012. The company was started in 1934 and while more than a family business, the family has always been heavily involved in management.… Continue Reading
Loews Corporation (L) is widely known as a full range insurance company. However, it is also deeply involved in the oil and gas industry. Loews owns and operates forty six offshore drilling rigs searching for and producing oil and natural gas. The company also markets, transports and stores oil and gas. It sells to producers,… Continue Reading
Waste Management Inc. (WM) is on the S&P 500 list and is one of America’s leading waste disposal businesses. The company has over 20 million residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers. The company has 45,000 employees and in 2010 showed revenue of $12.52 billion. Over the past two years, the company’s stock went from $25… Continue Reading
United States authorities are moving against Swiss banks that have helped Americans evade taxes. The crackdown began in 2007, when authorities investigated Switzerland’s largest Bank, UBS AG. In 2009, UBS paid a settlement of $780 million for criminal charges that it helped thousands of wealthy American hide over $20 billion. Dozens of U.S. tax evaders… Continue Reading
Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc.’s (Core) stock has been rising for over 3 months. Since October 3rd, the stock has risen from $30 to $38.82. Core’s 200 day EMA started rising on November 10th and its 50 day EMA began to rise on November 3. The company also issued its first dividend of $0.17 on November… Continue Reading
Amcon Distributing Co.’s (DIT) stock made a turnaround in October 2011 and has been rising over the last 3 months. The 200 day EMA has stopped declining and has leveled off, while the 50 day EMA began to rise in early November. The stock is currently trading above both its 50 day and 200 day… Continue Reading
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. is a telecom company which supplies services to niche, rural and other under supplied markets in the U.S., the Caribbean and Bermuda. The company operates wire and wireless services, in addition to submarine fiber optic networks and terrestrial networks. Th company serves markets that are technically challenged, for example, deserts, plains and… Continue Reading
BCE Inc. is one of the major Canadian telephone companies: Bell Canada Enterprises. It competes with Telus (TU), Rogers Communications (RCI), and many smaller companies such as Wind Mobile, Public Mobile and Mobilicity. The trend in the telephone industry is away from the traditional wired services and towards wireless services. The wireless services may be… Continue Reading