Monday, April 16, 2007
Ducati Fired Again; Weekend Blogger Position Open
It is official. My small cross section of the world has fired Ducati, yet again. Well, to be fair, you fired Ducati and Kidstock, since they both ended with 6% of the popular vote. However, like in real life, I found "voter irregularities" in a small Romanian province. Therefore, I declare Ducati the loser.As a result, Mr. Ducati's entire country of New Zealand will be blown up. In order to accomplish this small task, I have dispatched 4 hand grenades, which will effectively sink his country into the Pacific Ocean.
Final Tally
Thus far, who was the best weekend blogger? [69 votes total]
Wooshedder (34) 49%
Ducati (4) 6%
Kidstock (4) 6%
Taco (27) 39%
In other news, due to Taco's sudden resignation from the weekend blogging position, the much coveted position is now open.
In order to be considered for "employment," please email me at my earliest convenience.
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CIBC notes they remain bullish on NutriSystem's (NASDAQ:NTRI) near-term outlook. Firm believes that 1Q07 results should be reported at least in line with their estimate of $0.90 per share, with new customer adds of about 300K. NTRI will report 1Q07 earnings on Wednesday, April 25th.
Firm's analysis of comScore data indicates that traffic to online diet sites continued to slow yoy in 1Q. But nutrisystem.com's traffic share of top diet sites was stable while yoy growth rates in total traffic, and particularly for male traffic, outperformed other top sites.
NTRI shares are trading at 15x FY08 EPS estimate or 17x next 12-months estimated EPS. The latter compares to historical average of 28.5x and a hi-lo range of 47.6x-13.7x. Given the momentum they see in NTRI's business, they'd be opportunistic buyers at this level.
Firm continues to see strength in NTRI's business. Its product and service offering as well as marketing are favorably positioned to target male dieters. Negatives include tough existing and new competition, slowing online traffic trends in the sector, and volatility in the stock.
Firm's analysis of comScore data indicates that traffic to online diet sites continued to slow yoy in 1Q. But nutrisystem.com's traffic share of top diet sites was stable while yoy growth rates in total traffic, and particularly for male traffic, outperformed other top sites.
NTRI shares are trading at 15x FY08 EPS estimate or 17x next 12-months estimated EPS. The latter compares to historical average of 28.5x and a hi-lo range of 47.6x-13.7x. Given the momentum they see in NTRI's business, they'd be opportunistic buyers at this level.
Firm continues to see strength in NTRI's business. Its product and service offering as well as marketing are favorably positioned to target male dieters. Negatives include tough existing and new competition, slowing online traffic trends in the sector, and volatility in the stock.
There is some good news out on DIVX this morning that has the stock up 4.5% in premarket. Shorts your fucking arms are coming off today!
SAN DIEGO, Apr 17, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DivX(R), Inc.(DIVX) announced today that the next generation Intel(R) Media Series motherboards will be bundled for consumers with DivX for Windows software. DivX for Windows software allows users to encode their content into the DivX format, ensuring high visual quality and interoperability with the over 70 million DivX Certified consumer electronics devices from major manufacturers on the global market today. The Media Series line of motherboards are the platform for creating powerful multimedia systems with support for Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processors with a faster 1333MHz system bus, providing an ideal solution for video enthusiasts looking for optimal performance while encoding DivX video. The DP35DP and DG33TL motherboards are the latest desktop boards that Intel is launching for media PC's. They bring new audio, video and performance capabilities to multimedia systems, and the DG33TL model includes on-board graphic capabilities. DivX for Windows 6.5 is the latest version of the core DivX software that has been downloaded over 200 million times. It includes the DivX Codec, the DivX Player, the DivX Web Player, and the DivX Converter, a bundle that provides both playback of DivX and the basic tools necessary to encode video into the widely popular DivX format. "DivX for Windows gives our Media Series end-users the tools, including the DivX codec optimized for Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Quad processors, to create and view videos in DivX," said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, General Manager, Channel Desktop Platform Group, Intel Corporation. "Our end-users have increasingly been looking for ways to compress their videos for sharing online and for efficient storage so we are excited about offering the DivX for Windows solution with our upcoming Intel Desktop Boards." "We are very excited to get DivX software into the hands of users that value high performance multimedia PC's," said Kevin Hell, President of DivX, Inc. "The DivX codec is optimized for cutting-edge Intel dual and quad core processors and allows for encoding results that are very exciting for DivX video enthusiasts."
SAN DIEGO, Apr 17, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- DivX(R), Inc.(DIVX) announced today that the next generation Intel(R) Media Series motherboards will be bundled for consumers with DivX for Windows software. DivX for Windows software allows users to encode their content into the DivX format, ensuring high visual quality and interoperability with the over 70 million DivX Certified consumer electronics devices from major manufacturers on the global market today. The Media Series line of motherboards are the platform for creating powerful multimedia systems with support for Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processors with a faster 1333MHz system bus, providing an ideal solution for video enthusiasts looking for optimal performance while encoding DivX video. The DP35DP and DG33TL motherboards are the latest desktop boards that Intel is launching for media PC's. They bring new audio, video and performance capabilities to multimedia systems, and the DG33TL model includes on-board graphic capabilities. DivX for Windows 6.5 is the latest version of the core DivX software that has been downloaded over 200 million times. It includes the DivX Codec, the DivX Player, the DivX Web Player, and the DivX Converter, a bundle that provides both playback of DivX and the basic tools necessary to encode video into the widely popular DivX format. "DivX for Windows gives our Media Series end-users the tools, including the DivX codec optimized for Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Quad processors, to create and view videos in DivX," said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, General Manager, Channel Desktop Platform Group, Intel Corporation. "Our end-users have increasingly been looking for ways to compress their videos for sharing online and for efficient storage so we are excited about offering the DivX for Windows solution with our upcoming Intel Desktop Boards." "We are very excited to get DivX software into the hands of users that value high performance multimedia PC's," said Kevin Hell, President of DivX, Inc. "The DivX codec is optimized for cutting-edge Intel dual and quad core processors and allows for encoding results that are very exciting for DivX video enthusiasts."
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Where's my prize???
My new yard is in desperate need of of some landscaping...
Or you could keep the tips coming.
My new yard is in desperate need of of some landscaping...
Or you could keep the tips coming.
Broker A - I can't help but think that all of these "weekend bloggers" are just your alter egoes. The similarities in attitude and writing styles are much too much like your own.
Either way - it's still funny to read and I'm sure you're doing it to get people's honest opinion on different ideas and techniques you've been dying to try out.
Either way - it's still funny to read and I'm sure you're doing it to get people's honest opinion on different ideas and techniques you've been dying to try out.
Paul, I doubt that broker a has alter egos with enough time to manage 3 other blogs. But what do I know?
Paul--
I am not crazy enough, yet, to make up my own alter ego's.
Also, its worth noting, everyone but Taco has their own blog.
Go check them out. They are nothing like me. Not nearly as smart.
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I am not crazy enough, yet, to make up my own alter ego's.
Also, its worth noting, everyone but Taco has their own blog.
Go check them out. They are nothing like me. Not nearly as smart.
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