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This Fish Oil Is No Snake Oil

Wed, 01/12/2010 - 12:35 by Brian Orelli

 Amarin (Nasdaq: AMRN) jumped 65% yesterday after releasing phase 3 data for its fish oil drug, AMR101. That sounds about right. So far, AMR101 looks like a wonder drug, and its potential is huge.

 

Does Marvell Technology Group Miss the Grade?

Fri, 26/11/2010 - 06:45 by Seth Jayson

 Margins matter. The more Marvell Technology Group (Nasdaq: MRVL) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market. That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons with sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Marvell's competitive position could be.

 

Does Activision Blizzard Miss the Grade?

Thu, 11/11/2010 - 23:11 by Seth Jayson

 Margins matter. The more Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market.  That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Activision Blizzard's competitive position could be.

 

Do Vasco Data Security International's Margins Make the Grade?

Thu, 04/11/2010 - 10:37 by Seth Jayson

 Margins matter. The more Vasco Data Security International (Nasdaq: VDSI) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market.  That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong VASCO Data Security International's competitive position could be.

 

 

Do Corinthian Colleges' Margins Make the Grade?

Sat, 30/10/2010 - 12:06 by Seth Jayson

 Margins matter. The more Corinthian Colleges (Nasdaq: COCO) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market. That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Corinthian Colleges' competitive position could be.

Do These Margins Miss the Grade?

Thu, 21/10/2010 - 12:18 by Seth Jayson

 Margins matter. The more Compania de Minas Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market. That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Compania de Minas Buenaventura's competitive position could be.

Do Allegheny's Margins Make the Grade?

Thu, 21/10/2010 - 12:13 by Seth Jayson

 

Margins matter. The more Allegheny Technologies (NYSE:ATI) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market.  That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Allegheny Technologies's competitive position could be.




Do These Margins Miss the Grade?

Thu, 14/10/2010 - 10:54 by Seth Jayson

Margins matter. The more United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market. That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong United Parcel Service's competitive position could be.

Review: EU falling down on environment

Tue, 31/08/2010 - 10:13 by Prince damin

Brussels -- The European Union has earned a failing grade on its environmental commitments in almost all areas, recent officials studies say.

From protecting biodiversity to improving air quality in the cities, official reviews of the EU's performance overwhelmingly say more must be done, Inter Press Service reports.

The European Commission, the bloc's governing body, confirms the worrisome problems in its latest Environment Policy Review released Aug. 2.

Although many official environmental protection programs have been launched and progress is evident in some areas, "further efforts are needed, in particular (to tackle) the loss of biodiversity," the EC review said.

Child peer groups change with age

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 00:18 by Prince damin

East Lansing, Mich. -- Some social differences between boys and girls tend to disappear by the time children reach the eighth grade, a U.S. researcher says.

A Michigan State University psychologist says although young girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys, this peer network behavior vanishes as they get older, a university release said Monday.

The findings suggest "girls and boys aren't as different as we think they are," Jennifer Watling Neal, MSU assistant professor of psychology, says.

Neal studied how girls' and boys' peer networks develop across grades.

Teen sex not that bad an idea--study

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 14:16 by Jamie Anderson

Parents need not worry about their teenagers' sex lives as long as the relationship is with the committed romantic partner, findings of a new research suggest.

Canada given a D grade for innovation

Wed, 03/02/2010 - 10:16 by Rakhi Kaptiyal

Ottawa -- Canada was given a poor grade by the Conference Board of Canada Tuesday for scientific and technological innovation compared with 16 peer countries.

In its "How Canada Performs" report card, the independent, not-for-profit research organization gave Canada a "D" grade overall and placed it in 14th place, the board said in a release from Ottawa.

A "B" was the highest grade given Canada for the number of scientific articles published per one million population.

Canada ranks second to last on the number of international trademarks filed per million population. The board said 10 other countries on the list had at least twice Canada's share of trademarks by population.