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More guns, less butter?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Sorry — the economics major in me came out in the headline. But it’s the first thing that I thought about after skimming the S-1 that Freedom Group filed earlier today. You can read news reports of the filing here and here.
We’ve only skimmed the filing, but just like Smith & Wesson, Freedom Group claims [...]

Life in the burbs…

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

A few years ago, friends of mine were going through a rough patch in their marriage because she was spending too much time on a site called Adult Friend Finder (no link included for firewall reasons) — something that the husband only found out about after hiring a private detective. I was fascinated with the [...]

Solera execs go shopping for perks…

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Yesterday, Solera (SLH) filed this 8K which despite being only 1 paragraph, was chock full of new perks for the company’s top executives:
The benefits approved by the Committee include increased supplemental life and long-term disability insurance, annual physical exams, company automobile benefit, country club fees (solely for the Chief Executive Officer), and, assuming year by [...]

Are Trimas execs spending too much time on the links?

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Last May, Trimas (TRS) went public at $11 a share. By October, the stock was trading at $16, which clearly made it a successful IPO. But in November, things started going down hill and they’ve been going in that direction ever since: the stock has lost nearly 2/3 since then, even though there hasn’t been [...]

Reading between the lines at American Apparel…

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Retailer American Apparel (APP), which is usually described as being edgy and which since going public via a special purpose acquisition company in mid-December has fallen sharply, had more than a few sharp edges in the 10K it filed on Monday.
Controversial CEO Dov Charney is currently dealing with one lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and wrongful [...]