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newsletter_date 08/08/2008 6:00 AM |
Data as of 08/07/08 |
52-Week Range $5.80-$11.83 |
2007 Revenues $320 million |
2007 Net Income $11 million |
2007 EPS $0.44 |
Est 2008 EPS $0.14 |
Est 2008 PE 45.6 |
Dividend yield N.A |
Fiscal Year Ends August 29 |
Market Value $180 million |
In July 2007, activist hedge fund Ramius Capital waged a proxy fight against the management of the small Texas restaurant chain (ticker: LUB), demanding that it sell its stores' real estate into a hot, debt-propelled property market and then take on long-term lease obligations. |
The proposal was voted down, and now the investors drawn to Luby's are deep-value mavens who appreciate the company's lack of debt or lease obligations, as well as the financial stability that comes from owning 94 of its 128 locations. |
Make no mistake: This is a true bottom-fishing candidate, its shares having dropped from almost 12 to a recent low of 6 before bouncing to 6.39, leaving it with a market value of $180 million and an enterprise value (once cash is deducted) of $160 million. And Luby's is operating in a tough environment for a company tr... |
Yet it's exactly these difficult times that will cause a culling of the casual-dining industry, one that should allow Luby's best attributes to become recognized, eventually, by a skeptical stock market. |
Luby's operates cafeteria-style restaurants in the Southern tradition, with a mix of old-time favorites and updated, healthier offerings. The menu offers good value ($2 meals for kids after 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, for one thing) and the company recently finished a capital-spending program that spruced up store appearance... |
The company is run by brothers Harris and Christopher Pappas, well-known Texas restaurateurs, who together own more than a quarter of the company and – reassuringly – have been actively buying more shares near recent prices. |
Because customer traffic is down across the industry and management insists on continuing to deliver value to its guests, earnings will be pressured in the fiscal year ending this month. The lone analyst who covers the company sees per-share profit of 14 cents for fiscal '08. |
Yet other markers of value isolate this as a cheap stock. The stock is right about at its last-reported book value, and trades at just six-times cash flow reported in fiscal 2007. |
Unlike many smaller restaurant chains that have buckled under too much debt and too many locations – such as Bennigan's, which recently shut most of its restaurants – Luby's shrank its footprint in the early 2000s and is now selectively adding stores in newer suburbs. |
One small, but fast-growing, side business for Luby's is in contracting its cafeteria services to institutions, including the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. |
There may not be much in the coming news flow to cause Luby's shares to barrel higher in a hurry, aside from an easing of gasoline prices and possibly food costs. But for patient investors willing to wait out this consumer malaise, Luby's shares offer an appetizing – and cheap – opportunity.<eot>Bman's Blues Report: Be... |
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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer. Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and, along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jaz... |
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In 1904, her oldest brother, Clarence, covertly left home by joining a small traveling troupe owned by Moses Stokes. "If Bessie had been old enough, she would have gone with him," said Clarence's widow, Maud. "That's why he left without telling her, but Clarence told me she was ready, even then. Of course, she was only... |
Smith eventually found a common-law husband in an old friend, Richard Morgan, who was Lionel Hampton's uncle and the antithesis of her husband. She stayed with him until her death |
All contemporary accounts indicate that while Rainey did not teach Smith to sing, she probably helped her develop a stage presence. Smith began forming her own act around 1913, at Atlanta's "81" Theater. By 1920, Smith had established a reputation in the South and along the Eastern Seaboard. |
In 1920, sales figures for "Crazy Blues," an Okeh Records recording by singer Mamie Smith (no relation) pointed to a new market. The recording industry had not directed its product to blacks, but the success of the record led to a search for female blues singers. Bessie Smith was signed by Columbia Records in 1923 and ... |
She scored a big hit with her first release, a coupling of "Gulf Coast Blues" and "Downhearted Blues", which its composer Alberta Hunter had already turned into a hit on the Paramount label. Smith became a headliner on the black T.O.B.A. circuit and rose to become its top attraction in the 1920s. Working a heavy theate... |
She made 160 recordings for Columbia, often accompanied by the finest musicians of the day, most notably Louis Armstrong, James P. Johnson, Joe Smith, Charlie Green and Fletcher Henderson.<eot>Kayaking in Halong Bay- tour operators. - Travellerspoint Travel Forums |
Kayaking in Halong Bay- tour operators. |
Travel Forums Asia Kayaking in Halong Bay- tour operators. |
1. Posted by Bronco (Budding Member 35 posts) 8y Star this if you like it! |
Im interested in doing a 1-3 night Kayak trip around Halong bay in April-june next year. Ive found a couple of tour operators but if anyone has any that come recommended would be great. Also is it best to book ahead at this time of year or get a better deal just turning up and organising it from hanoi, haiphong, or cat... |
2. Posted by Daisy_LiLy (Budding Member 8 posts) 8y Star this if you like it! |
April-June is the best time for kayaking in Halong Bay, Vietnam. You should spend at least 2 days 1 night kayaking and cruising in Halong bay. |
You can book this kind of tour when you reach to Hanoi at any travel desks in Old Quarter, Hanoi. However, it can make you confused about the quality of service. |
Thus, in my opinion, you should pre-book your trip on the internet. By this way, you dont have to worry anything when your trip go . You can search easily some reliable sites for tourists on google. |
Hope you have a nice trip in Vietnam! |
I definitely would NOT book anything until you get to HaNoi. There is zero chance of not getting a HaLong Bay tour when you want to go. The price is certainly going to be more by pre-booking than if you are standing in front of a travel agent. The competition is fierce for booking all tours. Get at least 3 quotes befor... |
Between now and April, TP members will chime in on what tour operator they went with. I would also use the other travel forums to get a good range of opinions. Good luck with your planning. |
Definitely book it in Vietnam - you have plenty of options... |
If you already have a group, Cat Ba island is an amazing base. Its a beautiful place in itself - few tourists, spectacular rugged scenery, peaceful countryside to go for strolls, nice beaches, good food... (i could go on) |
I did a long day trip that combined most things - kayaking, trekking etc. Im not so sure if they can handle multi-day kayaking trips though, unless you plan on returning to the island for the night... |
Kayaking at night might be also a bit harder - most operators seem to want their boats back in the harbour by night... |
Hanoi - from my experience, a lot of people end up paying more booking through Hanoi agencies/guesthouses, who tend to skim off a healthy commission. But if you need a group... Hanoi's the place to get organised. |
I think you have the least options in Haiphong, as most people here are already booked on some tour or another. We ended up stuck here for some time actually... and its not a very exciting place to be...<eot>GlobeRanger Corp. v. Software AG Inc. | Trade Secrets Institute |
Case Filing Date: September 7, 2016 |
Court Name: United States District Court for the Fifth Circuit |
Software company GlobeRanger Corporation ("GlobeRanger") obtained a $15 million judgment from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in a trade secrets misappropriation action against Software AG USA, Inc. ("Software AG"), a competing company. Software AG appealed, arguing that federal copy... |
GlobeRanger's trade secret claim stems from its radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, which is most commonly used for electronic readers in tollbooths (e.g. E-Zpass). GlobeRanger uses RFID technology to manage its inventory. GlobeRanger claimed that Software AG misappropriated its RFID technology after taki... |
On appeal, Software AG argued that federal copyright law preempted GlobeRanger's trade secret claim. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the judgment below, finding copyright law did not preempt GlobeRanger's claim. The court reasoned that trade secrets claims seek to protect different rig... |
The Fifth Circuit's Opinion can be found here: http://tsi.brooklaw.edu/cases/globeranger-corp-v-software-ag-inc/filings/fifth-circuit-finds-copyright-act-does-not-preempt-<eot>BI predictions out the other end - Datadoodle |
Home » BI predictions out the other end |
A friend of mine used to swear by someone she called "the common sense psychic." She'd get her on the phone and tell her all about the problem of the day. Yes, said the psychic, and what happened then? And then? After a while, the psychic put the phone down and came back a few minutes later. Her perception was always r... |
In the trade, that's called a cold reading. You gather facts and spill them back in such a way that you cover all the bases. |
Foretelling the next 12 months of BI is a warm reading. What started to happen will continue to happen. |
I myself was one of those year-end wizards, but I was able to produce little contrast with everybody else. Perhaps I should have consulted a horoscope and summarized all the signs, like this. |
Your star is on the rise. Changes over the next three months will inspire you to expand your horizons. Though prospects look uncertain at the beginning of the year, give it time. The surprise opportunity thrusts you into the spotlight amid roadblocks. Just keep doing what you're doing and you'll be fine. |
Oh, hell. Let's cut the crap and skip to the one interesting and courageous prediction from any BI leader. It comes from Mark Madsen, who looks ahead and sees that goatees are going out of style.<eot>The Swimming Cow, Damansara Kim – Act One Art |
For fans of sous vide cooking, spanning steaks to fowl and fish, wade on over to The Swimming Cow: Take a table at the counter to watch your protein emerge from its vacuum-sealed bag after hours of low-temperature cooking in a water bath. |
This article often contains affiliate links. All products are ones I recommend. If you choose to buy one of these items through the link , I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you. All proceeds help support the blog.<eot>World's Largest Software Security Consulting Firm Cigital and Arxan Technologies Form ... |
DULLES, Va. and BETHESDA, Md., December 17, 2012 — Cigital, the world's largest software security consulting firm, and Arxan Technologies, the industry leader of software security solutions that protect the App Economy, today announced a formal partnership to help clients protect their most valuable software assets. Cu... |
Arxan Technologies Inc. is the industry leader of application protection solutions that protect the App Economy. Arxan secures mobile, desktop, server and embedded applications on over 200 million devices against tampering and reverse-engineering attacks and is an integral part of end-to-end application security. Our s... |
Home News CBlocks is Like a Mystery Box, But for Cryptocurrencies |
Akshay Gangwar - Last Updated: January 20, 2018 11:04 pm |
The idea of a mystery box isn't new, and there are a lot of companies that offer subscriptions for monthly mystery boxes and similar items. However, this new startup is taking things to the next level. |
CBlocks is like any other mystery box company in all but one way — they offer mystery boxes of cryptocurrencies. Yeah, you read that right. |
Users can (and they probably already are) buy a mystery box, and CBlocks then proceeds to buy 5 random crypto-coins for them, loads them into a USB wallet, and mails it to them — that's all. CBlocks chooses the random cryptocurrencies from the top 300 currencies out there, and buys them from one of its partner coin exc... |
Currently, the company offers four types of boxes with prices going from $75 and up to $500. It uses all of that money to buy the currencies for you, except for the $25 that are deducted as handling, shipping and 'loading it into a wallet' fees. So basically, you get coins worth $50 to $475 with these boxes. |
The company is also (apparently) trying to educate its customers about how cryptocurrency works by including a piece of paper that has information about the customer's coins on it. |
The idea behind CBlocks originated from CryptoRoullete — a website that shows how much profit you would've made had you invested in 6 random cryptocurrencies on a particular date in the past. |
Since CBlocks currently only ships within the US, I couldn't order a box for myself and see how it turned out, but for the most part, this sounds like an interesting idea at the very least. It could turn out to be a big thing, or it could turn out to be a dud, you never know, but if you're too lazy to research, this is... |
Pretty darn good 7/10/2019 11:46:58 AM |
-quiet (fan starts spinning after 40 degrees C) |
-looks nice and thick in my build |
-decent overclock (can't complain) |
Cons: -it gets pretty warm but with the card not being oc'ed, it maxes out around 75 degrees C. |
Overall Review: running good so far. |
bought the card around march of 2019. |
overclocked to 2050mhz core clock and 7030mhz memory clock. |
upgraded from a gtx 970 so i loved the performance difference. |
overall, pretty pricey at the time of purchase but, totally worth it! would buy again in future or upgrade to the Ti. |
RTX 2080 XC Gaming 6/14/2019 8:05:35 PM |
Pros: 4K above 60 fps |
Cons: Would be nice if it came with accessories |
Overall Review: Nice addition to my relative's PC. |
It's fast, but moooonths and months after launch RTX and DLSS still aren't a thing..... 5/30/2019 10:35:50 AM |
Pros: - It's 20-30% faster than my 1080. |
- GPU boost 3.0 ? is pretty good at overclocking, about the same as I can get from manual overclocking |
- Nice looking card with color-assignable LED's. |
- It's EVGA, so the warranty is amazing |
- Neet backplate, accessories, etc. |
Cons: - RTX and DLSS aren't really a thing, might not be a thing until this card is obsolete. |
- IT's expensive, about 100$ more than the 1080 |
- Someday EVGA will support things like corsair iCUE, so the led's can be synced, for now it's dealing with evga's own controls, shame on you. |
Overall Review: I'm not upset about the purchase, but in retrospect I might have toughed it out for NAVI to see if it's better price per perf. |
EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 XC 5/30/2019 10:24:20 AM |
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