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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom Brown submits: Did you read the stories yesterday that reported Tuesday’s rally in the financials? The headline writers seem confounded: Financial Times: “Banks rally in face of gloom” Associated Press: “Investors question financial sector rebound” Complete Story »
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom Brown submits: Reader e-mail has come streaming after I posted a piece here yesterday that argues the financial stocks are at or near a bottom. Let’s just say a lot of people aren’t convinced. Here’s a sample, along with my reaction: You must have a lot of bank stocks you need to sell to the general public and get out of your bad positions. Anyone that follows these companies’ balance sheets...
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Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
... novice showjumping champion, was treated by vets on site and is expected to make a full recovery.Tom Brown, of Links Vet Group who treated the horse, said: "This horse was very lucky. Had it struck less than two inches on either side it could have punctured the main neck artery and we would have had a dead horse on our hands within minutes."Miss Pantellerisco has owned the horse for almost...
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News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
... novice showjumping champion, was treated by vets on site and is expected to make a full recovery.Tom Brown, of Links Vet Group who treated the horse, said: "This horse was very lucky. Had it struck less than two inches on either side it could have punctured the main neck artery and we would have had a dead horse on our hands within minutes."Miss Pantellerisco has owned the horse for almost...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
... July 30, 2008. Mr. Simmons is leaving GlobalSCAPE to accept a position with another company. Tom Brown, GlobalSCAPE’s Chairman of the Board, stated that the company greatly appreciates Mr. Simmons' contribution both as CFO and Interim President and wishes him much success in his new endeavors. David Mann, a member of GlobalSCAPE’s board of directors since 2002 and the holder of approximately...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Tom Brown submits: One never knows until long after the fact, of course, when stock prices reach the exact top or bottom of a given cycle. And, besides, trying to pick precise tops and bottoms always turns out to be a pointless, unprofitable game. So don’t even try. Have I hedged myself sufficiently? Good. For, as it happens, I believe July 15, 2008 will turn out to be as good a date as any...
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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Tom Brown submits: One never knows until long after the fact, of course, when stock prices reach the exact top or bottom of a given cycle. And, besides, trying to pick precise tops and bottoms always turns out to be a pointless, unprofitable game. So don’t even try. Have I hedged myself sufficiently? Good. For, as it happens, I believe July 15, 2008 will turn out to be as good a date as any...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... The annual scouring of the White Horse to refresh its whiteness was a local ceremony. Remember "Tom Brown's Schooldays": "And then what a hill is the White Horse Hill! There it stands right up above all the rest, nine hundred feet above the sea, and the boldest bravest shape for a chalk hill that you ever saw."