Year: 2010

Acme Packet (APKT) – Positioned for Growth from IM, Video and VOIP

Acme Packet, Inc. (APKT) provides session border controllers for Internet service providers. The Company’s products consist of hardware and proprietary software that allow service providers to deliver interactive communications services such as voice over Internet protocol. This is a mid-cap stock with a $1.8 billion market cap. Our...

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Retail Sales – Bad Headline, But Look Deeper for Real Story

The headline appeared and told that it was one of the worst retail sales numbers in months – back to April 2009 for some of the derivations of the actual number ( ex-this, ex-that…) But digging below the surface, we needed to see if the general consumer was on track...

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Links and Reading for June 14th

Some of the more interesting and important items for June 14th :

U.S. discovers vast mineral deposits in Afghanistan – Why were they looking for this?
May retail sales plunge by largest amount in 8 months, raising worries on recovery – May was not the best month. Much could be from...

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TDI Podcast 165: Harry Dent – Depression Countdown

Guest: Harry Dent, HS Dent and Andrew discuss demographic economics and the countries that are in danger of entering into a prolonged depression. On the top of that list is the U.S. and several other countries that Harry provides details on. The important takeaway from this episode is when this...

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Sunday Fun: BP Coffee Spill – (Hysterical)

Now this is a hoot. So funny , but so on target.

You just have to wonder why more ideas have not been tried and why more resources have not been brought in. But who are we to say. Just a shame and a horrible situation overall.

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