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Brad FranchiDecember 26, 2007
With new ledearship, Will WY succomb to change, or stay the course?
Analysis of: Weyerhaeuser Names Fulton President | biz.yahoo.com
Author: Brad Franchi, President, Forest Strategies, LLC.
Over the last 10 years over 20 million acres of C-Corp ownership have been converted from fee simple to Timber Management Organization (TIMOs) and REITs.  The last holdout and the one of the largest landowners of all time is the Weyerhaeuser Corporation.  WY owns about 6.8 million acres of...
Dave HillmanDecember 26, 2007
Pulp & Paper Industry in North America - consolidation and contraction
Analysis of: Forest-Products Company's Trim Assets | www.fool.com
Author: Dave Hillman, Independent Consultant, Dave Hillman
Three important industry segments, newsprint (and its related grades of SC and mechanical specialites), Uncoated FreeSheet (UFS) and Coated FreeSheet have all experienced significant declines in overall North American demand.  Something has to be done if prices are going to keep up with rising...
December 26, 2007
Will Mobile Banking Become Mainstream or Remain on the Fringe
Analysis of: Are Texting Services Here to Stay or Not? | www.americanbanker.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Even though the Gartner research says most people won’t ever use mobile banking, people are using it. As the new generations are becoming bank customers, they are going to expect account access though their mobile devices. Mobile devices are what they are used to using, so if you want to get their business,...
December 26, 2007
HDTV Update for North America
Analysis of: Sharp teaming up with Toshiba for LCDs | news.yahoo.com
Author: James Meyers, Chief Executive Officer , Alpha Media
1.  Sharp recently regained the number one spot for sales of HD LCD TV’s from Vizio.  2. 60% households who are planning to purchase a new television in the next six months are planning to buy an HDTV set.      3.  DIRECTV is achieving strong HD growth.
December 21, 2007
Wall Street Firms Increasingly Adopt Web 2.0
Analysis of: Wall Street Firms Increasingly Adopt Web 2.0 | www.wallstreetandtech.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
As Web 2.0 takes hold and individual traders look to social networking sites to share information.
December 21, 2007
Despite Bad Yead IT Spend Increases
Analysis of: 2008 IT Budgets Up More Than 10% for Financial Services Firms | www.wallstreetandtech.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
IT spending will continue to in crease in the financial services sector; Financial services are far too competitive to not invest in technology
December 17, 2007
Don't be misled by the flap on Facebook Beacon - it can yet deliver many benefits.
Analysis of: Just How Much Do We Want to Share On Social Networks | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Consumers, marketers and social networks will continue to rethink and evolve the notion of electronic connections. Advertising and marketing dollars will continue to move online to take advantage of electronically enabled relationships.
December 17, 2007
MoneyGram Rebuffs Euronet's $1.65 Billion Offer Via A "Standstill Agreement"
Analysis of: Euronet Confirms Offer to Acquire MoneyGram for $1.65 Billion in Euronet Stock | biz.yahoo.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
Euronet Worldwide has made numerous strategic acquisitions over the last several years, including payment processors, prepaid companies, funds transfer and bill payment firms and money transfer firms Ria and La Nacional, so its not surprising that Euronet sees MoneyGram as an attractive acquisition...
December 17, 2007
Countrywide's Greed Has Led To A Loss of $19 Billion In Market Value In 2007
Analysis of: Countrywide doubles foreclosures | www.ft.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
Countrywide's Home Loan Unit is under scrutiny by the IL and CA Attorney Generals regarding its loan origination practices. The SEC is also investigating Countrywide's CEO, Angelo Mozilo, who made significant stock trades before Countrywide's stock took a nose dive this year. Countrywide's shares has...
December 13, 2007
Growth In e-Payments Volume Contributes to -6.4% Annual Check Decline
Analysis of: Fed Study Charts Decline of Cheques in Favour of Automated Payments | www.finextra.com
Author: Kamala Worthington, Former VP, Marketing Product Manager, Bank of America Corporation
e-Payments growth accounted for over 66% of all noncash payments in 2006, contributing to the decline in check volume annually,  since 1995 when approximately 49.5 billion checks were paid. Approximately 30.6 billion checks were paid in 2006 with a value of $41.7 trillion, down from 37.3 billion...

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