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Cathy Stauffer, Founder

Cathy StaufferFounderCathy Stauffer Consulting What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

How does Best Buy compete against baked bean promotions?

August 17, 2009

Walmart’s Profit Tops Analysts’ Estimates on Cost Reductions | www.bloomberg.com

In their recent earnings report, WalMart said "The chain also attracted more customers, helped by price reductions on its Sam's Choice Black Angus beef patties, baked beans and flat-panel televisions to lucre customers." Beef patties, baked beans and flat-panel TVs?? Never before have these three items come together to deliver favorable earnings results -- is this part of the "new normal", and if so, how does Best Buy compete with that?

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Outsourcing returns home

August 11, 2009

Carlisle Companies Rebound With Economy | seekingalpha.com

For so many years (perhaps even decades) the US manufacturing cost of various materials have been more expensive than other countries. Using actual bottom line profit as a metric, Carlisle is returning an offshore operation back to the US.

Steve Bigari, Chief Executive Officer

Steve BigariChief Executive Officer I3 Marketing What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Starbucks Lean Alone Will Not Beat McDonald's

August 5, 2009

Starbucks Works on Leaner Strategies | online.wsj.com

Starbucks recent attempts will not be enough to stem the market share inroads made recently by McDonald's. The Combined Beverage plan of McDonald's is a comprehensive program built on a solid foundation that is both strategically and tactically solid. Concurrently, Starbucks jumps from sandwiches to instant coffee to liquor to lean. They look like McDonald’s did a decade ago, lost. I will explain the principle reasons while McDonald's will continue to take market share from Starbucks.

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Small volume sellers, extremely vulnerable to dysfunction and fraud

July 27, 2009

new ebay program aims to reward good sellers | www.ecnmag.com

eBay is making a progressive move to help its solid but low-volume sellers, by providing incentives to keep feedback numbers high. Both Amazon and eBay provide a facility for buyers to leave feedback on transactions.

James Van Dyke, President and Founder

James Van DykePresident and FounderJAVELIN STRATEGY & RESEARCH INC. What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

The value of acquisitions like this can be predicted by Javelin's CDA model

July 27, 2009

Oracle To Buy Data Integration Vendor GoldenGate | www.informationweek.com

IT acquisitions are common, and there's an easy-to-use model for predicting when the optimal value exists. 

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Borat and Bruno - not withstanding - Kazakhstan means business

July 18, 2009

only fools and doping cops would doubt lance armstrong -- fanhouse | jay-mariotti.fanhouse.com

The venerable (arguably a true legend in his own time) Lance Armstrong is placing his long standing career back on the line.And Lance Armstrong's team is Team Astana Cycling Team.

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Desperate times, desperate measures

July 18, 2009

American Express halts UK pension payments | business.timesonline.co.uk

The value of due diligence, and buyer beware has never before in financial times been so important. There are definitely two sides to this issue. We are faced with commitments made based upon invalid assumptions of risk management techniques.

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Where (or what) is the SBA?

July 13, 2009

goldman says it has ‘no material exposure’ to cit (update1) - bloomberg.com | www.bloomberg.com

The latest news regarding CIT  is not good. Fitch Ratings downgraded its ratings for CIT Group Inc. deeper into junk status on Wednesday. From my personal experience and public information, CIT is the third big-bank lender to destroy small-business access to credit.

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Capital Without Representation

June 30, 2009

Green groups to sue over RBS investments | www.ft.com

Very tricky investing when it comes to buying stock which can be revalued by the adjustment of the underlying security asset. Buying stock in a bank holding company is similar to buying options. Various issues develop from the government nationalization of previously held assets by the private sector. Obviously the first issue is the principal stripping (inevitable price valuation destruction), and the second issue is becoming; which controls are available to the existing private sector holders (those in at the beginning) and those new government (government of the people by the people) holders.

Mark Mariotti, Chief Executive Officer

Mark MariottiChief Executive OfficerFuture Management Holdings Inc What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

What is, is - Redux

June 25, 2009

congress grills bernanke on bofa/merrill deal | www.reuters.com

Currently the U.S. Government is interrogating and receiving testimony from Mr. Bernanke. The overriding theme of the interrogation (which is BofA) has been obfuscated once again by semantics and Bill Clinton era speak.

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