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Posted February 7, 2007
$2.7 Billion Bid for Herbalife not Enough
Analysis of: Herbalife Receives a $2.7 Billion Buyout Offer | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Private-equity firm Whitney V L.P., whose managing partner, Peter Castleman is the chairman of Herbalife, Ltd. is in a position to know Herbalife’s business and its upside potential. So the firm’s offer to buy Herbalife for $38 a share, valuing the company at only $2.7 billion should be viewed as a...
Posted February 6, 2007
Vitamin Shoppe Victim of Anti-Supplements Media
Analysis of: Vitamin Shoppe-ConsumerLab.com row stirs self-regulation debate | nutraingredients-usa.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1.    The publicity surrounding the release of an anti-supplements book and the report of lead found in one of The Vitamin Shoppe’s supplements will depress the company’s sales in the first quarter and could have a negative impact on the supplements industry. 2.    Like...
Posted February 5, 2007
Not only corn, Argentina beats record on agricultural production
Analysis of: Record corn harvest: 21.5 million tons | www.clarin.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
With corn sowing already completed and 2.8 million hectares dedicated to corn, Argentina's estimated production will be 21.5 million tons, 41% larger than last year's. It could even be larger, depending on rainfall during February.
Posted February 1, 2007
The New CEO is not the only News at IBC
Analysis of: I.B.C. names Jung, former PepsiCo exec, as new c.e.o. | www.bakingbusiness.com
Author: Brian Stevenson, Principle B. Stevenson Associates
  IBC asks the court to extend the DIP MOR for 4 weeks ending Dec 16 is reported Jung gets real incentives to turn the company around
Posted January 31, 2007
Pause or war-path in the Tobacco Industry ?
Analysis of: Altadis : a pause in the consolidation speculations | www.boursorama.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
 I believe this article reflects a biased or ill-documented point of view, and misleads the investor interested to follow the Tobacco Industry. The following comments are presenting arguments in favor of the opposite point of view.
Posted January 31, 2007
Store Clinics Set to Grow Over 250% in 2007
Analysis of: Is 'Quick' Enough? Store Clinics Tap a Public Need, but Many Doctors Call the Care Inferior | www.washingtonpost.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1.    Retail-based clinics (RBC) such as CVS Corp.’s MinuteClinic and Walgreen’s Health Corner Clinic that offer convenient and affordable access to basic healthcare services is the fast-growing trend, which is expected to multiply about 250 percent by the end of 2007. 2.    Adverse...
John Macaluso Posted January 30, 2007
Taste always trumps nutrition!
Analysis of: Kids' foods and beverages set to soar | www.foodnavigator-usa.com
Author: John Macaluso, President & Chief Executive Officer Cornell Management Group
Attracting kids to specific brands can set a pattern for future brand loyalty and purchases.The key is to offer foods and beverages that kids like; that parents feel good about them buying, or buying for them; and that will meet the regulatory pressures that schools and other institutions increasingly...
Posted January 25, 2007
Whole Foods' Lower Pricing Not Lower Margin
Analysis of: GE to sell plastics unit to Sabic for $11.6 billion | www.marketwatch.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1.     The report is based on a CT pricing “survey” of one Whole Foods store, which showed that the pricing on dry grocery in that store were down 3.9 percent from May 2006. However, although lower pricing on dry grocery in one store is hardly an indicator of anything, Banc...
Posted January 24, 2007
NBTY's Opportunities for Growth
Analysis of: NBTY stocks may have peaked | www.NewYorkBusiness.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
1.    NBTY, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, recorded revenue of $506 million in its fiscal 2007 first quarter, up 11 percent from $455 million in the same period fiscal year 2006, showing that there are opportunities for additional stock growth. 2.    Although...
Posted January 23, 2007
Government Regulation of the Food and Supplements Industries - Good and Bad
Analysis of: FTC Settles Supplements Case With Bayer for $3.2 Million | www.AdAge.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Federal, state and city bureaucrats have raised the ante on regulating the food and nutritional supplements industries, seizing opportunities to collect fines from companies if they violate the ever-increasing number of regulations. Most regulations are costly, administratively burdensome, and stifling...
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