Archie, a Chinese Crested, is seen here prior to winning World's Ugliest Dog competition at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. in 2006.
A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week
SkyPeople Fruit Juice Inc.
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Ah, the Sky People , so high above us … SPLAT! Perhaps the founders of SkyPeople Fruit Juice, a Chinese beverage seller, thought an altitudinous name would translate to lofty prices. If you announce a follow-on offering priced more than 20 per cent below the stock's prior-week highs, though, you might consider putting "Icarus" in your name instead. |
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Speaking of name changes, there's not much super about print phone books any more, particularly the yellow pages SuperMedia Inc. specializes in. This Verizon spinoff was previously called Idearc, but may need yet another moniker if investors let their (middle) fingers do the talking. |
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We don't want to perpetuate stereotypes, such as, say, that women will be the last of the shoppers to close their wallets, but Coldwater Creek, a Utah-based seller of women's apparel and gifts and operator of spas, is posting better results, including a surprise profit. |
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Travelocity? Orbitz? Expedia? William Shatner crashing through a wall on behalf of Priceline? Old news. The hottest online travel site is MakeMyTrip , based in Gurgaon, India. The site offers air tickets, hotels, rail tickets and, yes, bus tickets. Investors who bought in a couple of weeks ago at $22 (U.S.) found that MakeMyTrip MadeTheirPortfolio. |
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Those pesky accounting irregularities. Canadian Solar got investors excited a week ago when it said it would finally release the prior two quarters of earnings. Alas, while the company gave itself a clean bill of health, it failed to address a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission query (which is public information). From the light to the darkness. |
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