Archive for October, 2011

  • Inflation Nation – India
    Posted by on October 30th, 2011 at 11:01 am, Comments: 0

    India’s Food Minister discusses his nation’s inflation issues. Food costs are +11.43% YoY.   ….in other news, Delhi-based heavy metal band Guillotine opened for Metallica [...]

  • BeanScreen LinkHouse – Week in Review (October 24-29, 2011)
    Posted by on October 29th, 2011 at 3:24 pm, Comments: 0

    A run down of the latest news and notes from our crème de la crème this past week. $HITK busted out to new all time [...]

  • The New Banks Earnings Season – World Acceptance
    Posted by on October 27th, 2011 at 8:27 pm, Comments: 0

    The small-loan lender continues to feast on the tough economy as it posts record profits for Q2.   Last week First Cash Financial ($FCFS) and [...]

  • CNOOC Production Down, Sales Up
    Posted by on October 26th, 2011 at 10:11 pm, Comments: 0

    Leakage at a couple platforms curtail output, but the Chinese oil giant increases Q3 revenues.   Currently ranked #2 in the BeanScreen, CNOOC ($CEO) released [...]

  • “The 21st Century may be American after all, just like the last.”
    Posted by on October 23rd, 2011 at 11:42 pm, Comments: 0

    …those are the closing words of a fascinating article my dad sent me today from The Telegraph.   Written by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, the piece describes [...]

  • The New Banks Earnings Season Rolls on with Cash America
    Posted by on October 20th, 2011 at 3:20 pm, Comments: 0

    The pawn broker/payday lender reports in-line EPS and beats revs with another strong quarter. The second of our New Banks of America to report this [...]

  • The New Banks Earnings Season Kicks Off with First Cash Financial
    Posted by on October 19th, 2011 at 12:03 pm, Comments: 0

    The “New Banks of America” continue to thrive while the “old banks” continue to suck.   First Cash Financial ($FCFS) reported Q3 earnings this morning [...]

  • BeanScreen LinkHouse – Week in Review (October 10-14, 2011)
    Posted by on October 15th, 2011 at 12:15 am, Comments: 0

    A run down of the latest news and notes from our crème de la crème this past week. $HITK finished the week less than a [...]

  • “Now, we raise people who don’t have skills to get to the solution — the entitlement generation.”
    Posted by on October 5th, 2011 at 10:42 pm, Comments: 0

    Jason’s dad, Tommy Robinson, e-mailed me this interesting Q&A he found between Dan Fastenberg with AOL Jobs and John Ratzenberger, who played the beer drinking [...]