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Atlanta based soft drink giant Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) got its chance to impress investor's this morning with its fourth quarter earnings, and it did not disappoint. While the company did see profit falling by 18% in the quarter, its bottom line was better than analysts had predicted.Continue reading Coca-Cola (KO) has better than expected fourth quarter
If one scrolls back into American history, one can detect a clear pattern of cycles or eras: periods of considerable economic expansion, followed by periods of less economic expansion. Periods of extensive public policy activity, followed by periods of less public policy activity. Periods of extensive suburban sprawl, followed by periods of less development. Continue reading High gas prices mean Americans likely to prefer homes closer to work
It's been said that if the U.S. state of Georgia were an independent nation, it would have the 18th largest economy in world. The "Empire State of the South" ranked tenth in U.S. in per capita personal income in 2005, and has one of the fastest growing populations in the U.S. -- about a million additional people between 2000 and 2005. Its diverse industrial output ranges from peaches and peanuts, to textiles, food processing, and aircraft manufacturing, to publishing and tourism. Georgia is home to such corporate giants as Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO); Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL); Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD); UPS (NYSE: UPS); Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE: NWL), and Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX).
It's also home to Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE: AYI) and Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), both of which represented Georgia on the Forbes 2007 list of 100 best mid cap stocks. I examine two other Peach State companies -- RPC Inc. (NYSE: RES) and Radiant Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: RADS) -- in a separate Investing in Georgia post.
Continue reading Investing in Georgia: Acuity Brands (AYI) and Global Payments (GPN)
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| 1 | Joseph Lazzaro | 121 | 0 |
| 2 | Tom Johansmeyer | 106 | 3 |
| 3 | Connie Madon | 54 | 0 |
| 4 | Steven Mallas | 45 | 0 |
| 5 | Tom Taulli | 44 | 0 |
| 6 | Mark Fightmaster | 43 | 0 |
| 7 | Trey Thoelcke | 33 | 0 |
| 8 | Steven Halpern | 32 | 0 |
| 9 | Melly Alazraki | 27 | 0 |
| 10 | Paul Foster | 26 | 0 |
| 11 | Zac Bissonnette | 25 | 0 |
| 12 | Brian White | 24 | 0 |
| 13 | Jon Ogg | 23 | 0 |
| 14 | Jim Cramer | 23 | 0 |
| 15 | Brent Archer | 23 | 0 |
| 16 | Elizabeth Harrow | 19 | 0 |
| 17 | Eric Buscemi | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | Sheldon Liber | 13 | 0 |
| 19 | Beth Gaston Moon | 9 | 0 |
| 20 | Michael Fowlkes | 9 | 0 |
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