Tuesday January 30th 2007, 7:19 am
Todd Sullivan submits: Durable competitive advantage: it sounds nice, but what does it mean? And, as an investor, why should I care about it? Sometimes referred to as a "business moat", durable competitive advantage, in its simplest term, means the scale of a business in its field vs. its peers.
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Why Durable Competitive Advantage Matters (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
Theater review: ‘Talley’s Folly’ (Orlando Sentinel)
Tuesday January 30th 2007, 6:56 am
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Romance wrapped in a prickly skin (Orlando Sentinel)
Tuesday January 30th 2007, 4:41 am
Mad Cow's 'Talley's Folly,' a story of mismatched lovers, offers sweet escape. Matt Friedman will tell you that Talley's Folly is meant to be a waltz -- stately, graceful and just 97 minutes long.
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2007 Offers More Challenges for Tyson Foods (The Morning News)
Tuesday January 30th 2007, 4:25 am
Tyson Foods Inc. CEO Dick Bond said the best thing about 2006 is that it's over.
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Tyson Foods Suffers Fiscal Loss (The Morning News)
Tuesday January 30th 2007, 4:21 am
Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. suffered its deepest losses in more than a decade, posting a record 127 million deficit in the second quarter reported May 1. In fiscal 2006, the world's largest protein producer lost 196 million on sales of 25.5 billion.
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S. KOREA URGED TO FOLLOW U.S. SAFETY RULES ON U.S. BEEF IMPORTS (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Tuesday January 30th 2007, 1:24 am
Regulations / Law The United States asked South Korea Tuesday to ease its safety regulations and allow full U.S. beef imports, as the two countries prepared to hold "technical" talks on resolving the beef row.
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S. Korea Urged To Follow U.S. Safety Rules On U.S. Beef Imports (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News)
Tuesday January 30th 2007, 1:24 am
The United States asked South Korea Tuesday to ease its safety regulations and allow full U.S. beef imports, as the two countries prepared to hold "technical" talks on resolving the beef row.
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FINDINGS (Washington Post)
Tuesday January 30th 2007, 1:19 am
Researchers have found more evidence that a virus may cause mad cow disease and a related brain disorder in humans, threatening to overturn 25 years of research focusing on malformed proteins called prions.
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