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5 More Unloved Growth Stocks
At first, I was tempted to go with teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for its reasonable valuation -- as expressed in a 0.98 PEG ratio -- and because peers such as Guess? (NYSE: GES) have been vastly oversold. Come on, IsilonBut today I'm willing to take another whack at Isilon Systems, which makes storage systems for non-transactional data such as audio, video, and photos. That's not an easy position to take. Deep pessimism exists as to whether this upstart can succeed against the likes of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Hitachi. CAPS investor kaputnikov put it this way in October: Isilon's product doesn't target the vital part of enterprises (ERP/database, etc.) where price is secondary. Instead, Isilon targets the high-capacity areas, which [are] price-sensitive -- and they target companies (media) which have huge capacity needs -- but [which are] never willing to pay a lot ...
Behind the scenes of Internet2
For real-time research updates. Researchers seek to keep monster Internet telescopes from getting destroyed Satisfy your appetite for robot news by attending a business conference on topic Supercomputer goes back to the future UMass Amherst launches tech podcasts Internet2 kisses veteran testbed goodbye Microsoft, Intel officials rip pols for lack of federal R&D funding support .
Bank robbed in Gulf Shores
A man who told a teller he had a gun held up the BankTrust branch in Gulf Shores on Wednesday afternoon, according to FBI reports. The bank at 1700 Gulf Shores Parkway was robbed about 2 p.m., said Special Agent Angela Tobon, FBI spokeswoman. Tobon said the man walked into the bank, handed the teller a note and demanded money. "No weapon was displayed, but he did say he had one," Tobon said, adding that no one was injured. The man walked out of the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. Investigators were looking for a late-model red Chevrolet pickup truck with Georgia license plates, Tobon said. There were reports of a truck of that description traveling north on Alabama 59, according to police radio alerts in Gulf Shores and Foley.
MLP ‘believes in Malta’s EU membership’
A Labour governments main priority will be to adopt a zero tolerance policy towards corruption, abuse of power and conflict of interest, he said.
Ms Cini referred to a comment Investment, Industry and Information Technology Minister Austin Gatt passed recently about government project overruns and said that this statement not only gave carte blanche to public projects but also to private contractors.
Dr Sant replied with another statement often used by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi nothing happens by coincidence.
As Dr Gonzi likes to say, nothing happens by coincidence these overruns are a clear result of bad planning, he said.
Incompetence is not a coincidence, added Dr Sant.
Ms Cini then turned the subject onto the environment and stated that in the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (Mepa), there is still a culture of people scratching each others backs for favours.
TV execs dreaming of white title games
With freezing weather forecast for the much-anticipated games in Foxborough and Green Bay, the execs are pining for icing on their cake – snow. There's nothing like sitting in the comfort of your living room while watching games played in snow. It's a mesmerizing guilty pleasure and a viewer magnet. Snow in high def is the pièce de resistance. It's the one graphic that keeps on giving, courtesy of Mother Nature. They moved a hockey game in Buffalo outside on New Year's Day, and it turned into the highest-rated NHL game in memory. The Green Bay mugging of Seattle as heavy snow fell last week was Fox's top-rated Saturday divisional game in six years. .
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