Costco Wholesale Corporation profile and gold investment cautions
A historical profile traces Price Club's 1976 business model to Costco's current no frills member store network with 400 plus locations, 102000 employees, and 38 billion in fiscal 2002 revenue, plus a brief overview of gold as an investment including critiques and fund options, citing Morningstar and Siegel.
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Price Club
State of
Washington
United States
Puerto Rico
Canada
United Kingdom
Korea
Taiwan
Japan
Mexico
Costco
David Rathman
Morningstar.com
Rathman
American Century Global Gold
BGEIX
Vanguard Precious Metals
Fidelity Select
FLAGX
McGraw-Hill
University of Pennsylvania
Jeremy Siegel
Fortune Magazine
David Rynecki
World Gold Council
Gold.org
Board games teach kids finance and strategy with fun
A letter highlights games like ZooSim Roller Coaster Tycoon and Ta Mamma Mia to teach counting resource allocation and planning. It notes business oriented games such as Settlers of Catan Pizarro Co Acquire Mogul Shark and Pit simulate trading and stock concepts. Dividend yield is explained as annual dividend divided by price with examples OCOPS Microsoft and Wal Mart cited.
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R2.k
Boynton Beach
Fla
Funagain.com
GameSurplus.com
BoardGameGeek.com
Catan
Pizarro & Co
Henry Zacek
Three-Legged Chair Co
OCOPS
Microsoft
Wal-Mart
Coke Posts Flat Year Despite Revenue Rise in 2002
Coca Cola Co reports 2002 revenue up 11.5 percent to 19.6 billion while net earnings fall 23 percent to 3.1 billion. Operating income rises 2 percent to 5.5 billion as free cash flow climbs 16 percent to 3.9 billion. The firm plans more cost cuts, plant closures, and bottling-aggregation in 2003 to lift efficiency.
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Coca-Cola
Coke
Evian
Danone Waters
Seagram
Coca- Cola North America
Minute Maid
Fountain
Microsoft eyes growth across loss-making units in push for profits
Microsoft targets expansion in four loss-making segments MSN Internet Service Home and Entertainment Xbox Business Solutions CE Mobility software while reporting six month revenues of 3.2 billion and losses just over 1 billion. Analysts question profitability but see potential value in future gains amid stiff competition from AOL Time Warner Sony Nokia Palm IBM.
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Microsoft
AOL Time Warner
Sony
Nokia
Palm
IBM
Marty Shagrin
Victory Capital Management
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Alexandria
Fool
Fool.com
THE
Gllent
Information Worker
Microsoft Office
Home and Entertainment
Microsoft Corp
Securities and Exchange Commission
CE/Mobility
Pgi
AP Graphic
Thomas J. Pollard
Tpallard
Sunttowen.com
Lycee Ae Wty
Toyota
Chevrolet
Owa
Intrust Bank
FDIC
Intrustbank.com
Columbia
Vermont
Fld
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