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text: Comments (109) + Add comment Comments (109) Featured « 1 2 » Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II + 1039d ago | Well said That 100m will be easily made back from launch sales #1 Agree(106) | Disagree(22) | Report | Reply bangshi + 1039d ago Made back maybe - but they'd still be $100m down. The console isn't free to make. Nor does Sony receive 100% of the revenue from game sales. This article is very wide of the mark to say that they only need to sell 284,000 games to make their money back. #1.1 Agree(39) | Disagree(56) | Report | Reply black9111 1039d ago | Spam NeverEnding1989 + 1039d ago PS4 price and marketing budget are unknown. Joke article. I hope it isn't true. I don't want SONY losing half their fanbase AGAIN this gen due to poor marketing. #1.1.2 Agree(20) | Disagree(52) | Report cayleee + 1039d ago Well thats an additional 100M USD they will need figure out how to tax from their customer, nothing comes free. #1.1.3 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(10) | Disagree(29) | Report bangshi + 1039d ago @NeverEnding1989 personally I think they lost their fan base on price and availability - not marketing. I don't think people said to themselves 'sod the PS3 I hate babies crying in adverts'. It also isn't about how much you spend. For example - say they ran the same adverts again, but spent $1 trillion on making getting advert shown everywhere you turned. If the advert is a dud, it wouldn't make much difference. Just needs to be good advertising with a sensible budget. #1.1.4 Agree(9) | Disagree(4) | Report fei-hung + 1039d ago @bangshi The math in the article is wrong and your theory on making the money back might also be flawed. 1) the $100mil budget is for advertising a product and all which comes with it. Meaning, if they can shift enough of this product and anything related to it (games, accessories, services, BR films) that lead to profit, the campaign is successful. However, the more they sell will reflect how affective and therefore successful the campaign had been. 2) if we assume Sony makes no money of the PS4 and only from games, services and accessories and they make $10 from each game and $5 from accessories, Sony will have to shift 10mil games or 20mil accessories or a mish mash of both. 3) however, the truth is far more complicated than that. What about factoring in freebies and other promotions around the globe? What about those people who buy more than one console and more than one game? 4) what about the snowball affect which will come as a response to people migrating to a new console not due to the campaign but because they want to game on what their friend or cousin is gaming on as a result of the campaign. In other words, there is no sure way of calculating how many units Sony needs to shift if each or how much the cost of each is, but one thing is for sure, if it's successful, it will be a $100mil well spent as the fruits of their labour will keep coming for years to come. #1.1.5 Agree(8) | Disagree(5) | Report JP1369 + 1039d ago fei-hung Yes, there is a way to calculate the number of units, games and accessories that need to be sold. Your "snowball effect" scenario is the basis of marketing and yet, each of those people will still be buying a console, game(s) and possibly some accessories, all of which will be accounted for in sales numbers. Nobody can predict what the exact numbers or proportions will be, but Sony can make an educated guess. This, in turn, will be a determining factor in how much money they are willing to spend on advertisement. #1.1.6 Agree(2) | Disagree(2) | Report GameNameFame + 1039d ago This is way LESS than Xbox will spendThey spend 500 mil alone on Kinect launch marketing... But higher quality of PS4 will make up for its smaller marketing budget #1.1.7 Agree(23) | Disagree(5) | Report Freedomland + 1039d ago @bangshi 1.7 million games, 286,000 ps4's. #1.1.8 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(3) | Report ZombieNinjaPanda + 1039d ago @bangshi If advertising meant nothing, then the Halo titles wouldn't have needed those massive advertising sprees they went on. Advertising is key for any product. You really need to take a step into the real world if you think that's not true. #1.1.9 Agree(7) | Disagree(5) | Report ps3_pwns + 1039d ago I dont think you are very smart #1.1.10 Agree(1) | Disagree(6) | Report HappyGaming + 1039d ago They would be $100 million down if their $100 million marketing budget increased global sales by 0%. You really think $100 million is a lot in a multi billion dollar industry? Are you from a communist country or something? They wouldn't "invest" $100 million if they thought they wouldn't see a return on it. #1.1.11 Agree(2) | Disagree(4) | Report Ritsujun + 1038d ago Hello babies. #1.1.12 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report ShabbaRanks + 1038d ago @bangshi Do you even know how much MS spends to advertise lol ? #1.1.13 Agree(2) | Disagree(2) | Report sengoku + 1038d ago i'm guessing the PS4 will do pretty well. they wont be spending as much on adds as M$ does but that didn't hold the PS3 back. #1.1.14 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report FrigidDARKNESS + 1038d ago This article is written by someone who doesnt know business retail at all. First off the ps4 console has very low margin so not much money will be made on it. I agree with you on the software statement. They will make some money on that but most of it is paid out to developers and distributors and publishers. #1.1.15 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report Divine + 1038d ago this guy just felt like making a ps4 article #1.1.16 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report jcnba28 + 1039d ago Sony are in serious debt buddy. #1.2 Agree(6) | Disagree(19) | Report | Reply shoddy + 1038d ago Yet they are still on full throttle. Thank Sony #1.2.1 Agree(9) | Disagree(5) | Report MiniZaid 1038d ago | Spam a_bro + 1039d ago its not just how much they have to make back, but how they spend it. #1.3 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply judith32 1038d ago | Spam Cocozero + 1039d ago Only $100ml? If MS spent $500ml on an accessory for a 6 year old console expect a $1bl budget for the next xbox. Sony better hope and pray it doesn't launch this year or it will likely be a waste of money for them. @MariaHelFutura And why the 360 outsold the PS3 :) #2 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(16) | Disagree(95) | Report | Reply MariaHelFutura + 1039d ago | Well said Which is why MSFT doesn't own many relevant development studios. #2.1 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(79) | Disagree(14) | Report | Reply NastyLeftHook0 + 1039d ago and bingo was his name oh #2.1.1 Agree(52) | Disagree(9) | Report dcbronco + 1039d ago Microsoft doesn't have as many studios because they were smart enough to see their studios were losing money and shut them down. Only a fool continues in a losing business. If people want a business to stay around they need to buy the products. Constant losses is a dumb business model for any company. #2.1.2 Agree(11) | Disagree(20) | Report Silly gameAr + 1039d ago Ooooh slick burn! #2.1.3 Agree(4) | Disagree(1) | Report MariaHelFutura + 1039d ago dcbroncoThat's one way to look at it. Or, you could look at it like they're to stupid and don't have enough of a creative vision to carry on successful 1st party studios like Nintendo and Sony have done for years. I can't deny from a business standpoint they're doing well. They're selling people a service that is free everywhere else and manipulated their way into the casual market by attracting hardcore gamers first, which has all worked out great for them. I hope for your and MS sake the 720 is Kinect only, cause in reality it (by your thinking) would be stupid not to be. #2.1.4 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(18) | Disagree(4) | Report BABYLEG + 1039d ago This guy just said microsoft doesn't have enough creative vision... Robo replies anyone? #2.1.5 Agree(2) | Disagree(16) | Report insomnium2 + 1038d ago @maria "They're selling people a service that is free everywhere else and manipulated their way into the casual market by attracting hardcore gamers first," I agree 100% but why is it that when I say something similar I get debubbled and disagreed to hell and called a butthurt fanboy? I find it exceedingly odd to see these users like dcbronco who think it's great to have studios closed down if they don't bring profits with every game they put out. I thought this was news for gamers, not news for investors. Same reason is used defending MS by maniacmayhem who refuses to admit that having more games is better than less games. "Do I think MS should come out with more original IP's? Yes, but only ones that I might care about. PS3 may have more exclusives but most of them I don't care about personally. inFamous, God of War and Disgaea are the only games i am excited about for the PS3. Last of Us looks good but I would rather get Bioshock:Infinite. So just because you have more exclusives doesn't make your system better." See MS gets off the hook cause of personal taste. Sony's PS3 is no better cause of personal taste too. Mayniac also says he has been here since the gen started and he hasn't seen any bias or animosity against PS3. Go figure. How about it Maniac? Is Maria a fanboy too. He says the same things "manipulated their way into the casual market by attracting hardcore gamers first" I say but he has 6 bubbles so how about it? #2.1.6 (Edited 1038d ago ) | Agree(2) | Disagree(2) | Report Jaqen_Hghar + 1038d ago a man laughs #2.1.7 Agree(2) | Disagree(2) | Report edonus 1038d ago | Spam MariaHelFutura + 1039d ago | Well said But the 360 didn't outsell than the PS3. It sold the least of all 3 consoles. Imaginary aspirations don't count, sorry. #2.2 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(64) | Disagree(9) | Report | Reply Pope_Kaz_Hirai_II + 1039d ago | Well said @cocozero the 360 outsold nothing its sold the least this gen #2.3 Agree(54) | Disagree(9) | Report | Reply jcnba28 + 1039d ago The 360 is still in 2nd place buddy. http://www.vgchartz.com/ana... #2.3.1 Agree(5) | Disagree(37) | Report Dee_91 + 1038d ago @jcnba28 Okay now hold those 360 numbers for about a year .Then compare it to ps3.. #2.3.2 (Edited 1038d ago ) | Agree(5) | Disagree(0) | Report jony_dols + 1038d ago @jcnba28: In Europe the 360 had a 16 month head start in sales. That's nearly 1 & a half years, and what; it's around .5 million ahead in it's lifetime? If the PS4 has a headstart like the 360 had over the PS3, then it will blow the 720 out-of-the-water at retail. #2.3.3 (Edited 1038d ago ) | Agree(8) | Disagree(1) | Report Snake Raiser + 1038d ago @jcnba28 Numbers are inaccurate. Most likely just old and outdated. #2.3.4 Agree(6) | Disagree(0) | Report BISHOP-BRASIL + 1038d ago @jcnba28 Are those vgchartz numbers I see there? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w... #2.3.5 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report zeddy + 1039d ago good point though, even if the next xbox is total garbage, microsoft still have got the means to advertise the crap out of it, just like they did with kinect, and even though we all knew it was a useless product people still bought it. if that 100 million budget is right then its definitely not going to be enough for sony. #2.4 Agree(5) | Disagree(7) | Report | Reply majiebeast + 1039d ago Big marketing budget isnt saving Windows 8 or Surface. They are still running ads for Windows 8 and the thing isnt selling, its in tv shows and everything and still it doesnt help. They need more then just a bunch of marketing. #2.5 Agree(25) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply StockpileTom + 1039d ago The tablet competition for them is more heavily advertised than their console competition. They are competing with Apple right there among others. #2.5.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(2) | Report sengoku + 1038d ago LOL tablet competition there the one's trying to get a piece of it, just spend more on advertisement that should help right? or maybe there just a little to late? by the way who is the competition on the PC Market, Windows 7?? #2.5.2 (Edited 1038d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report chukamachine + 1039d ago PS3 has already passed the 360. Once numbers are given again, you'll know this. As for advertising, hopefully the same gimps that bought the 360 won't buy the 720. Gears - Little men, big suits. Fable - blah Forza 5 Halo - Fight till the end Alan wakey wakey Milo - Is he a real boy Kinect - 100 titles of pure crap. #2.6 Agree(41) | Disagree(11) | Report | Reply Snake Raiser + 1038d ago Gears I have respect for as just a fun "Shoot-em-up". That's nice every now and again. Not saying that it convinces me to buy an xbox, but it can stand as a good game series (plot, not so much though). Fable is a really sad story. The xbox lacks any really convincing exclusive RPG's now. Fable once held a lot of promise. Forza 5- Not many people care about Forza any more, never really played it myself. Halo- Used to be REALLY good. Haven't played the recent ones, but I can tell just from my friends that it is not as big as it once was. Milo is eh. Kinect is indeed 100 titles of pure crap. #2.6.1 Agree(4) | Disagree(2) | Report Eyeco + 1039d ago Although his one bubble does indicate a troll, he actually does have somewhat of a point, If microsoft can spend 500 million on some cr@ppy casual peripheral, then surely Sony can do better with the launch of the PS4 this is Sony's chance to reclaim the throne. They could do better, what I never understood is that this company owns Columbia pictures one of the leading film companies in the world, Last year Skyfall was the second highest grossing movie of 2012, would product placement have hurt them (PS logo graffiti in the background) Or what about their music division Sony Music is the second largest record label in the world and look whose signed to them, only the biggest the most popular lol "artists" in the world Adele, Chris Brown, One Direction (cringe), Jlo, Pitbull the list goes on don't get me wrong I think their music is the worst thing since aids but a bit of products placement in their crappy videos would do them good, look how much views they get on youtube, Sony isn't make that great use of their resources. #2.7 Agree(10) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply MysticStrummer + 1038d ago 360 outsold PS3? Not according to a little thing I like to call math. PS3 reached 70 million sold nearly a year faster than 360. #2.8 Agree(12) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply hellvaguy + 1038d ago Funny thing bout statistics is that they can be manipulated (from ignorance, accident, or on purpose) to make them independent of math. #2.8.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(1) | Report JP1369 + 1038d ago How did the 360 outsell the PS3? It had a year head start in which it amassed a much larger lead than it currently has. You're really bad at math. #2.9 (Edited 1038d ago ) | Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply dedicatedtogamers + 1039d ago Wait. Are people even complaining about this? Microsoft spent half a billion launching Kinect. Not a console launch. A peripheral launch. Are there really people upset that Sony is spending 1/5th that on a full-blown console launch? #3 Agree(25) | Disagree(4) | Report | Reply Ezz2013 + 1039d ago ps4 reveal have over 28 million view http://www.youtube.com/watc... and that's one video, not talking about sites ,forums etc ps4 reveal already did all the marketing sony needs this gen MS did every thing with xbox360 tons of ads ,spent millions on timed exclusives/DLC etc and yet they ended up being outsold by sony's ps3 #3.1 Agree(19) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply MariaHelFutura + 1039d ago I'm so excited and I just can't hide it. I want you. #4 Agree(24) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply sway_z + 1039d ago haha Pointer Sisters...what a classic :) #4.1 Agree(16) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply MariaHelFutura + 1038d ago Lol. Love the new avatar. #4.1.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report Knight_Crawler 1039d ago | Offensive Gimmemorebubblez + 1039d ago The Ps3 had a huge 150 million dollar marketing budget. The PS3 launch campaign was AWFUL (demonic babies etc.) . If Sony wants success they must have really good simplistic adds that tell you what the PS4 about. MS will come hard with their ample billions so Sony must have a strong ad. campaign. #5 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(11) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply MariaHelFutura + 1039d ago What do you have against demonic babies? They need love too. #5.1 Agree(27) | Disagree(5) | Report | Reply SAE + 1039d ago Why advertise it?. They advertised vita a lot but did it get huge sales ?. No.. It's people them selfs that advertise what they like. I never bought something because i saw it in tv or on wall..etc I buy what's good and what my friends and family buy. Note: They do the same too so don't tell me they saw it in tv.. #5.2 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(2) | Disagree(12) | Report | Reply Zhipp + 1039d ago They advertised Vita!? #5.2.1 Agree(11) | Disagree(0) | Report Tultras + 1039d ago The vita had a 50$ million dollar budget. For reference, the Xbox 360 both had $500 million dollar budgets. #5.2.2 Agree(4) | Disagree(1) | Report SAE + 1039d ago If the vita wasn't limited, had games like gta/gt5..etc , Cheaper games and memory's it would have sold really really , i mean it , realllllllllly well because we wouldn't need to think really hard to understand how the vita works. I swear when i knew about the vita limitation i almost changed my mind on buying it. I bought it because i needed it. If i didn't i would have waited until it hacked or fixed by sony. So advertising didn't made me buy it. If your product is good and exciting it wouldn't need 1 ad . Even news channels would advertise it them selfs for free if it's that good. #5.2.3 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report KwietStorm + 1039d ago Ok. Now explain the correlation between a dollar amount and a good ad that works. #5.3 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Gimmemorebubblez + 1039d ago Consumers what to see cool things that the console can do and the must have games it has, not what the console does to possesd dolls. #5.3.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report Monkeysmarts + 1038d ago Good ads aren't cheap and people tend to lean toward buying products that are more visible. Aside from unpredictable viral ad campaigns, successful marketing usually requires a high dollar value. That's just the reality, unfortunately. Warren Buffet said he would spend $2 billion on Geico ads if he could. In 2011, Geico spent $994 million on ads. Everyone knows the Geico Gecko and the Geico Caveman. Ads like that cost a lot of money to buy from an agency and get in the public view. There is a direct correlation between dollar value and success in marketing. #5.3.2 (Edited 1038d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report Snake Raiser + 1038d ago Exactly. What the advertising war will come down to will be whether Sony can put up quality ads that MS can't match, or will MS simply overwhelm Sony with numbers. Sony can pull this off. They need to do better than this gen though. That was just sad. #5.4 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply ApolloTheBoss + 1039d ago Oh don't worry. They'll be getting all that back plus interest once it launches. #6 Agree(11) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply sway_z + 1039d ago Budgets don't concern me, quality games do. It's true the 360 output (from a 1st party point view) slowed somewhat. But you cannot deny the marketing and quality of the titles that MS studios releases. Sony are consistent with their game output, but their fans don't reward them for it (IMO) as the sales are lower than many MS releases. This tells me 360 owners will either buy anything or Microsoft's marketing is spot on or both. I own both PS3/360 and am not loyal to either brand, I am loyal to gaming as a hobby in general. Wait til E3 then be sure. #7 Agree(16) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply smashman98 + 1039d ago How could anyone disagree with this? Very Valid points. -I personally have quite a collection of ps3 games close to 100 total -I own 2 ps3's -I own a vita with 20 or so games -I own a psp -I'm a subscriber to Playstation Plus and have been for 2 years now. -I also own A wii 3ds and 360 MY point being is sony brings the games as you said and as long as they continue to do so i will continue to support Unfortunately you also have people who will sit behind a computer online get all excited about new products saying things like im willing to pay "350 for the ngp thats my limit", and "oh ill pay 600 for the ps4 no more than that." But then when the time comes for the system to launch "oh no 250 is waaay too expensive for the vita." and I see it now "400 is way too much for a ps4" If this isn't the case then can someone tell me why the vita is struggling at a price much less than 350 and why many ps3 titles struggle to even break 1 million sales. #7.1 Agree(10) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Eyeco + 1039d ago You have to understand that the people on the internet that Hype a game or a console DO end up buying. What you need to understand is that the internet gaming community is a minority, our words do not account for the majority of console owners. Now as for why PS3 title struggle to break 1 million this is a question that has been asked and debunked several times, what are these PS3 titles ? if it's niche games like Starhawk, PSASBR, and Twisted Metal then no friggin wonder, those games received lukewarm reviews and so they got lukewarm sales. If it's in general allot of it has to do with marketing. It's no secret that marketing has never been Sony's strength especially compared to Microsoft, the week before Halo 3 my god it was like the 2nd coming, Gears of war was marketed with a world wide hit single. Also people need to realise that PS games and Consoles have always had long legs, many people didn't think the PS3 would survive its 1st year then it went up to it's 2nd,3rd, etc; now look. Many people dismissed Uncharted 2 as a commercial failure at first despite the game is now sitting on sales of 7 million copies sold worldwide, that game sold purely based on word of mouth despite it's poor marketing. #7.1.1 Agree(8) | Disagree(2) | Report urwifeminder + 1039d ago Its a wonder sony can afford that much its make or break time for the company imo. #8 Agree(2) | Disagree(16) | Report | Reply Gimmemorebubblez + 1039d ago They did just make a 545 million dollar transaction after chinese regulators approved there acquisition of part of Olympus to become the largest share holder in the company. They also have 13.7 billion dollars in cash reserves. They are in a trouble but Sony are far from "make or break". http://www.channelnewsasia.... http://beta.fool.com/peterp... #8.1 Agree(13) | Disagree(4) | Report | Reply EffectO + 1039d ago LOL Are people really this stupid? Sony doesn't get full $60 from $60 PS4 game sold,not even remotely close.Not to mention that PS4 will be sold at (small)loss at the start. And since when PS4 marketing budget is some puny $100 million? #9 Agree(6) | Disagree(8) | Report | Reply Snake Raiser + 1038d ago I agree that Sony will obviously not be making $60 off of each game. They have to pay the retailer, distributors, publishers and developers before Sony sees any of it. #9.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply silkrevolver + 1039d ago They'd BETTER get their marketing into shape. It was marketing, late launch, high launch price, and slow initial software development that kept the PS3 from crushing the 360. It seems like Sony is trying to fix all of their past mistakes. #10 Agree(3) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply akhmenhawk17 + 1039d ago if every ps4 was bought with a game, how many ps4s would have to be sold? #11 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply bangshi + 1039d ago Using the math from the article: 243,903. The article is assuming $60 games and a $350 console, so $100,000,000 divided by $410. #11.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply Snake Raiser + 1038d ago That would only be true if Sony made all $60 from each game. #11.1.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report Sevir + 1039d ago I think Sony's budget fir the ps4 will be bigBigger than this. The PS3's budget was higher than $100 at launch, and SCEE spent more than that for the PS3 slim in 2009, considering MS spent a half billion on the Kinect should put into prospect the gravity of the situation is. Sony as a company still posted a profit having sold off buildings and assets worth in the region of 3 billion, The next generation of the PS Brand won't get a meager $100 million to promote it. I'd say anywhere fro, $500 million to a top end of a billion to make sure its promoted well and get the penetration it needs at launch. The console is cheaper, the R&D is cheaper and the production cost of this upcoming gen is the same as last gen. There's more room and headway to spend to promote for them. And we'll likely see them launch successfully across each major region and market. I know MS will launch big, look at the marketing bananza they put on for Halo, Kinect and the Xbox Slim. #12 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply one2thr + 1039d ago Marketing?... I could of sworn they paid/bought the same company that did the marketing for "Axe", you know the body wash and body spray company... #13 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Dlacy13g + 1039d ago It does feel a bit light but sony may feel they won't need a big budget to move consoles. Edit: it would also be nice to see a comparison of PS 3 marketing dollars and Xbox 360 marketing dollars for those console launches. #14 (Edited 1039d ago ) | Agree(1) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Jek_Porkins + 1039d ago 100 million is a lot for Sony when it comes to advertising, the Vita got only half of that. If they do commercials the right way they should do well, avoid those horrid commercials that launched the PS3, the ones with the weird baby's. #15 Agree(5) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply Gamer-40 + 1039d ago The war is over.. Ps empire strikes back, and win. #16 Agree(6) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply PS4isKing_82 + 1039d ago Exactly, its the Return of the ps2. Sony is back on their A game like years ago so Microsoft better watch out. #16.1 Agree(4) | Disagree(5) | Report | Reply MultiConsoleGamer + 1039d ago These numbers are based on nothing. The author has no idea how much the ps4 will cost or how much it will cost to make. There is also the issue of total manufacturing costs, shipping, packaging, retailer cut, etc. How did this even get approved? #17 Agree(3) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply chrisin3 + 1039d ago I love all the keyboard CFOs talking here... #18 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Gaming_Guru + 1039d ago Why would a company spend that much on marketing, when the announcement already did that. It would make sense to spend money on advertisements, which is different than marketing? The title in itself makes no sense to me at all, let alone what the article is talking about. #19 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply yog-sothot + 1039d ago 100 millions doesn't sound like this much... well, it depends on what they'll do exactly but it's not uncommon for consumer electronic corporations to spend huge amounts in marketing #20 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply whoyouwit04 + 1039d ago Their 100 mill against micro soft 500 mill lets see who has the most success.b #21 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply DeadPixel + 1038d ago Who approves these terrible articles ??? #22 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Kenshin_BATT0USAI + 1038d ago PS4 doesn't have a price yet. Why would this article even assume that? Stupid. #23 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply kingPoS + 1038d ago I'll just have to wait & see what E3 will bring. So far there are still unknown aspects of the PS4, and lot of uncertainty's surrounding the 720. #24 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply sdjoijsdf 1038d ago | Spam Bakkies + 1038d ago Better than spending a billion dollars on rectifying faulty consoles. #26 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply hellvaguy + 1038d ago Or a tri-gillion dollars developing an inept cell processor, which thankfully will be rectified in the ps4. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say. #26.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Pillsbury1 + 1038d ago The marketing firm is already doing a good job at getting the hype train to full speed. #27 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply smashcrashbash + 1038d ago Yeah I am sure how much they spend is less important how they actually spend it. What is the point of spending a billion dollars in advertising if the advertising is rubbish? I mean like people said Microsoft spent 500 million dollars advertising Kinect and their advertisements were some of the worst ever. #28 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply sharkraiden0 + 1038d ago XBOX720 VS PS4SONY: http://i45.tinypic.com/1zxw... #29 (Edited 1038d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Zeusprototype + 1038d ago You have to remember 100 mil usd is a lot to us but to the big two its pennies.....when ps4 marketing campaign costs the same as the halo 4 advertising campaign i giggle.... quietly.... to myself. #30 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply « 1 2 » Add comment You need to be registered to add comments. Register here or login Username Password Remember Rules & guidelines Login


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The USD #364 Board of Education and Superintendent Bill Mullins have announced a series of eight public meetings in the month of July to discuss the results of a Facility Needs Assessment conducted by Ebert-Mayo Design Group from Manhattan, KS. This will be your first opportunity to share your thoughts about a potential bond issue that could go before the …Read More »
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Marysville USD 364 Announces Listening Tour
USD 364 Special Board Meeting Highlights – May 27, 2015
Approved the FFA trip for 5 students going to Washington DC for a Leadership Conference June 9 – 14 with the Kansas FFA group. Approved transferring the remaining GED Funds to PEPC (Pony Express Partnership for Children), located at Lincoln Center, to continue the program. Approved roof financing of 7 years with $50,000 down and financing of $300,000 with …Read More »
Washington County Commission Meeting Notes
Washington County Commissioners met Monday. Dan Thalman was present, and discussed county economic development efforts, indicating that he was not in favor of hiring full time, but perhaps look at Republic County, which contracts with an outside firm for incentive programs. He questioned the redundancy in having three government subsidized meal facilities, with the hospital, jail, and senior meal sites all providing similar …Read More »
Marysville City Council Meeting Notes
The Marysville City Council met in special session Tuesday, July 8th ahead of a scheduled budget workshop. Following two fifteen minute executive sessions, a motion was approved to redact and release a previous memo. The special session was then adjourned, and council began the workshop. Discussion followed on a potential tractor replacement, possible acquisition of a mower trailer, a snow …Read More »
Bond Set In Blue Springs Assault Case
An appearance bond is set at $5,000 for 27-year-old Krystal Rainey, who was arrested Thursday evening near Blue Springs in connection with an assault earlier that evening that led authorities to a Blue Springs residence, where Rainey had fled. She is pending charges of making a terroristic threat, as well as assault and domestic assault is alleged.Read More »
Gage County Supervisors Plan Fall Road Work Projects
Gage County Board of Supervisors continued steps toward issuance of $5.6 million for road improvements, after adoption by voters with 62% approval in June. Financial and construction timelines were discussed last week, with adoption of a bond resolution anticipated July 24, and funds coming available late in August. Some of the work could begin this year, and is to include …Read More »
Baileyville man to be arraigned June 27
Eugene Dale Ackerman, age 43 of Baileyville, waved his preliminary hearing Tuesday in Nemaha County District Court and was bound over on nine felony charges, which include three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, two counts of indecent solicitation of a child and one count each of lewd and lascivious behavior and …Read More »
Two Wymore residents arrested for Methamphetamine use
Two Wymore residents were arrested Wednesday afternoon for possession of methamphetamine. According to Gage County Court documents, Wymore Police and a child protective services worker were called to an apartment in the 1000 block of West D Street in Wymore where Roger Cline, age 43, and Amanda Cline, age 33 live, in early April from a child abuse hotline complaint. The officers …Read More »
Special Election to be held in Gage County
The Gage County Board of Supervisors have approved a resolution for a special election in which voters will decide whether or not a $5.64 million bond is needed to resurface 31 miles of Gage County blacktop roads with a special mail-in election on June 11. If voters approve the bond, a maximum of three cents per $100 of valuation would be …Read More »
Onaga passes bond issue to build a new hospital
A bond issue for a new hospital in Onaga passed in the General Election last Tuesday, with 79% of the voters wanting to pass the issue. $17.59 million in tax-exempt general obligations bonds will be used with hospital cash reserves to construct a new facility and make renovations to the existing facility in Onaga, which was built in 1957.Read More »


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There is a lot of talk in the news about income inequality. The rich are getting richer while everyone else is struggling to survive. I pointed this out in my post about how 80 people control half the world's wealth. The post below isn't meant to take a shot at the rich, but rather take insight from how they live so that we, the 99% can improve our situations. So what can we learn from them to better not only our financial lives but our overall life as well? Here are some practical steps for how the 99% can make it.
Key Steps For How The 99% Can Make It
Strive To Succeed
All too often anymore I hear people complain about how they don't have this or that. When I ask them (or hear them being asked) what they have done to get the thing they want, many times the answer is nothing. No one makes it in the world without hard work and effort. If you want something, you have to find a way to get it.
When I wanted a new job because I hated the one I had, I didn't just sit around and wait for a new job to find me. I put in a lot of time researching and applying for jobs. And I failed miserably. I don't know the exact number of jobs I applied for, but my guess is it was around 50. It took me 6 months to find the great job that I was finally offered.
I could have easily given up, but I didn't. I spent many nights searching for jobs, networking and tweaking my resume. I have a friend who didn't go to college and was sick and tired of working minimum wage jobs. He took the time to figure out what he wanted to do. He wanted to work on cars. So he applied to a technical school and got in.
While he took classes during the day, he worked nights and weekends at a grocery store to help pay for the cost. A few years later, he graduated and now as a mechanic is making close to $100,000 a year.
The point is that you have to work hard if you want to succeed. But don't think that just because you work hard, things will land in your lap. You still need to put in some effort to make it all come together. And even then you won't always get what you want. It's how life works. But if you work hard and put yourself in the best possible situations, more times than not, things will work out for you in the end.
One last example on this point – many times we look at professional athletes and think how lucky they are. They get to play a game for a living and have months off when the season is over. But the truth is, they are working hard all year long. We only see them for the 3 hours they are on TV playing. We don't see the 8 hours a day in the gym and practicing. We don't see them sacrificing what they eat so they can stay in great shape. We don't see them sacrifice time with friends growing up because they were at camps looking to improve.
No one gets handed something in life (unless they inherited their wealth and then many times they end up broke anyways). There is hard work involved. So the key here is to stop watching so much television or letting Facebook steal your money and be productive. Learn from those that are successful and develop the same habits.
Pay Yourself First
If I ask you "who do you work for?" most will answer "for the big corporation". While this is technically true, everyone really works for themselves.
You work to better your life. When you get a paycheck, that money is yours. You choose to spend it as you see fit. Everyone uses a portion of their paycheck to pay someone else, either through paying our credit card bill (or debt), our mortgage/rent, gas, groceries, eating out, etc. You are taking your money and paying someone else for a service or a good. There is nothing wrong with this, as some of it has to be done in order to survive.
But what the majority of the 99% don't do is pay themselves for working. They are debtors, not investors. They spend first and save second and come the end of the month, there is nothing to save. If you save nothing, how can you expect to improve your financial situation? You can't. You will just stay in the same financial place forever, or in some cases, end up worse if you spend more than you earn.
Your key here then is to change how you save, or in some cases, start saving. You should take your paycheck, save 10-20% (studies show that the average millionaire saves at least 15%), and then pay your monthly expenses.
Some will read that and argue that if they were to do that, they would not have enough money to go out to eat, buy clothes, etc. If this is the case, then unfortunately you cannot afford to do these things. You will need to stay in and find something else to do for entertainment. You will need to make sacrifices. Find ways to cut your monthly expenses if need be. Many of us can afford to cut a little here and there so that we can survive. (Again, if you don't, you are going to wake up in the same – or worse – financial situation in 5, 10 or however many years into the future.)
Aside from those that inherited their wealth (and less than 20% have inherited their wealth), millionaires are self-made. How did they do this? They paid themselves first. That is how they became the 1%.
As you accumulate money, the rate at which it grows (or compounds) accelerates. (Play with this savings growth calculator to see for yourself. To read more about the 1%, read my post on interviews with the 1%.)
If you don't want to play with the calculator I mentioned above, below are various amounts of money saved and the interest earned in a given year if that amount were to grow at 1%, which is roughly what you get in a high yield savings account today:
Now here are the same saving amounts earning 6% per year, which is a conservative estimate of what you can expect to earn over the long-term when investing in the stock market.
Notice that the more you have, the faster it grows? This is why most of the income the 1% earns each year is investment income. This is also why they pay so much less in taxes – investment income is taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income (income you get from working a job). So if you want to pay less in taxes (and who doesn't) then start saving more so you can earn more and pay less in taxes.
Realize that when you invest a large amount of money, it is going to quickly grow into larger amounts of money. Just look at how much you earn from $1 million dollars. Would you be happy earning $60,000 for doing nothing? I know I would.
And don't think for a minute you need a professional money manager to invest your money. Betterment will help you to control the things you can control when investing so that your chances of success are increased. You can even choose to invest with a firm like Motif Investing where there are set motifs already made for you to invest in.
Look At The Long-Term
There is a very real difference between the 1% and the 99% in terms of outlook. Not in the sense that I talked about above, but rather in the point of view of time frames. Here is what I mean by this:
When shopping for a car, many people focus on their monthly payment. If they can afford the monthly payment, then they buy the car. Very few people do the math and look at the overall cost of owning a car, including the interest payments from the loan.
The difference between these two outlooks is huge. The 99% look at the monthly payment, or the short-term. The 1% look at the overall cost of the car, or the long-term. By looking at the long-term, the 1% sees just how much the car will cost them and if they really can afford it.
Think about this for a minute. You are looking at buying a new car. If you look at $400 per month, that doesn't seem like so much money, right? But if you look at the long-term and see the car is costing you a total of $45,000 including interest that might change things.
Just think of the things you could do with $25,000 if you bought a nice used car as opposed to the brand new car:
- You could take some nice vacations
- You could pay down your mortgage
- You could save more for retirement
- You could invest it and earn $1,500 a year assuming a 6% return
By just changing your point of view to the long-term, you can save so much money. I do this all of the time. Before I buy things, I ask myself what I am really getting and whether I would be better off not buying the item in question.
This has saved me many times in terms of not buying clothing. It helped me save money when looking at a car too. I really liked one model, but the manufacturer makes various brands. The same car is made by their sister company and costs $5,000 less just because it doesn't have the luxury name brand associated with it!
Learn to shift your point of view to the long-term and great things will happen financially.
Action Steps
So let's recap the steps that you are going to start taking so that you can improve not just your financial life, but your overall life as well.
First, you are going to stop thinking that things get handed to people and start making an effort to be more successful. Commit to turning off the TV an hour before bed and reading or working on a new business idea, or getting your finances in order, or spending that time with your spouse or kids. It doesn't matter what you choose, just don't waste the time on mindless entertainment.
Next, you are going to start being smarter with your finances and save first and spend what is left over. If you have a 401k plan through work, start investing in it. If you do invest already, email human resources and increase the amount.
From there, you want to build up an emergency fund. This can be done through automatic transfers – trust me, automation works. Heck, take 2 minutes right now and open an account with Digit. It's worth the 2 minutes. (You can read my review about Digit here.)
Finally, you are going to start investing outside of you 401k plan so that you can grow your money at a faster rate than through a savings account. If you have no clue where to start when it comes to investing, don't worry. Start off by reading this post. Then figure out which of these online brokers makes the most sense for you.
I'll even take it one step further – if you are completely new to investing, narrow your choices down to the two I mentioned earlier, Betterment and Motif. Either option will let you set up an automatic investment and you won't have to really do much else. If you have experience with investing, then the other brokers work best (though the other 2 I just mentioned still work here as well). Look at Schwab or Scottrade as two starting points.
Finally, you need to start to work on looking more at the long-term rather than the short-term. This is true with income, spending and investing.
With regards to income, you have to find the career that you will be happiest with. Sure you can take that job that pays $100,000 but if you hate it, it will burn you out quickly and life will be miserable. On the other hand, the job that pays $50,000 might be the one that excites you. This will help you to be happier and more motivated and in many ways, will help you out-earn the higher paying job.
When it comes to spending, stop before you buy. Ask yourself if you really need it. Ask if buying it gets you closer or further from your goals. And then picture your life 5 years from now with the item. Will that new shirt really matter to you in 5 years? Odds are probably not.
And with regards to investing, to earn a decent return, you have to stay invested for the long-term. If you are constantly buying and selling you are never going to make money in the market. Identify some solid investments and hold on to them (and keep buying more) year in, year out. Educate yourself about investing so that you can learn to tune out the noise of the market. Over the short-term the ride will be bumpy, but over the long-term, the ride will smooth itself out.


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Here are 25 expressions of a cartoon version of me! Wooo! My friends and I are going to make a comic of ourselves and I'm the one illustrating it so I did this to help me get the style down.
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Saba Software Inc. (SABA)
Q3 2010 Earnings Call
March 25, 2010 5:00 pm
William Slater – Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
Bobby Yazkani – Chief Executive Officer
Ryan Bergen – Craig-Hallum
Kevin Liu – B. Riley & Company
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William Slater
Good afternoon. Welcome and thank you for attending Saba Software's third quarter fiscal 2010 conference call. With me today is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bobby Yazdani.
If you have not received today's earnings release, you may download it at www.saba.com. During the course of this conference, we will be making forward-looking statements regarding our business outlook, future performance and expectations of future events. These statements are based solely on information available to us today and are subject to risks and uncertainties.
For information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements we encourage you to review our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2009 and subsequent Saba periodic reports which are available through the investor relations section of our website at Saba.com or through the SEC's website at sec.gov. We assume no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
In addition, we intend to discuss today both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is included with the financial statements accompanying our earnings release.
I will now turn the call over to Bobby Yazdani, Chairman and CEO of Saba Software.
Bobby Yazdani
Thank you Bill. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining Saba's third quarter earnings call. Today, I will cover highlights of our third quarter and year to date performance, significant milestones achieved during the quarter and our expectations for the remainder of fiscal year 2010. I will then turn the call over to Bill Slater who will provide details on our third quarter financial results.
Let's begin with the highlights from the third quarter. Saba's focus on profitable growth, customer success and product innovation continues to contribute to our market leadership position. In the third quarter, we delivered solid financial results, experienced strong customer adoption of our solution as evidenced by major new customer wins, and expanded our footprint within our existing customer base with sales of new applications and new user licenses.
In the quarter, we won a competitive deal at IBM as they expanded their implementation of Saba Learning to include Saba Succession Planning and Morpheus Planning Solutions to be deployed globally. We also expanded our relationship with the Baker Hughes, one of our recent Saba performance wins, through a new contract for Saba Learning.
These wins underscore our momentum in supporting a broad range of people management needs or organizations with advanced requirements.
In addition to our earnings announcement today, we announced our Board of Directors approved a $5 million Saba stock buyback plan. We believe the current market value of our shares does not accurately reflect underlying value of the company and the repurchase program represents an attractive opportunity to deploy capital in a way that will benefit our shareholders.
In terms of financial highlights, total revenue in the fiscal third quarter was $26.7 million. Year to date revenues increased to $80 million, up 3.5% from $77.3 million during the first three quarters of fiscal 2009. Our license revenues were $5.5 million, up 17% over the prior year and up 65% year to date.
Saba Performance and Saba Succession and Worker's Planning products accounted for 17% of total bookings in the quarter.
Turning to earnings, our non-GAAP EPS during the quarter was $0.07 per share on a fully diluted basis. Fiscal year, year to date non-GAAP net income was up 50% to $6.4 million or $0.22 per share on a fully diluted basis.
In terms of customer adoption during the third quarter, we strengthened our base of enterprise customers with 22 new customers bringing total new customers up to 72 during this fiscal year. In addition to the win at IBM and Baker Hughes mentioned earlier, we further strengthened our leadership position this past quarter with wins across the world with leading organizations including AstraZeneca, GE Security, FedEx, Novartis, UBS Financial Services, Union Bank and Westinghouse Electric.
Adoption of Saba Cloud solutions is accelerating and at the end of the quarter, our solutions reached over four million people with expanded customer adoption at enterprises including E-trade Financial, and [Komatsu].
On the product innovation front, during the third quarter Saba announced the general availability of Saba Compensation, broadening our Saba People Management suite to include learning, performance, compensation, succession planning, worker's planning and collaborative technologies.
We also announced some exciting new innovations in our Saba Collaboration suite with the delivery of Saba Centra for iPhone and Saba Centra with access, making it easy and cost effective for mobile workers to access web conferences and virtual training from the iPhone from anywhere, any browsers.
Looking to our full fiscal year, we are increasing the bottom range of our guidance from $0.26 to $0.28. As we look ahead to fiscal 2011, we believe Saba is well positioned to achieve double-digit growth based on the investments we've made this fiscal year. Specifically, we increased our sales capacity in this fiscal year. We strengthened our alliances group to build on the momentum of our existing alliances partners while building relationships with new partners globally.
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I did this set of doodles of the final cast and I was going to upload them all in one image, but because they are all different sizes, the final result didn't look so good that way XD So I'm going to upload them individually.
I thought the guy in the right was Rhaegar Targaryen, I would love to see A Song of Ice and Fire on your style :3
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eve as a FF charam he remenbers me so much to Brynden Rivers
Excellent! The outlines on both really make the picture with just a small amount of detail (swatches of color) for the interior of the armor. There's not enough dark knight Cecil (as much as I love the loveable paladin).
Thanks (: I feel the same-- love his paladin form but his dark knight form is probably my favorite overall design in Final Fantasy, especially the early Amano design of it
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Haha, I was going for a more 'exhausted' look, but eyeliner is good too (comes with the territory of being an Amano designed character XD)
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Investor FAQ
|Where is the headquarters of Hormel Foods Corporation?
|The Hormel Foods worldwide corporate headquarters is at:
1 Hormel Place
Austin, MN 55912
Austin, MN is located 100 miles south of Minneapolis, MN or approximately a 1.5 hour drive via interstate highways 35 and 90.
|When does the company's fiscal year end?
|Our fiscal year ends on the 4th Sunday of October.
|On what exchange is the company's stock listed and under what ticker symbol?
|Hormel Foods is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HRL.
|When was the company incorporated?
|Hormel Foods became a publicly traded firm on September 20, 1928.
|To whom do I direct questions about my Hormel Foods Corporation stock, including shareholder records, stock transfers, and changes of ownership and address?
|The transfer agent and registrar for the company's shareholders is:
Wells Fargo Shareowner Services
1110 Centre Point Curve, Suite 101
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
|Can I purchase shares directly from the company?
|The company does not offer a direct stock purchase plan. However, registered shareholders enrolled in the company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan are eligible to purchase shares of Hormel Foods stock with investment fees paid by the Company. Through the Dividend Reinvestment Plan you can make recurring or periodic investments by automatic bank debit or by sending a check, allowing you to purchase full or fractional shares. The minimum recurring automatic or one-time cash investment is $25.
You may participate in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan if you own Hormel Foods shares currently registered in your name with Hormel Foods and not held by your broker or bank in their name. Please contact the transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, at 877-536-3559 or visit their website at www.shareowneronline.com for more information or to enroll in the plan.
|When does the company pay dividends to shareholders?
|Hormel Foods has paid quarterly dividends since its inception as a publicly traded company. Quarterly dividends are typically paid on or about the 15th day of February, May, August, and November. Postal delays may cause receipt dates to vary.
|Can I have my dividend paid via direct deposit?
|Yes. Shareholders may have dividends directly deposited into their personal checking or savings account. Contact the transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, at 877-536-3559 or visit their website at www.shareowneronline.com for more information or to enroll in the plan.
|Can I have my dividend reinvested in company stock?
|Our Dividend Reinvestment Plan, available to record shareholders, allows for full dividend reinvestment into your account. Contact the transfer agent, Wells Fargo Shareowner Services, at 877-536-3559 or visit their website at www.shareowneronline.com for more information or to enroll in the plan.
|Does the company issue preferred stock?
|The Company is authorized to issue 160,000,000 shares of preferred stock. There is no preferred stock issued to date.
|What are the dates of the company's stock splits?
January 27, 1949 Stock exchanged for $15 par value – 10% added
|How do I get a copy of the company's annual report and/or proxy materials?
You may view, download and print our company reports directly from our website via this link. To request company reports to be mailed to you or to submit a question to Investor Relations, please see our Information Request .
|When is the company's annual stockholder meeting?
|Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 8:00 p.m Central Standard time.
|Where is the company's annual stockholder meeting?
|The meeting will be held in the Richard L. Knowlton Auditorium at Austin High School located at 301 3rd Street NW, Austin, MN 55912.
|What do I need to bring with me in order to attend the annual meeting?
|Record stockholders will need to bring their "admission ticket" received in the mail or sent to them by email which is contained on the proxy card or Notice of Internet Availability. The document will include language similar to that shown in the examples below. If you hold shares through a broker, you will need a letter from your broker indicating that you owned shares as of November 27, 2015 (the "Record Date"), a recent stock statement showing you hold shares, or a Legal Proxy from your broker which allows you to vote at the meeting.
|Can I bring a guest with me to the annual meeting?
|Yes. Stockholders are allowed to bring their immediate family members to the annual meeting. Non-stockholder guests will be given a guest pass at registration.
|Will my guest be given a gift box at the annual meeting?
|No. Guests are not eligible to receive a gift box at the annual meeting.
|Can I get a stockholder gift box if I do not attend the annual meeting?
|No, Gift boxes are available only to stockholders who attend the annual meeting. Gift boxes are not available outside of this event.
|Can my spouse or relative pick up a box for me if I am unable to attend the annual meeting?
|No. Only the stockholder who attends the meeting may pick up the gift box at the conclusion of the meeting.
|Can I attend the annual meeting if I own shares through my 401K plan?
|No. If you own shares through your 401(k) plan, you are not the stockholder. You are a participant of the plan. The plan is the actual stockholder.
|Can I attend the annual meeting if I hold shares in the employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)?
|Yes. See "What do I need to bring with me in order to attend the annual meeting?" above.
|Where can I find information concerning the company's quarterly earnings results?
We issue a press release of earnings results each quarter, and hold a conference call each quarter to discuss those results. Past press releases are available in the Earnings & Announcements section of our website. Details on access to the earnings conference calls are available on our Events page. You may view, download and print our company reports directly from our website via this link. To request company reports to be mailed to you or to submit a question to Investor Relations, please see our Information Request page.
|What analysts cover the company's stock?
The following is a list of analysts currently covering the company's stock
|How many people are employed by the company and its subsidiaries?
|The company has approximately 20,500 domestic and foreign employees.
|Where can I find information about the company's board of directors?
Information regarding the company's board of directors can be found on our Corporate Governance page.
|Who is the company's independent auditor?
|The company's independent auditor is Ernst & Young, LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
|When did the company acquire the SKIPPY brand and related facilities?
|On January 31, 2013, the Company acquired the United States based SKIPPY peanut butter business from Conopco, Inc. (doing business as Unilever United States Inc.), of Englewood Cliffs, N.J. This acquisition includes the Little Rock, Arkansas manufacturing facility and all sales worldwide, except sales in China. The Company completed the acquisition of the China based SKIPPY peanut butter business on November 26, 2013.
|Where can I find a list of the brands currently represented by Hormel Foods and its subsidiaries?
Information regarding the company's brands can be found on our website on the Brands page.
|Where do I direct other investor questions concerning Hormel Foods or its subsidiaries?
To submit a question to Investor Relations, please see our Information Request page, or call (507) 437-5248 to speak to Jana Haynes, Director of Investor Relations.
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TheStreet) -- Progress Software (Nasdaq: PRGS) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity. Highlights from the ratings report include:NEW YORK (
-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff
TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.
- PRGS's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.00 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. To add to this, PRGS has a quick ratio of 1.70, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
- PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP has exprienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP increased its bottom line by earning $0.86 versus $0.73 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($1.19 versus $0.86).
- PRGS, with its decline in revenue, underperformed when compared the industry average of 9.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 7.3%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- The share price of PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORP has not done very well: it is down 20.67% and has underperformed the S&P 500, in part reflecting the company's sharply declining earnings per share when compared to the year-earlier quarter. Looking ahead, other than the push or pull of the broad market, we do not see anything in the company's numbers that may help reverse the decline experienced over the past 12 months. Despite the past decline, the stock is still selling for more than most others in its industry.
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Software industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 63.5% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $20.52 million to $7.49 million.
-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff
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More than 30 investing pros with skin in the game give you actionable insight and investment ideas.
Product Features:
- Access to Jim Cramer's daily blog
- Intraday commentary and news
- Real-time trading forums