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Two top 10 teams were upset this week, and to the surprise of few, they were Southern Cal and Georgia.
COLUMBUS, Ga. - In its final game before Peach Belt Conference play begins, the Columbus State Lady Cougars fell 71-64 to West Georgia in the Lumpkin Center on Wednesday night.
The Lady Cougars have alternated wins and losses through six games and are now 3-3 on the season. West Georgia improves to 5-3 with the win.
CSU and West Georgia went back and forth early with six ties over the first 12 minutes. The Wolves then surged forward with a 10-0 to lead 28-18, a lead they would never relinquish.
The lead reached as much as 13 in the first half before CSU scored seven of the final nine points to cut the lead to eight at halftime.
West Georgia made another charge out of the gates in the second half scoring the first 10 points to extend the lead to 18.
Five straight points by Jerlisa Taylor put the Wolves in front by 21 at 51-30 with 15:11 to play, the largest advantage of the game.
Columbus State tried to scratch and claw back into the game but UWG had an answer for each run.
The Lady Cougars put together a 7-0 run with under three minutes to play to get back within single digits, but could get no closer than seven when the final horn sounded.
Shan Basley led the way for CSU with a season high 19 points and nine rebounds. Chatil Bradford set her career high in points with 18 including 10-of-13 from the free throw line. Asha Alexander continued her strong play adding nine points and 10 rebounds.
JaDechia Hill led four Wolves in double figures with 14 points and nine rebounds. Brittany Johnson chipped in 13 points, while Taylor Turgeon and Monè Peoples added 11 and 10, respectively.
The Lady Cougars shot just 35% (21-for-60) from the field and had their worst night of the season from behind the arc knocking down just 4-of-13 (30.8%) three-point attempts. CSU did shoot well from the free throw line hitting on 18-of-24 (75%) opportunities.
West Georgia finished at 47.2% (25-of-53) from the field and 6-of-16 (37.5%) from outside.
Columbus State continued its strong showing forcing turnovers as the Wolves turned it over 30 times which turned into 19 Lady Cougar points. The 30 forced turnovers is the most CSU has forced since December 4, 2009 when West Alabama committed 35.
CSU now heads into PBC play on Saturday as they travel to Montevallo to take on the Falcons. The Lady Cougars will tip at 2:30 p.m. ET with the men's game following immediately thereafter.
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Submitted: May 02 2013 / 09:33
A lightbox is one of those tools that work great on the desktop but often fail on small mobile devices. These days, finding a plugin that is responsive and that displays content right away is hard. For this reason, I created Magnific Popup, an open-source lightbox plugin focused on performance.
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MIX juice, dressing and tarragon in shallow baking dish with whisk until well blended. Add fish; turn to evenly coat both sides of each fillet. Refrigerate 1 hour to marinate.
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An 800 ft. boardwalk lets you visit the emergent wetlands at Ocmulgee National Monument. This 10 year old wetlands was created as a result of a massive flood in July 1994. The changes in the landscape from hardwood forest to emergent wetlands is an example of natures sucessional cycles.


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(WASHINGTON) — President Obama Thursday night urged Congress to pass a plan that some analysts say will put 1.9 million Americans to work in the next year. But two days earlier, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced a plan that he says will create nearly 10 times as many jobs. Romney, who detailed his jobs agenda in a 161-page book, said in a Las Vegas speech unveiling the plan that if elected, he would push his plan to create 11.5 million jobs in his first term, dropping unemployment to less than 6 percent and boosting gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 4 percent annually.
The part Mitt's not telling us is that most of the jobs will involve working on a content farm for Demand Media. Pump up that SEO!
Legitimately, it's a Romney-Perry race.Ed Rollins, the now-former campaign manager for Michele Bachmann • Discussing why he and deputy manager David Polyansky both stepped down from their positions this week. When asked if they left because of strategic differences, he said that there is "no strategic differences in the sense of what we should be doing or saying — it's just a question of how you use your time, how you use your resources." source (via • follow)
» The good ship Newt continues to sink: It was just twelve days ago that the Gingrich campaign suffered a high-level exodus of staffers. Now comes the news that two more have jumped ship — fundraising director Jody Thomas, and fundraising consultant Mary Heltman. If there's one thing a presidential campaign needs, it's having its money in order — departing staffers, however, accused Gingrich of having less interest in political spending than on chartering luxury jets. We're at the point of considering this campaign little more than an exercise in raising Newt's profile — he just doesn't seem serious about it.
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>>Now to the software question: does there exist any sound editor with a
it's easy for non-programing people to bring "visions" regarding
interface design. (and i love do so :) as i know programers, it's quite
hard to establish a new standard. but imho the interface standards
(buttons, dropdown boxes, scrolling, menu-structure, etc.) are now a
couple of years old, and there might be better solutions for specific
tasks. audio seems to me like a good point to start.
if one can abstract from "navigating audiofiles by scrollbars",
"mounting busses and audioconnections by mouse (which is nice of
course)", "zooming into by eye" you could imagine hundreds of different
interfaces. the plainest case would be a command-line.
i think of combining sound (acoustic feedback), haptic feedback,
midi-controlers (http://www.behringer.com/BCF2000/index.cfm?lang=ENG),
data-gloves (http://www.5dt.com/products/pdataglove5u.html),
joysticks (http://www.joy-stick.net/reviews/joysticks/stikeforce.htm),
vibration mouse (http://www.avbusa.com/vmouse.htm),
- to navigate in the program
- to scrub in the files
- to change parameters of plugins
- to mount connections
=> to "listen" to the program.
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Why Are You Leaving? by Colette Carr featuring Kev Nish, Music Lyrics and Video
Why Are You Leaving? is the first single by American singer and rapper Colette Carr, from her "Skitszo (Part 2)" EP, which was released on digital retailers on January 8, 2013 via Interscope Records.
The song was produced by Cherry Cherry Boom Boom and features Far East Movement lead singer, Kevin Nishimura a.k.a Kev Nish.
Colette Carr - Why Are You Leaving? ft. Kev Nish Video
Colette Carr feat. Kev Nish - Why Are You Leaving? Lyrics
Why O why are you leaving?
When I desperately need you
O why are you leaving?
I guess I will not know
O why are you leaving?
When I desperately need you
O why are you leaving
I guess I will not know
Oooo Oooo yea
I guess I will not know
Oo ooo Ooooo
I guess I will not know
Heavy-hitter to the heart what I step to
never spent a minute apart when I met you
the only one that got you the only one to get you
not I'm ripped apart and you're the one I want to vent to
never should have let you
never should have met up
watch me turn my back first
so you can see me well up
all because you're fed up
tryna hold my head high
decapitated I hate it I hate you.
You were like my calculator
I could always count on you
now you're like I'll see you later
and I don't know what to do
counting all the times but none of this adds up
to the moon and back is taking off NASA
no solution keep it moving I dunno what the do
one plus one equals two too late too soon
no reason new truth,
you just decide it'd be cool to rip my heart out like its a loose tooth- bite me.
look, these days are like a speaker box got us so out of phase
we always said we'd keep it primo nothing could fade
I'm here the stay say my peace a million miles away
I never meant to ruff her feathers in the bed that we made
I admit sometimes I'm off into space
I try and fix all the things I cant change
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(#) DisenchantedEnding 2011-10-22 02:20:33 AMJust started reading this story, but I love it. Nice story and nicely written. :)
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Writer: James Vanderbilt
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Writer: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay
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Executive Overseeing: Adam Goodman
Production Company: Gary Sanchez Productions, Judd Apatow Productions
Producer: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Judd Apatow
More: Adam McKay attached to direct. Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Chris Parnell, Fred Willard, Steve Carell and Paul Rudd attached to star.
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Date: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Logline: The tale of a group of childhood friends who reunite as adults.
Genre: Comedy
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Genre: Comedy , Sports
Saletype: Rewrite
Studio: Warner Bros.
Producer: Billy Gerber, Mark Steven Johnson
Agent: CAA and Ziffren Brittenham (Ellin)
More: Pete Segel is attached to direct.
Title: You Are Here
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Logline: Story centers on a weatherman who is dependent on a best friend for his good times. When the friend inherits a business and some land from his father, the weatherman is forced to get his own life in order.
Writer: Matthew Weiner
Genre: Dark Comedy
Saletype: Script
Producer: Matthew Weiner, Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, Scott Hornbacher
More: Matthew Weiner attached to direct. Zach Galifianakis and Owen Wilson attached to star.
Title: The Great Unknown
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Logline: The story about a slacker's attempt to find the people responsible for raiding his thoughts.
Writer: Duncan Rouleau
Genre: Sci-Fi
Saletype: Comic , Adaptation
Studio: Man of Action Studios
Production Company: Image Comics, Mark Gordon Co.
Producer: Duncan Rouleau……(more)"
Will Ferrell sends up spaghetti westerns
Source: @latimes
#screenwriting #film #comedy
"Andrew Steele has known Will Ferrell since they worked together as writer and actor on "Saturday Night Live" back in the day. So Steele can speak with some authority about his friend's predictably unpredictable career arc.
"If you know Will," Steele said recently, "that's his favorite thing. He loves all of his fans to go 'Did you hear what he's doing now?'" Or, as Ferrell might put it in "Casa de Mi Padre," qué pasa,dude?
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What would you do to make a difference if you were a multi-millionaire right now?
If you had a lot of financial resources to tap on, how would you spend or invest your millions to make a positive change in the world that will leave a lasting legacy of hope for others?
This is a good exercise even if you are not financially rich yet to keep you motivated to reach your goals in life.
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Nov 6 2012: In the overall scheme millions are a drop in the bucket for a venture of any size at all. Having said that there must be an investment to ensure the constant flow of money over a long period of time. Having said that the one investment that you could make would be setting up a educational fund with unique return clauses.
1. Scholarship selection committee.
2. Partnership with perhaps ten corporations worldwide.
3. Build houses at four major universities (more later) MIT - Stanford - etc ... to house the selectees.
If you could educate these students and employee them in a internship for XXX years and then the company would send them back to their home countries for employment in expanding ventures. The student and the companies would each contribute back to the educational fund thus keeping the cycle going hopefully forever.
If this is done right it would develop future leadership for developing countries. They would contribute to the economic growth and the stabilization of existing governments by bringing corporate business into the country through these founding companies. (long range hopes)
In this manner I could have influenced education, growth, and development on a world scale with pertetual funding. There is no reason to believe that this would work in developed and undeveloped countries. The trick would be to marry the student with the long range plans of a corporation and convience them this is a win win venture.
Just a thought. My original investment would be one million tops. The returns priceless.
All the best. Bob.
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Still rocking the good old original HTC EVO 4G? Good news for you. An unofficial build of CM10 – based on Jelly Bean Android 4.1 – has come out for the device, thanks to XDA Senior Member jmztaylor. Jelly Bean brings features such as a smooth as butter interface, Google's voice recognition helper called Google Now, a smarter keyboard, better accessibility, an improved and actionable notifications menu, and a lot of others, which CM10 brings along with its own improvements such as faster performance and better customization to your Evo 4G.
NOTE: The ROM is in a very early stage of development and not suitable for daily use yet, so there are quite a few issues with a lot of thinks not working, so consider this a preview of Jelly Bean. Also, CM10 is in an early stage so do not expect to see many customization options of CyanogenMod to be present in the ROM in the beginning.
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Dr Antony Ting is interviewed on the Australian Tax Office's investigation of almost 90 multinational companies in Australia for tax avoidance.
Apple needs to stop tax trickery 08 Mar 2014
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Dr Antony Ting is quoted in the Weekend Australian article about Apple avoiding tax liability in Australia by moving profits to tax havens.
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Dr Antony Ting was quoted in several international articles about Apple's tax avoidance in Australia.
Tax me if you can: how multinationals clean up 07 Mar 2014
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How governments can manage the issue of multinationals shifting profits to tax havens is examined in the Australian Financial Review article. Antony Ting is quoted.
Harvesting Apple's tax 'could erode the government's revenue base' 07 Mar 2014
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Renewed controversy over Apple shifting profits from its Australian business to low-tax countries has been tempered by warnings. Dr Antony Ting is quoted in the article.
Cracking the Apple tax code 06 Mar 2014
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The Australian Financial Review reports on Apple's sales profits in Australia and examines why they are so lean. Antony Ting is quoted in the article.
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Dr Antony Ting is quoted in the Australian Financial Review which reports US tech giant Apple has shifted an estimated $8.9 billion in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to a tax haven structure in Ireland.
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Servings: 4
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 8 min
Difficulty: Easy
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chopped sweet pickles
2 tablespoons chopped red onion
1 1/2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
4 (7-ounce) tilapia fillets
Olive oil, for brushing
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
1 to 2 loaves French bread
2 medium beefsteak tomatoes, cut into 8 slices
4 leaves romaine lettuce
Prepare a grill or preheat a broiler. If using a broiler, line a baking sheet with foil.
Combine the mayonnaise, pickles, onion, lemon juice, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Brush the tilapia fillets with some olive oil and season them with the salt and black pepper. Cut the bread into 4 (7-inch) sections, then halve each section lengthwise.
Put the fish on the grill or, if broiling, transfer the fillets to the prepared baking sheet. Grill or broil, turning once, until the fish is cooked through, about 6 minutes. Lay the bread on the grill, cut side down, or broiler, cut side up, and grill or broil until toasted, about 1 minute.
For 1 sandwich, layer 1 tilapia fillet on the bottom slice of bread, followed by 2 slices of tomato and 1 lettuce leaf. Spread the top slice of bread with 2 tablespoons of the tartar sauce and cover the sandwich. Repeat with remaining bread and filling. Arrange on a serving platter and serve.
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Paula, Thanks for sharing this recipe with us. My husband made these for me Tuesday night we love them. Great recipe! Now I have to try your banana pudding but I can't have too much I am doing weight watchers. Thank you, Gladys King
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This just made it into my 'go to' recipe pile. FANTASTIC!!!
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I tried this dish tonight and I must say I have never tasted anything like it. Just AWESOME!!! From My Kitchen to Yours. Happy Eating!
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Small businesses are booming — it's a fact. There are more new companies and tradesmen starting up now than at any point in history, and that is something which has made its ripples felt far away from its base. Take, for example, the commercial van market. If you take into account the number of new plumbers, electricians, builders and other businesses suddenly appearing on the market, it's clear to see that they all need vans to carry out their daily work.
Of course, it's not quite as simple as a van being a van. From small vans no bigger than your average hot hatch, right the way up to long wheel base Transits and Luton boxes, there are vans to suit every requirement and business type. A beautician, for example, who only needs to carry around small supplies might well be best suited to a relatively inexpensive and economical Mini or Fiesta van, whereas a removals company or couriers are more likely to use a Luton box or long wheel base transit. It's all about matching your requirements to what's available on the market, and the market has certainly got something to match what you need.
For small businesses, the outlay of buying a van can be incredibly scary. Fortunately, there are a number of financing options available including leasing a van. This can help to spread the cost and limit your liability and outlay, by leasing the van instead of purchasing it outright. There are also the usual finance deals available which you'd expect to find on cars, and many of these are very generous at the present moment due to the government trying to give more and more support to small businesses. As a result, the banks and finance companies are being incentivised to provide generous finance offers to small business owners and sole traders looking to buy a new commercial vehicle.
It's not just size which needs to come into account, though, as many different things will affect the cost in the long run. For example, the engine size of the van can be critical in terms of road tax, insurance and fuel costs, with these overheads eating into any business's profit margins if they're not careful to manage them effectively. As a small businesses, your ability to get from A to B quickly and efficiently is at the forefront of your chances of success, and balancing that with the costs involved is something which needs to be carefully considered when buying a new van.
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"I prayed a lot and felt this was the best for me to pursue this opportunity," Lemonier said in a statement. "I loved every minute of my time at Auburn and I'm very appreciative of my teammates, coaches and the entire Auburn family. It is sad to leave such a special place like Auburn, but ultimately I made a decision that was best for me and my family."
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When the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) first discovered that developer Stephan Boivin intended to raze the 1824 federal style house formerly belonging to Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz, the group focused primarily on the house's architectural merit. Boivin's development group, Nordica, hoped to transform the house into apartments and retail space.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) responded to community advocates in favor of the building's preservation by saying the house does not qualify as a landmark because it does not retain enough of its original material, though its general area in the neighborhood is still under consideration.
After this obstacle and further research, the GVSHP began to focus instead on the house's rich history and ties to the LGBTQ community. As the group explained, the City has never before declared something a landmark based on the history of the gay and lesbian movement.
At a press conference outside the Spring Street house today, elected officials and community advocates came together to speak to this colorful history. Senator Tom Duane, the second openly gay member of the New York State legislature, appeared at the conference to make a statement, and Council Speaker Christine Quinn sent a letter in support.
Steve Ashkinazy, Stonewall Democratic Club executive committee member, said early leaders of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) formerly resided in the South Village home. The GAA group was the blueprint for the LGBT movement, he explained.
"Now they want to turn it into a mall," said Ashkinazy. "The City says it does not retain enough of its original character…it's clearly older than its surroundings. It's visually and architecturally a standout with a story to tell."
"The world has changed here and New York needs this landmark," he added.
GVSHP Executive Director Andrew Berman said, of former residents with ties to the gay rights movement: "People who lived here touched others' lives."
He added, as an openly gay man who has worked under Senator Duane and is well-versed in the region and the struggles of civil rights groups, even "for [him], this house was a lesson."
Laurence Frommer, a licensed NYC tour guide, said he, and others, have been reaching out to queer historians, hoping to bring the matter to national attention. While the midday turnout was a relatively small spattering, Frommer said he had been hoping for "a cast of thousands."
"As somebody interested in chronicling and presenting LGBT history, this is important," said Frommer. "It should be landmarked. There should be a plaque."
"There's so much in the City we don't know about," said Frommer. "How did it get lost?"
As for the civil rights angle, Frommer said he believes the City is trying presently to make up for a lack of African American historical representation, but they should be focusing on LGBTQ history also, and every other group as well. He said the City usually preserves landmarks based on architectural merit and less so cultural matters or history, but culture should be "considered a lot more."
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From Sophocles to Miller—Tragedy's Many Masks
I believe, for myself, that the lasting appeal of tragedy is due to our need to face the foot of death in order to strengthen ourselves for life.
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images in Western Civilization; Sophocles' King Oedipus of
Tragedy is not perennial. It has only blossomed as a
popular dramatic form during a few periods of history. The Greeks invented it,
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Miller is in agreement with the classic traditions of
The key to tragic heroism, however, is not in the flaw itself, but in the recognition of the flaw. Miller's early works are often called "plays of accountability", which requires the hero to face his own culpability in the horrors he has produced and accept, or maybe even inflict, his punishment. This is a point about which the Greeks would agree. Oedipus does not, for instance, blame his sordid predicament on fate, the gods, his father, or the Chorus. If he did, he would not be tragic. He would be no better than the hundreds of politicians or corporate executives we see on TV every day, calling for accountability, but hiding behind lawyers and spin doctors when their own culpability is called into question. No, Oedipus recognizes his error, and so inflicts a befitting punishment. He pierces his own eyes, transforming his moral transgression into a physical emblem of his crime. What world, state, or corporate leader would willingly do that today?
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Landmark concert tops Bay Area's Hawaiian-style holiday events
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Electronic jazz artist Dana Leong gets into island groove
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Monetary Easing Could Lead Japanese Firms Lower
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Loosening monetary policy is being cited as the driver for improvements in many Japanese companies. Yes, it makes their exports cheaper. Unfortunately, monetary easing will also make their imports more expensive and could lead to inflation in a highly indebted economy.
American investors should be very picky when selecting Japanese stocks. They should restrict themselves to companies that are trading at bargain price multiples. Below, I will explain why Sony (NYSE: SNE) is the most compelling Japanese stock available to American retail investors at today's prices.
Panasonic Surprise Profit
The weaker yen is helping Panasonic (NASDAQOTH: PCRFY), Sharp (NASDAQOTH: SHCAY), and Sony to compete against Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) amid decreasing demand as they restructure their respective operations. Ichiyoshi Asset Management Chief Fund Officer Mitsushige Akino said, "It's looking increasingly likely that they'll be able to survive. It's important that they carry out drastic reforms."
Recent results have been very promising. Panasonic and Sharp, Japan's second and third largest TV makers, could be on their way to recovery after cost-cutting measures, asset sales and a weakening yen helped improve fiscal third-quarter income. Panasonic posted 61.3 billion yen ($665 million) in net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31, beating analysts expected 17 billion-yen loss ($181 million), while Sharp managed an operating profit of 2.6 billion yen ($27.8 million) for the same period, its first after five quarters.
Iwai Cosmo Holdings Analyst Mitsuo Shimizu said, "The situation for exporters is getting better with the yen's recent weakness as a tailwind." He also said that the Japanese automakers are competitive enough and would be able to take the benefit of currency movements. But, the countries electronic manufactures require producing more attractive products to fight against the competition from Samsung.
Nevertheless, the two companies still maintained their full-year net loss forecasts totaling $13.2 billion, even as Panasonic Chief Financial Officer Hideaki Kawai said the weaker yen can help beat the company's projected 765 billion-yen ($8.18 billion) loss estimate.
By March, Panasonic's newly promoted President Kazuhiro Tsuga will announce a new medium-term plan that may include quitting businesses where operating margins are less than 5%. Commons Asset Management President Tetsuro Ii said, "Panasonic should go faster. Significant structural reforms haven't occurred yet. The company should accelerate sales of unprofitable assets and divisions."
In spite of the net income, Panasonic's third-quarter sales dropped 8% to 1.8 trillion yen ($19.26 billion), led by domestic sales which fell 12% and sales of audio-visual equipment which plunged 20% 389 billion yen ($4.16 billion). Sharp's net loss of 36.7 billion yen ($392.6 million) was larger than analysts' estimate of 34 billion-yen ($363 million) loss, but not as bad as compared with the 174 billion yen ($1.86 billion) posted a year earlier.
Last December, Sharp agreed to sell as much as 9.9 billion yen ($105.9 million) of new shares to chip-maker Qualcomm (QCOM), which has so far bought 4.9 billion yen ($52.4 million) as the first of two tranches. Sharp also had talks with Hon Hai about selling a stake, after the latter bought a stake in one of Sharp's LCD plant last year. Last year, the TV maker expressed material doubt about the sustainability of its operations after bleeding 103 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in cash for the semester ending September.
Sharp President Takashi Okuda said, "We want to proceed with the negotiations with Hon Hai based on the fact that our trend is starting to rise. Until now, there had only been negatives for us." Okuda admits the company's financial situation is "tough," but promises to immediately push through with structural reforms targeting to manage an operating profit for the second half and hopefully "post net income next fiscal year." Myojo Asset Management Japan CEO Makoto Kikuchi seems to disagree, "There were at least no negative surprises in the results for Sharp and Panasonic. Still, it's hard to see how they can post net incomes next fiscal year."
The Bearish Case for Japanese Stocks
So what's the problem?
If the Yen devalues further, then the assets of Japanese companies will be cheaper to foreigners. That means that if your stock is worth the same amount in Japan to a Japanese investor, it would be worse to you as a foreigner who counts returns in a depreciating foreign currency.
This relationship throws a monkey wrench into most valuation arguments that favor Japanese firms.
Going further, we can reason that currency devaluation and inflation favor firms with real assets and Yen-denominated, fixed-rate bonds. True believers in an ever-weakening yen would seek out firms with high debt-to-equity ratios, fixed-rate bonds with distant maturities (long duration), and real assets whose values go up with inflation.
I can't advocate this strategy. Instead, I advocate finding firms with low financial leverage instead of making a macro bet on Japanese monetary easing by finding highly-leveraged stocks to buy.
Though many Japanese stocks trade at low price-to-book ratios, many are highly levered.
Of the stocks on this list, Sony is the most interesting. It trades at low price-to-sales and price-to-book ratios and is neither a financial services company nor highly leveraged.
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