A rigorous Inspection Program in 2011 only 1500000. 00 of their 59000000. 00 in revenue was spent to employ just 9 inspectors across the entire United States. Big. Is a group that says its the dogs champion but in practical terms is consistently leading the fight against efforts to establish humane dog breeding standards in the states at the federal level. Over 5000. 00 kennel inspections last year. The American Kennel Club. We make all this possible because you make us possible. Just or your dog the only us registry that matters isnt a g. C. Dot org and were ever we advance that sort. Of legislation radical not far reaching just basic fundamental anything that a pet owner would think is a minimal standard of care the casey opposes it since 2009 the a k c as opposed over 100 different bills regulations or ordinances the protect dogs in 2012 alone the a k c opposed to nebraska state bill that would require commercial breeders to have regular on site visits by a veterinarian a Louisiana
Their potential customers that their facilities are a k. C. Approved and inspected one such company is pet land the largest chain of pet Stores Selling puppies in the United States while most pet lands are independently owned and operated the companys relationship with the a k c is a central focus in nearly every store. Its not unusual to see a dog thats a case a registered in a pet store. A casey could be targeting this major Distribution Channel saying were not going to endorse pet stores if we see our dogs in those stores because we dont feel that is a good means by which a dog is being raced on and unfortunately have not taken a position. Where your thoughts will. Be on. So i thought. This is worth reading. I think its not easy. I actually bought my 1st dog from pathway and in my head i was saving that dog from the cage only because it was way too big for the small cage it was in there was poop and he just likes a and i went back to visit and visit and visit well there it is very p
Biotech getting a bounce in the back of biogen two names you need to watch in the space. Halftime report starts right now. Welcome. Good to have you with us our Investment Committee today, joe, stephanie, josh, brynn is back lets begin with this big day for earnings stefrl dow stocks are moving this hour. Lets talk about some of those right there. Stephanie link, you go first mcdonalds is a drag comps below. They had the first eps miss in two years. Oh, my goodness, your sale completely out of this Company Earlier or later last week, whenever it was, looks good today. I actually thought it was going to be worse than what they put up today a 5. 9 global comp is impressive but the problem is they have to investment invest substantially to keep up with the competition. While i liked the story a while ago because of the Digital Initiatives and the ceo and all the things he has been doing they have to spend you dont get the operating leverage positively i was looking for. I got lucky, but i
When we published a couple of weeks back a note that said we might see a little bit of deceleration in the short term and this might be as bad as it gets, but that shouldnt change the overall picture that the rate of decline has dramatically accelerated for Traditional Television and there doesnt seem to be any question that we are in a new normal where the rate of decline for the traditional system is probably anor so per year, which is extraordinarily rapid decline for something that has been around as long as traditional paid tv distribution. You are talking about cable and satellite primarily, correct . Craig thats right, traditional communication via cable and satellite. Of thet interesting part story is if you went back a year ago, you would have said the the youtube tv and life werehulu driving integration with from tv. Today that thesis looks wrong and the uptake of those Virtual Services is not terribly strong. What you are seeing is people just defecting entirely from live te
After todays magnificent run the dow gaining and s p gaining and nasdaq 1. 5 maybe we shouldnt lend so much credence next time some indicator flashes red when tenyear treasuries were giving you it, experts came on the air and said a recession is insev inevitable and you should be afraid thats no way to make decisions about your money i explained over and over again you get a much better read by listeni ing to conference callsf individual Large Companies they said consumers are liable now look what happened yield curve on friday, if you took your queue from the panic and sold everything, you got burned thats the problem with following the big data an inverted yield curve may mean a recession but tell that to tens of thousands of people that shop at walmart every week the president gave walmart a shout out. Ups delivers hundreds of amazon boxes every day and tell it to the geeks at visa and mastercard or apple where the Service Revenue stream keeps growing the companies are seeing a sign