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The Motley Fool December 13, 2004 Rich Smith	Smith & Wesson Firing Blanks Profits may be up, but the free-cash-flow clip is empty. At first glance, the gunmaker hit every earnings bullseye in sight, but when shooting for an increase in revenues, the company couldn't hit the broad side of a proverbial barn.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2004 Rich Smith	Cutter Bucks Up The turnaround story continues for the apparel maker Cutter & Buck. The company should end fiscal 2005 with about $13.4 million in free cash flow, giving it an enterprise value-to-FCF ratio of about 8.5 at its current price
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Stanley Reed	The Raja Of Steel Lakshmi Mittal, the Indian-born steel baron, is building the biggest steel company on earth, with a collection of plants that spans four continents. But what will he do when the glut comes?
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Paul Magnusson	Who'll Survive the Textile Trade Shakeout? With the new year, three decades of quotas on U.S. and European textile and apparel imports will become history -- meaning companies will be free to source from the cheapest suppliers. Some 30 million jobs worldwide could be affected, including an estimated 650,000 in the U.S.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Wherrett & Yelovich	Changing an Industry The entire textile industry could be reinvented, from manufacturing abroad, to shipment to the U.S., to treatment by Nano-Tex nano products, and finally to the consumer.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Rich Smith	The Next Big Thing Television tech changes yet again. Toshiba and Canon will be rolling out Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Displays (SED) sets by August of next year, and palladium mining companies look poised to reap the benefit.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Bill Mann	Reinhold: Seat Backs Are Upright The company, which makes makes things like the frames for aircraft seat backs, swimming pool heater covers, sheet molding products, etc. is tapping a credit line to pay a special dividend. The stock is up 35%.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Phil Wohl	Movado's Precise Timing The watchmaker is growing efficiently through acquisition and expansion. The company raised earnings expectations for the year to $0.98 to $1.02 per share from a previous forecast of $0.96 to $1.00 per share.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Rich Smith	Canadian Gold Doesn't Glitter Gold Fields shareholders reject merger with Iamgold. Shares of both companies fall.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Stanley Swaps Doors for Locks Stanley Works announced plans to focus its business on security. The incoming businesses, Security Group and Cal-Door Specialties, are expected to add 8% to revenues and $0.03-$0.04 per share in earnings. Stanley ponied up roughly one times sales to make the buys, at $56 million.
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