Monthly Archives: January 2012

Consolidated Tomoka Makes First Tentative Moves Under New CEO

By | January 4, 2012

Consolidated Tomoka(CTO) announced two recently completed transactions, the first under the leadership of CEO John Albright.  The first transaction completed the repurchase of land that had been sold to Halifax Hospital Medical Center in 2003 but never developed.  The company entered into an agreement with Halifax in 2009 to repurchase 33 acres over 4 years, but purchased the… Read More »

Eastman Kodak Preparing Bankruptcy Filing- WSJ

By | January 4, 2012

Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for scooping the story that Eastman Kodak(EK) is preparing a bankruptcy filing and may file by month’s end.  The company is still exploring a patent sale to stave off bankruptcy, but it will be difficult to get an adequate price in this distressed situation.  The company is said to be in negotiations… Read More »

Eastman Kodak Delisting Notice a Non-Event

By | January 3, 2012

Lately, it seems like this blog is becoming all Eastman Kodak(EK) all the time.  Odd for a stock we don’t even own. Some Kodak bulls  have commented that we interpret every piece of Kodak news negatively, so we felt we should comment that today’s announcement that Kodak has received a continued listing standards notice from the NYSE is… Read More »

Can Eastman Kodak’s Real Estate Save It?

By | January 3, 2012

A comment on a recent post asked whether we’d considered the value of Eastman Kodak’s(EK) real estate. It’s not something we’d given much thought to, but we’re friendly folk and so we proceeded to do a bit of digging.  Our first stop was Kodak’s most recent 10K. While some companies provide detail on their real estate holdings, Kodak… Read More »

Another Eastman Kodak Director Departs, Fleeing Sinking Ship

By | January 1, 2012

Laura Tyson, who had been a Director at Eastman Kodak(EK) since 1997, resigned on December 29, the company reported in a filing with the SEC.  Tyson is the third Kodak director to resign in the last week, and, as with the previous two, Kodak’s terse statement gave no reason or explanation.  We await the spin form the Kodak… Read More »