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The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Unzipping Coach Coach's trailing P/E of 29 looks a little worse than its actual price-to-free cash flow ratio of 26. But even if the company continues to grow at analysts' projected rate of 20% per year, this is one pricey handbag.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Will Sun Come Out Tomorrow? Anyone who thinks that penny stocks are by definition "cheap" needs to take a close look at Sun Microsystems.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: A Glance at Google Google's margins are a thing of beauty, and the upward trend they're on is even more stunning. Unfortunately, the valuation looks pretty darn amazing, too. The stock sells for 96 times trailing earnings and an only slightly more reasonable 84 times trailing free cash flow.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Riding the Digital River Valuation looks good enough here -- especially when you consider just how truly cheap the stock is looking today. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Braving the Amazon.com Tomorrow, investors will see whether the company can pick up the pace again and reverse its slide with some real, honest-to-goodness cash profits.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Corinthian's Q2 Report Card The past couple of quarters have not been kind to Corinthian's margins (or its stock, either). Primarily as a result of the firm's weak margins, its stock looks a bit pricey.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Under Armour Undresses Under Armour's short history doesn't tell investors much more than that gross margins are strengthening -- a strength that hasn't yet dropped to the bottom line.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pricing Cost Plus How do rising sales turn into falling profits? Sadly, that's exactly what's going on at Cost Plus. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Polo Mounts Up The company's net profits are riding a wave of strong gross margins, which have risen for the past 12 months. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: How Optimal Are These Robots? Optimal's stock has been on a tear over the past year, more than tripling the S&P's 6.5% gain. But there is more here than meets the eye. Investor, take note.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Bouncing Baby CheckFree The online bill-pay facilitator reports fiscal fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results tomorrow. Investors, do you want to know what Wall Street expects? Do you want to know what really matters?
The Motley Fool January 26, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Cemex in the Mix If you're wondering how the Mexican cement giant managed to achieve better net margins than operating margins in the past two trailing-12-month (TTM) periods, you're not alone. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Can Champion Prevail? As demand for its manufactured home products builds in the wake of last year's hurricanes, Champion is on the comeback trail. But the company still has a few issues investors need to keep an eye on.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Checking In on CheckFree The online bill payment facilitator is set to report fiscal second-quarter 2007 earnings results. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Sportsman's Guide Shifting Wall Street has had more than a month to chew over January's guidance and has bid the company's shares up 14% in response. Can the stock go higher tomorrow? That will depend on two things.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Columbia Calling Even if sales rise a bit, as expected, investors need to watch those inventory levels closely; make sure the company isn't swamping itself in unwanted goods that it will need to unload at cut-rate prices in the future.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Progress Boots Up Over the past four years, application infrastructure software maker Progress has beaten consensus estimates for its earnings 15 times in a row. Can the company make it a streak of "sweet 16" trouncings of the Wall Street Wise?
The Motley Fool March 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: New York, New Year Analysts are looking for clothier New York & Co. to hit the top of its latest guidance of $0.33 to $0.36 per share for the quarter. That 9% increase might be a bit optimistic, however, in light of the already confirmed "revenue miss."
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Charmed, I'm Sure Should investors like this chain of plus-sized women's clothing stores?
The Motley Fool January 25, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Finding First Data Wall Street loves Western Union's parent company, but its margins are a bit of a mixed bag. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Pushing the Limited Judging from the rolling margins, the company appears to be slipping, becoming less profitable over time, and thus unlikely to turn in a profits improvement three times better than its sales improvement. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2005 Rich Smith	CheckFree's in the Mail Will tomorrow's earnings numbers clear or bounce? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Talk America Talks Talk America's flat to declining sales, plus fewer profits earned on those sales, is not a recipe for earnings growth. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Rich Smith	CheckFree Gets a Bounce The online bill payer's stock is up on news of a cheap acquisition.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: International Page Turner Investors, look for signs that restructuring has produced a leaner and meaner International Paper, one that can execute more efficiently in the coming quarters.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Rich Smith	CheckFree No More Fiserv locks up a rival. Which party walks away the winner? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Best Buy Opens Early Best Buy is expecting to report same-store sales gains of 6% to 7% in the fourth quarter, and "strong" revenue growth overall. In contrast to its customers, Best Buy says it's been keeping tight reins on its own spending.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 Rich Smith	CheckFree's Big Balance The online bill-paying service cashes in on demographic tsunami. Investors with a longer-term focus should take this chance to purchase discounted CheckFree shares.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2005 Rich Smith	CheckFree Cashes In The online payment processor is swimming in free cash flow. CheckFree is one heavily shorted stock, with more than 14% of its float sold short.
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Rich Smith	Online Weirdness Shares of payments facilitator and online banking software provider Online Resources took a tumble. The schizophrenic descriptions of how the company is doing helped to destabilize the stock.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	More M&A for M&I Marshall & Ilsley's got plenty of merger-and-acquisition activity ahead. Better yet, an upcoming spinoff may interest certain value investors.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	What's in CheckFree's Future? The electronic-payments processing company keeps on the path of profitability, but may not be the best choice for cautious investors.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2005 Rich Smith	CheckFree Balances Its Books With six months still to go until calendar year 2006, it's already to check in on the e-bill processor and see how fiscal 2005 wrapped up. Investors, take note.
Bank Systems & Technology January 30, 2009 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Fiserv Launches New Versions of CheckFree Frontier Solutions The new versions of CheckFree Frontier and CheckFree Frontier Securities focus on driving increased efficiency and ensuring ease of use, while helping organizations to better manage risk.
InternetNews February 14, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	CheckFree Banking on Corillian CheckFree announced its second acquisition of 2007, this time Corillian Corporation, a provider of online banking platforms for financial services firms.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Rich Smith	Online Resources Is Still Here Online Resources remains one of only two sizable, independent players in online bill payment industry. How are they doing?
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004 Rich Smith	CheckFree Pretties Up Results CheckFree's growing up, but still relying on pro forma numbers.
U.S. Banker September 2007 Glen Fest	Merger Mania: Fiserv-CheckFree Deal Shakes Up Industry Will Fiserv's proposed purchase of CheckFree spur new options for competitors?
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	CheckFree Woos Wachovia The electronic-commerce leader inks a contract extension with the nation's fourth-largest bank.
InternetNews January 2, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	CheckFree Now in Digitizing Business Financial e-commerce services provider CheckFree Corp. today announced an agreement to purchase Carreker Corp. for its software technology and consulting business.
InternetNews August 2, 2007 Paul Shread	Nokia, CheckFree Send Tech Shares Higher Better than expected earnings from Nokia and the acquisition of CheckFree helped boost tech shares Thursday, while solid results from Disney helped out the broader market... CA was another winner... But Nortel traded lower on its earnings report... etc.
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Hail, Jack Henry Jack Henry & Associates report next week. The financial data-crunching firm has consistently beat the street; will next week continue this streak?
Bank Technology News August 2007 Glen Fest	Mergers: Conflicts Becoming A Core Reality Fiserv's buy of CheckFree could spark challenges in banks' vendor management.
Bank Systems & Technology March 25, 2010 Penny Crosman	First Bank to Roll Out Online and Mobile Banking, Bill Pay Platforms The bank has chosen Corillian Online, CheckFree RXP and Mobile Money from Fiserv.
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Paul Shread	Stock Slide Continues eBay finally found buyers on Friday, but the rest of the market remained under pressure... KLA-Tencor rose 2.5% on better than expected results... Synaptics, Harmonic and CheckFree surged on their results... etc.
Bank Technology News February 2006 Holly Sraeel	CheckFree: A Payments Revolution 25 Years in The Making CheckFree celebrates its 25th anniversary, and shareholders and bankers have yet to be disappointed. Projections show that more households will use the service in the next few years.
Bank Systems & Technology December 4, 2007 Nancy Feig	Fiserv Completes Acquisition of CheckFree Under terms of the transaction, Fiserv acquired CheckFree for approximately $4.4 billion in cash, or $48 per share.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec Buys Itself Symantec reports great profits and a debatable share buyback decision.
PC World December 4, 2000 Lincoln Spector	CheckFree Brings WebPay Service to Small Business Online bill-paying service will extend to small businesses next year, with a few integration pains...
The Motley Fool August 4, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	CheckFree's Profitable Payments The electronic payment company swings to full-year profitability.