October 2007
An Oct. 13 story, Why Annuities Are Such a Tough Sell, misidentified the parent company of Riversource Life Insurance in a graphic. Amerprise Financial (AMP), not American Express (AXP), is the parent company. TheStreet.com regrets the error. (Corrected Oct. 31)
An Oct. 30 column,
The Top Dividend Stocks of the Week, contained an error that was introduced in the editing process.
Goodrich
(GR), which makes components for the aerospace and defense industries, was incorrectly identified as a tiremaker.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 31)
An Oct. 27 Marek Fuchs column,
Wolves in Turtles' Clothing, said that Michael Covel ran the test discussed in his book. In fact, Covel wrote about the test, but did not run it.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 29)
TheStreet.com Ratings'
downgrade
of
NCR
(NCR) - Get Report
on Oct. 26 was based on price data that was not adjusted for the spinoff of its Teradata unit at the beginning of October. NCR distributed one share of common stock of Teradata for each share of NCR common stock to NCR stockholders. After adjusting for the split, TheStreet.com Ratings downgrade was reversed and upgraded to a buy.
(Corrected Oct. 29)
An Oct. 25 blog post by Jim Cramer titled
BofA's Miss Hurts the Most contained an error. The post indicated that Wachovia had purchased Great Western. It should have said Golden West.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 25)
An Oct. 24 story,
'Halo 3' Could Be Godsend Xbox Needed, incorrectly said that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were tied for second place in overall video-game console sales. In fact, the Xbox 360 has outsold the PS3.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 24)
An Oct. 12 story,
Friday's Financial Winners & Losers, contained an error.
Sharper Image
(SHRP) slid more than 19% to $2.65, not to 65 cents as originally reported.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 15)
A Sept. 27 story,
Should You Buy It? Sit Out Staples, misstated the amount of capital expenditures
Staples
(SPLS) planned for this year. In a 10-K filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
earlier this year, Staples said it would allocate $550 million for capex, not $2 billion.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 9)
An Oct. 4 TheStreet.com TV video, Skip Skype, incorrectly said that Skype charges for its computer-to-computer chat service. It does not; the service is free.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 8)
An Oct. 2 column,
Cash Poor, These Candidates Should Quit, called Ron Paul a former congressman. He currently serves in Congress as a Texas representative. The column also misstated the campaign's fund-raising goal as $500,000. It was that amount originally, but has been raised to $1 million since.
TheStreet.com
regrets the errors.
(Corrected Oct. 3)
A Sept. 28 story,
Accenture Shares Shoot Higher, incorrectly stated that
Accenture's
(ACN) fourth-quarter revenue grew 48% in the Asia-Pacific region and 39% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In fact, the figures should be switched; fourth-quarter revenue grew 39% in Asia-Pacific and 48% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The story also reported that Accenture didn't specify whether its 2007 revenue guidance accounted for currency-exchange factors. In fact, the guidance is in local currency.
TheStreet.com
regrets the errors.
(Corrected Oct. 2)
An Oct. 1 story,
Belo Finds a Short-Term Fix, incorrectly reported that
Belo
(BLC) CEO Robert Decherd married into the Dealey family. In fact, Decherd is the great-grandson of George Bannerman Dealey, whose descendants are the controlling shareholders of the media company.
TheStreet.com
regrets the error.
(Corrected Oct. 1)