Dole Food Company Inc. Message Board

These are certainly not nice people. I vote a new title for Carter.......and I think it will ultimately TCD .

sounds like more BS to me..sell th company they couldnt run a lemonaide stand

You bet they are but I would suggest that you call Class Action attorneys and the SEC

If it is unearthed in the future that there is insider buying going on including the recently resigned Justin there will be lawsuits and and an investigation both criminally and by the SEC. Playing fast loose with public stockholders is prosecutable. How many did this well orchestrated turn of events hurt. ?

To me this appears to be manipulation even if they're covering their a.....s with corporate legality. They had better walk that fine line carefully!

I would say foxes in the henhouse as they feign bumbling idiots and make announcements that benefit them . Did he do the same with Castle and Cooke ? Tries to pretend he is a philanthropic guy at Duke but acts more like a robber baron. . In the end this will not work out well for them. Doesn't a reputation of integrity count for anything any longer?.

This company is ripe for a outside Hedge manager to come in and stir up some #$%$. Murdock is running this like his own little fiefdom. This company owns some great assets and if run right could be a triple.

does seem #$%$. announcing all the bad news on one day. Suspending buyback. Strawberry sales down, buying ships.

Either they are trying to drive down stock price or they are fools.

Why couldn't they have slowed down or stopped share repurchases without announcing a suspension?
My understand of most buybacks is that the language specifies that the company though intending to buy back shares is NOT OBLIGATED TO BUY BACK shares.

If they are not doing this on purpose then they are fools IMO.

Today's announcement is crazy. I think they are purposely trying to drive down the stock price. No Share Buy back, Building ships, Land in Hawai not very valuable and strawberry season sucks. Is Mursdock trying to steal this company from us by downplaying everything. How about selling the Health Spa Murdock. Dole is sitting on a goldmine of assets and he knows it. I am buying more and I bet he is also.

Dole is a great company. It does have temporary financial issues, but overall nothing to worry about! But! Keep in mind that it's NOT a growth stock! The best you can get is $12+ this year! ~pUNK sAID

I think your thoughts are wide of the mark DM bought a load of shares last August at $12.50 and this buyback will happen. Then he will have about 51% control rather than 40% Remember the balance sheet was as of March 23rd and the final deal was on April 1, 2013
The new CEO is an old lawyer buddy and you can't tell me they just bumbled through the call.....it was planned precisely to keep the stock down or under pressure. There are a lot of sharks in the waters off Hawaii and this is one of the biggest. They claim this is to benefit shareholders and the largest is DM. It is what we call a creeping takeover. Stay tuned Its going higher.

Sentiment: Buy