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Daily Archives: February 7, 2007

Equity Office Won by Blackstone; The Saga Finally Ends

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 9:57 am

If you have been following the bidding process for Equity Office Properties Trust (EOP-NYSE), you will be glad to know that it is FINALLY over.  Vornado (VNO-NYSE) has decided to ...
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Keane Goes Private

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 9:10 am

Keane (KEA-NYSE) is being acquired by private Caritor, Inc., a privately held and VC-backed provider of IT services, in an all-cash purchase price of approximately $854 million.  Keane's common stockholders ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 7, 2007)

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 8:19 am

(ACOR) Acorda Therapeutics receives additional $5 million from Paul Capital Healthcare to fund the expansion of its Zanaflex.(ACTG) Acacia has entered patent license and settlement with Lexmark International.(ALVR) Alvarion $0.03 ...
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Nokia’s TV Dream

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 8:14 am

Spies inside Nokia tell Reuters that the largest handset manufacturer in the world is coming out with a cellphone TV. And, it will be affordable to boot. The mole is ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (FEB 7, 2007)

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 8:07 am

ALVR raised to Buy at Oppenheimer.AT cut to Neutral at B of A.BHE cut to Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.BOBJ raised to Outperform at Baird and raised to Buy at ...
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Is RadioShack the Next Kmart?

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 8:00 am

By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist Ask the average person on the street to compare RadioShack (RSH) to Kmart and you will likely hear a lot of similarities posed from ...
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Nike CEO Builds His Own Scaffold

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 7:43 am

The CEO of Nike (NKE) is projecting growth in excess of 50% between now and 2011. That would take the shoe company to $23 billion. It is a bit like ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break-Up Values: Colgate $70 (Current Price: $67)

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 6:58 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McIntyreColgate-Palmolive (CL) – Price $66.99; Break-up Value $70 Colgate operates in only two segments, but they have a very global reach, selling their ...
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Europe Markets 2/7/2007 British Air Up 4%

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 6:18 am

Markets in Europe were up slightly at 6.15 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .1% to 6,350. British Airways was up 4% to 570.5. GlaxoSmithKline was down 1% to 1394. ...
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Wall St.’s Big Cisco Mistake (CSCO)

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 6:10 am

Cisco (CSCO) creamed Wall St. estimates and raised guidance. Profits rose 40% to $1.92 billion. Revenue was up 27% as telecoms upgraded their networks. The stock jumped 5% after hours.How ...
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As Jobs Calls For Unprotected Music, Hollywood Combats Pirates

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 5:37 am

The entire world knows that Steve Jobs (AAPL) wants music downloads to be free of digital rights management so that songs can be played cross-platform and stolen like CD content. ...
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Comcast Launches New “Boring TV” Product

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 5:23 am

Comcast (CMCSA) has signed an deal with also-ran social network Facebook to allow independent film makers to have their content seen on TV. Judges at Facebook will select the best ...
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Ebay Rattles Google’s Cage

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 5:10 am

Google (GOOG) probably thought it had a deal all wrapped up to be the sole provider of search and search based ads to News Corp's (NWS) huge social network site, ...
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Silly Season At Amazon And Tivo

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 4:58 am

Sometimes companies appear to make announcements simply for the sake of getting press. That would appear to be the case with a new partnership between Amazon (AMZN) and Tivo (TIVO).The ...
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Media Summary 2/7/2007 Reuters, WSJ, FT, NYTimes, Barron’s

Posted: February 7, 2007 at 4:48 am

According to Reuters, the head of BHP Billiton, the world's largest miner, stepped down and the company announced a $10 billion share buyback sending the stock up 6%.Reuters writes that ...
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