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Daily Archives: February 21, 2007

Cable’s Magic Bullet May Hurt Cisco And Motorola

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 6:05 am

The cable industry is sick of having dozens of different set-top boxes, DVRs, remotes, and a laundry list of other devices that are not compatible from cable system to cable ...
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Updating CEO’s Who Need to Leave: Sirius & XM

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 6:02 am

Back on December 19, we were not just continuing the call for a merger between XM Satellite Radio (XMSR-NASDAQ) and Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI-NASDAQ).  We gave a blueprint for the ...
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British Airways Thumps Airbus

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 5:50 am

British Airways (BAB) decided on the Boeing 777 (BA) over the Airbus A330 to continue building its fleet of long-haul planes. Another set-back for the European airframe manufacturer that has ...
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As YouTube Plans Fail, It May Look Back On Original Business

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 5:46 am

To add insult to injury, YouTube not only lost a potential relationship with Viacom (VIA) to peer-to-peer video company Joost, CBS (CBS) has also left the negotiating table. After intense ...
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Dell’s $5M Severance Package for Kevin Rollins

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 5:41 am

The details of Kevin Rollins exit package are out from Dell (DELL-NASDAQ), and while it is low there is really no reason to say the package was too low.  Rollings ...
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SEC’s Massive Workload

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 5:24 am

As if the options back-dating scandal, which involves over 100 companies, was not enough, there is an emerging investigation into the use of inside information at America's top investment banks. ...
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Media Digest 2/21/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 5:06 am

According to Reuters, net income at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) roe 26% on strong PC and printer sales.Reuters writes that Warner Music (WMG) has indicated that its bid for rival music group ...
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Asia Markets 2/21/2007 PCCW, China Mobile Up

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:47 am

Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei was down .1% to 17,913. Bridgestone was up .8% to 2585. Canon was down 2.3% to 6470. Fuji FIlm was down .8% to ...
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HPQ: Hewlett Packard Earnings

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:33 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatHP Reports First Quarter 2007 Results: Financial News - Yahoo! FinanceHP (HPQ) today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended Jan. ...
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AMD: Advanced Micro Devices Needs the Market Bartender to Cut them Off

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:30 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatJust a few short months ago it seemed that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was going to steal Intel’s (INTC) lunch money. Now that ...
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Analyzing Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:27 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasHPQ posted results above expectation with revenues of $25.1 billion and EPS of $0.65 vs Street estimates of $24.3 billion and $0.62. HP’s ...
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Say It Ain’t So, Croc

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:25 am

From AAO WeblogThis in from Sydney, Australia via WebCPA: actor Paul Hogan, a.k.a. “Crocodile Dundee,” has been linked to an Australian investigation of tax fraud.“According to the newspaper The Australian, ...
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Tuesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:23 am

From BioHealth InvestorBiotechnologyINSMED INC [INSM] +29.66% BIODELIVERY SCI INTL [BDSI] +26.90% CYTRX CP [CYTR] +15.85% BIONOVO INC [BNVI.OB] +15.83% AURIGA LABORATORIES [ARGA.OB] +10.89% Diagnostic SubstancesICAGEN, INC. [ICGN] +22.86% THRESHOLD PHARMACEUT ...
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Novadel Drops After Zensana Launch Delayed by Hana Biosciences

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:21 am

by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.comShares of Novadel (NVD), a BHI Stock Pick, lost 13% in after hours trading on Tuesday following an announcement by Hana Biosciences (HNAB) that the launch of ...
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Endowment Update

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:19 am

Posted by Mebane FaberBelow is a table constructed from the 2006 Annual Reports from the Harvard and Yale Endowments. Similar in content to my previous post analyzing how a simple ...
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