The short interest in GE rose 20 million shares to 46 million in March. Maybe some clever shorts think the stock, which has been slightly down, is due to fall ... Read Full Story »
Markets in Europe were down slightly at 5.50 AM New York time.The FTSE was off .1% to 6,313. Barclays was up .7% to 744. BT was down .6% to 306.25. ... Read Full Story »
There has been a company under the name Netezza Corporation that has filed to come public via an IPO under the ticker “NTZA” on NASDAQ. The company lists Credit Suisse ... Read Full Story »
The NYSE released short interest in its stocks for the period ending March 15, 2007. The figures are compared to February 15 short interestLargest Short PostionsFord ... Read Full Story »
According to Reuters, Blackstone Group has filed to go public and raise $4 billion.Reuters writes that Carlyle, the private equity company, has raised a new fund worth $15 billion.Reuters reports ... Read Full Story »
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatPalm Reports Q3 FY07 Results: Financial News - Yahoo! FinancePalm, Inc. (PALM) today reported revenue of $410.5 million in the third quarter of ... Read Full Story »
From Ticker SenseNow that the book on 2006 earnings has pretty much closed and we look ahead to first quarter earnings reports due out in April, we have dissected last ... Read Full Story »
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investmen IdeasLast week ICE made a proposal to merge with the Chicago Board of Trade in a transaction valuing each BOT share at $187.34 ... Read Full Story »
Markets in Asia were up slightlyThe Nikkei rose .4% to 17,481. Canon was up .6% to 6580. Fuji Film was up 1.2% to 4890. Hitachi was down .8% to 871. ... Read Full Story »