Daily Archives: April 17, 2007

Johnson & Johnson Earnings to the Rescue

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 7:15 am

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ-NYSE) reported $1.16 Non-GAAP EPS vs $1.05 estimates; Revenues $15.0 Billion versus $14.45 Billion estimates. Outside of all the items after R&D, acquisitions, and sales, gains, and ...
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Cell Genesys Showing New Positive Study Data

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 6:39 am

Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE-NASDAQ) is trading up more than 7% at $5.50 in earlybird trading on thin volume this morning on its new prostate cancer studies. Yesterday it closed down ...
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EMC’s M&A Pays Off

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 6:20 am

EMC (EMC) had a 17% increse in revenue last quarter to $2.98 billion. Thanks the M&A department. The company's VMware virtual infrastructure solutions operations reported a 95% increase in sales ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (APR 17, 2007)

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 6:13 am

AVR cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BGFV cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.BNI cut to Neutral at UBS.BORL raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.CKFR cut to Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.CLWR: ...
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Coke: Overseas Sales Save The Quarter

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 6:10 am

Coke (KO) did better than expected in the last quarter. And, international sales saved the company's bacon. Earnings moved up to $1.26 billion for the Q from $1.11 billion the ...
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Clearwire Analysts to the Rescue

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 6:06 am

Clearwire (CLWR) is seeing its quiet period now over. Yesterday marked its lowest close since the IPO at $18.61, and maybe these positive analyst calls may help stabilize it. So ...
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Cable’s High Water Mark?

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 5:19 am

Over the last year, shares in Comcast (CMCSA) are up 50%. Charter Communications (CHTR) have risen over 200%. Time Warner has cashed in some of its cable chips by taking ...
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Europe Markets 4/17/2007

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 5:00 am

Stocks: (BCS)(BT)(BP)(GSK)(VOD)(RTRSY)(DCX)(DB)DT)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)Markets in Europe are modestly lower at 5.55 AM New York time. (more...) ...
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Intel Goes After AMD: Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 4:43 am

Intel (INTC) believes that it has another way to keep rival AMD (AMD) on the ropes. The smaller chip company has already revised down it Q1 earnings forecast and is ...
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Chrysler And Delphi: The UAW Prepares For Private Equity Siege

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 4:27 am

This may be the UAW's last stand. Private equity interest like Cerberus Capital Management are moving into the automotive industry hoping to pick up assets on the cheap. The hedge ...
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Media Digest 4/17/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: April 17, 2007 at 4:03 am

According to Reuters, GM (GM) will being to source more car parts from India. The company is also aiming to have a 10% market share in automotive sales in the ...
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