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Daily Archives: May 12, 2007

Sirius: Will Programming Train Wreck Hurt Merger?

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 3:52 pm

XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) favorites Opie and Anthony made some sexual remarks about Queen Elizabeth and Condoleezza Rice. The show hosts made an obligatory apology and XM said it was ...
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Chevron Woes: Oil Price Going Up?

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 1:20 pm

Chevon (CVX) is faced with nettlesome problems in Nigeria. Warfare in the country has forced the US company to pull crews from its oil fields. According to The Wall Street ...
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Ford And GM Notes From S&P: What The Market Already Knows

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:25 am

S&P auto analysts have made a big deal of their analysis that trouble in the US economy could hurt auto sales, and that this could undermine the turnaround that GM ...
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Comscore Top 50 US Websites

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:13 am

Below are the Top 50 Websites in the US for April 2007 from Comscore.Top 50 Properties April 2007 Total U.S. – Home, Work and University Locations Unique Visitors (000)Source: comScore ...
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Comscore Top 50 US Websites

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:13 am

Below are the Top 50 Websites in the US for April 2007 from Comscore.Top 50 Properties April 2007 Total U.S. – Home, Work and University Locations Unique Visitors (000)Source: comScore ...
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April Finance Site Figures From NetRatings

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:10 am

These number look quite differnet from the ComScore figures that 24/7 Wall St. posted earlier this week, which points to the problem that large internet companies have with the measurement ...
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UIC: United Industrial Buying Back Shares

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:05 am

From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatHot on the heels of a strong earnings report, Mid Cap Watch List member United Industrial Corporation (UIC) announced that its Board of ...
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Fossil’s Option Cleanup: No “Formula 108″

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:04 am

Fossil Inc. filed a non-reliance 8-K yesterday on its financials for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, for all fiscal quarters of 2005 and the first and second fiscal quarters of ...
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SEC Under The Microscope?

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:03 am

CFO.com’s Sarah Johnson reports that Representative Barney Frank could schedule a Financial Services Committee hearing in late June in which SEC Chairman Cox and commissioners may be on the defensive.Rep. ...
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This Week on StockHouse May 7 to 11

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:01 am

It was another week, and another spate of merger activities. This week it was Alcoa (NYSE: AA) bidding for Canadian rival Alcan (TSX: T.AL). StockHouse reporter Sean Mason checked out ...
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Friday’s Top Biotech & Medical Stocks

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 10:00 am

by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.comBiotechnologyDENDREON CORP [DNDN] +10.29% NORTHFIELD LABS IN [NFLD] +10.25% COMBINATORX [CRXX] +9.56% ONYX PHARM INC [ONXX] +8.70% SEQUENOM INC [SQNM] +8.08% Diagnostic SubstancesICAGEN, INC. [ICGN] +8.00% MONOGRAM ...
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IBD Weekly Top Ranked Medical Stocks

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 9:59 am

From BioHealth InvestorThe following list represents the top ten medical stocks ranked according to Earnings Per Share and Relative Strength by Investor's Business Daily (5/12/07)scores out of 100 (last week's ...
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Smart Car

DaimlerChrysler is going to set record highs with Smart car sales

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 9:58 am

This morning I saw a headline that made me more excited than watching Jesicca Alba in say - any movie she's ever done. 12,600 people have put money down for ...
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The Dow Gains 111 Points, Nasdaq Adds 28

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 9:56 am

e Dow gained 111.09 points to close at 13,326.22, the Nasdaq added 28.48 points to close at 2,562.22, and the S&P 500 gained 14.38 points to close at 1,505.85. Oil ...
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Monarch Activist Partners Discloses 6.1% Stake in Orbit International (ORBT)

Posted: May 12, 2007 at 9:53 am

In a 13D filing after the close on Orbit International (Nasdaq: ORBT), Monarch Activist Partners LP disclosed a 6.1% stake (280K shares) in the company.The firm said it believes that ...
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