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Daily Archives: June 5, 2007

Will An LA Billionaire Buy Dow Jones (DJ)?

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 8:25 pm

Billionaire Ron Burkle, who had shown an interest in buying the LA Times, has apparently hooked up with some of  the unionized employees at Dow Jones (DJ) to snatch the ...
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Will Google (GOOG) Build Its Own Hardware?

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 8:08 pm

Google (GOOG) needs a lot of server capacity to run all those zillions of search results and billions of YouTube streams. It is safe to say that Google has as ...
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Ebay (EBAY) Becomes A Radio Star

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 7:56 pm

It is not enough that Yahoo! (YHOO) is selling advertising for newspapers and Google (GOOG) is brokering every media type under the sun. Now, Ebay (EBAY) is opening a radio ...
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Cramer Backs Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 6:32 pm

Cramer has a speculative little drug stock that keeps getting thrown to him in the Lightning Round: Acadia Pharmaceuticals (ACAD).  Cramer thinks now is the time that you can buy ...
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CMGI Conference Call Notes (June 5, 2007)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 6:29 pm

You can access the CMGI, Inc. (CMGI-NASDAQ) summary of the full earnings here, and there are more notes as follows:Market is growing double-digits, and CMGI expects to ultimately reach that ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 4:17 pm

Telik (TELK) Biopharma has drug trial halted. Drops to $2.96 from 52-week high of $20.36.Cache (CACH) Women's clothing store chain has poor same-store sales and lower guidance. Down to $14.14 ...
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TD AMERITRADE: JANA & S.A.C. Take Active Stake To Force Merger

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 4:11 pm

JANA Partners and S.A.C. Capital Advisors notified TD AMERITRADE that their funds have an aggregate “economic interest” in approximately 50 million shares of TD AMERITRADE, amounting to 8.4% of the ...
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SIRIUS Lands $250 Million Term Loan (SIRI, XMSR)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 4:01 pm

SIRIUS Satellite Radio Holdings (SIRI-NASDAQ) just received a $250 million term loan from Morgan Stanley.  The facility will mature in five and a half years and have covenants substantially similar ...
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ETF Winners & Losers (June 5, 2007)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 3:38 pm

ETF Tickers: SRS, SDP, SSG, SJH, SZK, SDD, SKK, SKF, SDS, SCC, SJL, FXI, PGJ, HRD, IIH, RWR, ICF, ITB, EZA, UNGWhat's an easy way to tell when the market ...
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CMGI Early Earnings Release (June 5, 2007)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 2:48 pm

Here is the brief summary for CMGI, Inc. (CMGI-NASDAQ) earnings:Net revenue increased 6.5% from prior year to $282.1 million (WR Hambrecht estimate was $259.5M); Operating income improved to $0.9 million ...
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CMGI: Last Look Ahead of Earnings (June 5, 2007) (CMGI)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 2:20 pm

If you are an investor in CMGI Inc. (CMGI-NASDAQ), you know the earnings are this afternoon after the close and you know every small cap low stock price trader is ...
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Warren Buffett’s Conflict of Interest with Dow Jones (DJ, BRK/A, NWS, TOC, RTRSY)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 11:54 am

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A-NYSE) has one serious impediment to getting involved in a buyout of Dow Jones (DJ-NYSE) as some speculate could happen at the right price.  Back on March 1, ...
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The $2,457 Car

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 11:26 am

For $2,457, a car buyer can get a used 1995 Ford Mustang with 153,000 miles on it, or a brand new car from Tata Motors, the India car maker. The ...
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If Rackable Got a Bid, Could It Get Shareholder Approval? (RACK)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 10:15 am

Shares of Rackable Systems (RACK) are trading up nearly 8% today as at least two different online options tracking services have reported that increased call option activity may be an ...
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Motorola’s New Investment: VOCEL, Junk Mail For Phones (MOT)

Posted: June 5, 2007 at 9:23 am

If you love all the junk mail in your snail mail and if you like spam in your email, then Motorola Inc. (MOT-NYSE) has just made an investment for you.  ...
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