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Daily Archives: September 4, 2007

Google Frightens Japanese Government

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 7:26 pm

The Japanese government is nervous about Google (GOOG). Trade officials in the country worry that, with their hardware advantage lost to companies in Korea, Taiwan, and China, it will also ...
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Boeing’s China Fantasy: A Twenty Year Forecast

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 7:05 pm

Boeing (BA) says it. There will always be a market for airplanes in China. Not matter what happens. Even it military hard liners move in. Even if the overheated economy ...
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Boston Scientific (BSX): The Stent Business Can’t Get More Confused

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 6:59 pm

After reports last week that drug-coated stents posed little risk to heart patients, a new survey shows that  "patients given drug-coated stents after an acute heart attack are nearly five ...
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More Bad News For Linux: Redhat And Novell

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 6:50 pm

It used to be that the corporate IT crowd could not get enough of Linux. It was inexpensive. It did not come from Microsoft. It was open-source and could be ...
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Palm Squashes Foleo… Will Its “One Focus” Affect The Microsoft Pact? (PALM, MSFT, RIMM, APPL)

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 6:42 pm

Tonight I received an email from Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) regarding what was starting to look like the inevitable: that little web gadget, its Foleo, is not just delayed futher; it has ...
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Mattel: Another Recall, Another Blow To Shareholders

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 6:40 pm

Mattel (MAT) will announce another toy recall, this one involving 775,000 products which have too much lead paint.After heavy criticism from the Consumer Product Safety Commission for putting out information ...
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Yahoo! Buys BlueLithium To Strengthen Ad Presence, A Mistake

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 6:22 pm

Yahoo! (YHOO) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BlueLithium, one of the largest and fastest growing online global ad networks that offers an array of direct response products ...
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Cramer’s New Caffeine Pick (PEET, SBUX)

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 5:50 pm

Tonight, Jim Cramer compared Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. (NASDAQ:PEET) to Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) as an obituary pick on CNBC's MAD MONEY.  It wasn't praise or criticism, just reviewing a company ...
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Cramer Interviews Mark Hurd, CEO of H-P (HPQ, MSFT, CSCO)

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 5:22 pm

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said again that tech is where you want to be going into Q4, and if you don't yet have tech that Hewlett-Packard ...
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Cramer’s 2007 Picks Vs. The Markets To-Date (AAPL, NYX, CSCO, HAL, GS, MO, SVNT, RAD, LVLT)

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 4:42 pm

Some people love Jim Cramer, and some people just love to bash him.  Some try to run percentage gains that he would be up or down at any given moment.  ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 3:41 pm

Health Management Associates (HMA) Big borrowing for special dividend. Drops to $6.36 from 52-week high of $21.59.Opentv (OPTV) CEO leaves. Down to $1.23 from 52-week high of $3.15.Infospace (INSP) Has ...
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Who Is Connect-A-Jet? (CAJT)

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 2:50 pm

There was an interesting new advertiser today that seems like one of the interesting story stocks.  Just keep in mind this is OTC/Pink Sheet listed.  Connect-a-Jet, or Connectajet.com, has begun ...
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Jim Cramer Ponders Which US Companies China Will Acquire

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 1:57 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer was discussing China's desire to grow and acquire.  He noted that with so many companies being some of the largest in ...
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How Large Will General Electric’s Oil & Gas Operations Become? (GE)

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 1:41 pm

General Electric (NYSE:GE) is more than formidable and more than an enviable company.  It has one of the few remaining pure "AAA" bond ratings, and it still thinks of itself ...
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Toyota August Sales: No Silver Lining

Posted: September 4, 2007 at 1:03 pm

Toyota (TM) US sales fell unexpectedly, down 2.8% to 233,471. Passenger car sales fell but light-truck sales rose 2% to 97,964 from 96,034 a year earlier.According to MarketWatch, Toyota blamed ...
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