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Daily Archives: September 10, 2007

BearingPoint (BE): Consultant Heal Thyself

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 10:43 am

Management and technology consulting for big companies has always seemed like a sweet deal. A consulting firm hires a lot of people with high IQs, usually from Harvard Business School, ...
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Level 3 Won’t Stop Falling

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 10:15 am

Shares in Level 3 (LVLT) won't stop falling. The stock is down almost 25% in the last six moths with most of that slide coming since early July.LVLT seems to ...
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To Overshadow AMD Chip Launch, Intel Raises Q3 Revenue Forecast

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 8:22 am

It was to be AMD's (AMD) day in the sun. The company is launching it savior, the Barcelona quad-core chip, designed to take back business from Intel in the high-end ...
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Apple Sells One Million iPhones

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 8:08 am

Apple (AAPL) announced this AM that it has sold one million iPhones in the first 74 days since the product hit the market. The company says it will sell 10 ...
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3G For Apple iPhone

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 7:48 am

The Inquirer calls Apple's (AAPL) iPhone the "Jesus" phone. According to the website, AAPL has signed a deal with 3G hardware provider Interdigital to provide the big consumer electronics company ...
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Vodafone Give Apple The Bird

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 7:40 am

Vodafone (VOD) has decided that it wants nothing to do with Apple's (AAPL) iTunes or the iPhone and is also giving the cold shoulder to Nokia's new music download service. ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 10, 2007)

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 7:13 am

AGP raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.BHI started as Buy at UBS.CVG raised to Buy at UBS.ESV cut to Hold at Jefferies.HAL started as Buy at UBS.HAS raised to Neutral ...
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AMD’s New Chip Can’t Save it

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 5:16 am

AMD (AMD) launches it new Barcelona quad-core chip today. With four processors in one, it offers server and PC manufacturers a new level of computing power at a relatively low ...
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Google Gets A New Fan

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 5:05 am

Capgemini, the largest IT consultant in Europe, will begin to market Google (GOOG) Apps. The software combines the search company's e-mail, spreadsheet, document, and presentation functions. Unlike Microsoft (MSFT) Windows, ...
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KKR Knuckles Under

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 4:52 am

After weeks of sabre rattling about how its would hold banks to their lending commitments on money to finance its takeover of First Data (FDC), KKR "appears willing to agree ...
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Disney Humiliates Mattel

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 4:38 am

Disney (DIS) will begin to inspect toys based on characters that it licenses to large companies like Mattel (MAT). Disney does not make the toys. It does not sell them. ...
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If Yahoo! Outsources Search, Microsoft Must Pay Up

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 4:26 am

According to The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! (YHOO) has recently considered outsourcing search to either Microsoft (MSFT) or Google (GOOG). Although it recently launched its own new search function, Panama, ...
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Asia Markets 9/10/2007

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 3:10 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell 2.2% to 15,765. Toyota (TM) was down 2.4% to 6440. Sony (SNE) was down 6% to 4300.The Hang Seng rose rose .5% to ...
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New Digest 9/10/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: September 10, 2007 at 3:08 am

According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will list its shares on the Japanese stock market as early as November.Reuters writes that Capgemini, Europe's largest computer consultancy, will start to incorporate Google ...
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