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Daily Archives: October 4, 2007

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals (HEPH) Up 40%

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 7:27 am

Hollis-Eden (HEPH) and company in the development of a new class of small molecule compounds based on endogenous steroid hormones, today announced new preclinical data with its drug candidate HE3235 ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (October 4, 2007)

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 7:06 am

(ABX) Barrick Gold noted positively by Cramer as his new gold stock.(ANGO) AngioDynamics granted patent entitles “Endovascular Treatment Device Having a Fiber Tip Spacer” in U.S.(ARM) Arvin Motor lowered guidance; ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 4, 2007)

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 7:00 am

AAPL started as Buy at BMO Capital.AVR cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.BIOF cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.CHIC cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.CIEN raised to Neutral at UBS.COO cut to Underperform ...
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Hansen Natural Hit Hard By Goldman Sachs (HANS)

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 6:52 am

Hansen Natural Corp. (NASDAQ:HANS) was downgraded by Goldman Sachs this morning basedupon recent gains in the stock reflecting valuations.  Goldman Sachs believes this reflects the potential that it sees for ...
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Wachovia: Tech Analyst Coverage After A.G.Edwards Merger (AMD, INTC, TXN, DELL, IBM, HPQ, NOK, QCOM, BRCM, MOT, JAVA)

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 6:43 am

Yesterday was a bad day for chip stocks based upon Morgan Stanley's key downgrades in the semiconductor sector.  But today is a different day as many major technology companies have ...
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Rumors And The Stock Market

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 6:06 am

Do public companies have an obligation to tell the market when there are baseless rumors driving up their stock prices? Probably not. Although, most will make announcements when their shares ...
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eBay Buys Further Into Germany & EU (EBAY)

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:57 am

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) has acquired ViA-Online GmbH, a leading auction management software company in Germany that operates Afterbuy.com to enable professional trading on eBay.de and other online marketplaces.  Unfortunately, other ...
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Baidu’s (BIDU) Shares Set To Fall As Google Takes China Share

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:55 am

Baidu's (BIDU) stock is up over 225% in the last six months. The Chinese search engine company has a market cap of almost $11 billion, even though its revenue in ...
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Europe Markets 10/4/2007

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:45 am

Markets in Europe were mixed at 6.40 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .7% to 6,583. Barclays (BCS) was up 3.1% to 660. Northern Rock rose 12.5% to 170.8.The DAXX ...
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For Boston Scientific (BSX) Stent News Gets More Complex

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:37 am

Stent sales for Boston Scientific (BSX) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) have taken a big drop since research began to emerge that the products could cause heart problems. There have ...
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Sirius (SIRI) Say Justice Dept Wants More Info

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:27 am

According to Bloomberg, The Justice Department has asked Sirius (SIRI) for more information related to its merger with XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) "They continue to ask for information," Karmazin said ...
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Will Citi (C) Loan KKR Money To Buy The Bank’s Distressed Loans?

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:21 am

The FT writes that "Citigroup (C) is in talks with KKR to provide financing to buy some of the leveraged loans on its balance sheet."Firms like KKR want to buy ...
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Is TechCrunch Worth $100 Million?

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:02 am

There has been a great deal written about the 24/7 Wall St. piece on the value of big blogs. While we put a value of $100 million on Huffington Post, ...
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Can The Apple (AAPL) iPod Replace Dollar As Global Currency Measure?

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 4:35 am

Leave it to the Australians. According to Reuters, "one of Australia's biggest banks, the Commonwealth Bank, has used the latest version of Apple's (AAPL) music player -- the slimline 4GB ...
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Media Digest 10/4/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: October 4, 2007 at 3:24 am

According to Reuters, the four largest players in global financial markets have grown at a breakneck pace in the last six years, and the assets they manage are expected to ...
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