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Daily Archives: October 16, 2007

24/7 Wall St.’s Take on Scripps & Media Break-Ups (SSP, BLC, TRB, JRC)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 11:16 am

EW Scripps Co. (NYSE:SSP) is following the media trend of separating its operations into more pure play media sectors.  The good news here is that the valuable interactive unit will ...
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Is Google (GOOG) About To Ship G-Phone?

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 11:14 am

A UBS analyst has confirmed that Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC will ship about 50,000 cell phones running on a mobile operating system made by the Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant ...
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Solar Sector Earnings Preview (FSLR, SPWR, STP, CSIQ, ENER, ESLR)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 10:17 am

If you follow solar stocks, you've probably seen Lazard Capital Markets covering the sector routinely.  Sanjay Shrestha, Managing Director and Senior Analyst of Alternative Energy & Industrials at Lazard Capital ...
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Tech Earnings Trifecta: IBM, Intel, Yahoo! (IBM, INTC, YHOO)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 9:44 am

It used to be that banks all grouped their earnings around each other.  We've already started seeing some of the big earnings come out, but today we have a major ...
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Interpreting Amgen Sales From J&J’s PROCRIT (AMGN, JNJ)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 9:07 am

Shares of Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) are under bit of pressure this morning, although not from any direct news from the company itself.  Luckily for Amgen, much of the bad news ...
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Ericsson, A True Shocker For The Wireless Group (ERIC, NOK, MOT)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 8:22 am

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) shares are being crushed pre-market after it issued an earnings warning.  It's been a long time since we saw a reaction in Ericsson shares like this, but shares ...
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Buffett Trims Some Rail Holdings (UNP, NSC, BNI, BRK-A)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:43 am

It appears Warren Buffett may have cooled a bit toward the railroad sector.  An SEC filing Monday evening showed that Bekshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A) trimmed a 10.5 million share stake of ...
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Apple (AAPL) To Ship New Operting System

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:39 am

In a move to take more market share from the PC companies Apple (AAPL) has shipped its latest operating systems. Leopard has more than 300 new features and introduces a ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (October 16, 2007)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:24 am

(ANSV) Anesiva, Inc. trading up over 5% on thin volume after phase III met primary endpoints.(BSC) Bear Stearns may have stake from China CITIC.(CSX) CSX is under attack from The ...
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Wells Fargo’s (WFC) Modest Quarter

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:23 am

Wells Fargo reported Q3 revenue of $9.85 billion was up $919 million, or 10 percent, from a year ago. The bank also reported record diluted earnings per common share of ...
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lululemon Feels the Yoga Love (LULU)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:17 am

lululemon athletica, Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) is seeing a surge in shares pre-market today.  The Yoga apparel and class operator raised its prior guidance.  lulu said its comparable store sales are now ...
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Delta (DAL) Picks Up The Pace

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:14 am

Rising fuel costs did not kill off a good quarter for Delta (DAL).The airline's quarterly operating revenue of $5.2 billion for the September quarter was the highest in Delta's history.Net ...
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DH Horton (DHI) Gets Slaughtered

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:08 am

DH Horton (DHI) reported net sales orders for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2007 of 6,374 homes ($1.3 billion), compared to 10,430 homes ($2.5 billion) for the same quarter ...
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Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) Good Quarter

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 7:03 am

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced third-quarter sales of $15.0 billion, an increase of 12.7% as compared to the third quarter of 2006.Net earnings and diluted earnings per share for the ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (October 16, 2007)

Posted: October 16, 2007 at 6:57 am

A raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.BIIB cut to Underperform at Piper Jaffray.BRCM raised to Buy at Citigroup.CTXS raised to Outperform at RBC.DPL started as Neutral at JPMorgan.ETN raised to Outperform ...
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