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Daily Archives: October 17, 2007

Fox Business News Covers 24/7 Wall St.

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 5:50 pm

Fox Business News just launched this Monday and many are referring to it as Rupert Murdoch's answer to both CNBC and to Bloomberg TV. This just got sent to us ...
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Sprint (S) To Sell iPhone Knock-Off

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 5:32 pm

If you can't beat them, copy them. Sprint (S) will begin to offer a touch-screen phone that looks great deal like the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. It should be available for ...
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What Quality Problem? Toyota (TM) Recalls 470,000 Vehicles

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 5:12 pm

Recently, the signs on the road have looked bad for Toyota (TM). The last Consumer Reports survey of vehicle reliability dropped the biggest Japanese car company to third place after ...
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SEC To Probe Countrywide (CFC) CEO

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 4:35 pm

Did he or didn't he? That is the question being asked about Countrywide (CFC) CEO Angelo Mozilo and his 10b5-1 stock sales plan. Normally these programs are set up to ...
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Washington Mutual Earnings Slaughterhouse (WM)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 4:13 pm

Washington Mutual Inc. (NYSE:WM) posted earnings after today's close, and as you'd expect there was a severe drop compared to 2006.  The lender posted earnings per share of $0.23, down ...
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24/7 Wall St. On Water (WTR, INSU, PIO, KO, SMWIX)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 3:47 pm

We have partnered with Water.ca in Canada for a weekly Internet radio discussion about Water as an investing strategy for U.S. and Canadian investors.  The focus here is a discussion ...
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Citrix Takes A Breather After Earnings (CTXS, VMW)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 3:25 pm

Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) posted earnings of $0.41 non-GAAP EPS on revenues $350 million.  First Call had estimates at $0.38 EPS and revenues at $339.7 million.  GUIDANCE: next quarter guidance ...
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Ebay (EBAY) Earnings Blow The Doors Off

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 3:25 pm

The market was wildly optimistic about Ebay's (EBAY) earnings, trading the stock up a much as 5% today. It was a good play. Third quarter results took the stock up ...
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Wal-Mart Catches A Goldman Sachs Upgrade (WMT)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 3:11 pm

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has been upgraded by Goldman Sachs in a late afternoon research call today.  The bulge bracket firm raised Wal-Mart's rating from a Neutral to Buy.  Barron's also ran ...
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IPO Filing: Forum Oilfield Technologies

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 2:42 pm

Forum Oilfield Technologies, Inc. has registered to sell up to $345 Million in common stock via an initial public offering.  So far in the filing it only lists Credit Suisse ...
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Perhaps Cablevision’s (CVC) Dolans Should Buy The New York Times (NYT)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 1:16 pm

Shares in Cablevision (CVC) and The New York Times (NYT) are both off about 3% today. Cablevision's shares are down because its large shareholders don't want the company sold. The ...
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What Citrix Systems Earnings Mean To VMware (CTXS, VMW, MSFT, EMC)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 12:37 pm

Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is set to report earnings after the close today.  Because of past options reviews and its old listing issues this may only be a partial or ...
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Apple (AAPL) Opens Up iPhone Architecture

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 12:24 pm

In a radical change of heart, Apple (AAPL) is opening up the software of its iPhone so that third-party developers can make applications for the handset using a software development ...
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Sifting Thru eBay’s Earnings (EBAY)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 11:38 am

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is on deck for earnings today.  First Call has estimates pegged at $0.33 EPS and revenues at $1.83 Billion; next quarter estimates are $0.38 EPS and $2.06 ...
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Citi Woes Continue….Thanks To Mr. Prince (C, JPM)

Posted: October 17, 2007 at 10:37 am

Citigroup (NYSE:C) shares have spent most of the day in the tank after three straight down-days in the stock.  In fact, todays intraday lows were actually 52-week lows.  Conversely, JPMorgan ...
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