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Daily Archives: October 30, 2007

Verizon (VZ) May Team With Google (GOOG) For G-Phone

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 5:11 pm

Business makes strange bedfellows. Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD), is in discussions with Google (GOOG) about distributing phones with the Google handset operating system. According ...
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Merrill Lynch (MER) May Face Class Action Suit Over Loss

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 4:23 pm

Merrill Lynch (MER) may be facing a class action suit over the losses it reported in the last quarter. According to Reuters "the lawsuit, which the lawyers said was filed ...
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Holiday PC Sales Seen As Brisk (HPQ)(DELL)(AAPL)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 4:16 pm

According to data from big computer seller Ingram Micro and research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates, PC sales look very strong going into the holidays with particular strength outside the US.Reuters ...
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Dell (DELL) Share Up After Hours On Restatement

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 4:00 pm

Dell (DELL) finally filed its past financial statements including past due periodic reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Those reports contain restated financial information for Fiscal 2003, 2004, ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 3:50 pm

Wellcare Health Plans (WCG) Regulators keep asking for more info and class action suits are beginning. Shares fall to $21.41 from 52-week high of $128.42.Qwest Communications (Q) Big telecom company ...
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Sanmina-SCI (SANM): A Quiet Company Announces Quiet Results

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 3:34 pm

Sanmina-SCI (SANM) announced that for the fiscal fourth quarter ended September 29, 2007,  the company had revenue of $2.5 billion, compared to $2.7 billion in the fourth quarter ended September ...
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Websense (WBSN) Falters

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 3:25 pm

Websense (WBSN) released earnings with revenue in the third quarter was $50.4 million, an increase of 10 percent from the third quarter of 2006. Net income calculated using generally accepted ...
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RealNetworks (RNWK) Posts Boring Numbers

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 3:17 pm

RealNetworks (RNWK) today announced that for the third quarter of 2007, revenue grew 55% to $145.1 million compared to $93.7 million for the third quarter of 2006. Technology Products and ...
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Shutterfly (SFLY) Paints Itself Out Of the Picture

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 3:10 pm

Shutterfly (SFLY) announced that its total revenues were $32.6 million, an increase of 54% over the third quarter 2006. The online photo site had a GAAP net loss per share ...
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Mutual Fund Year-End Window Dressing Meets FOMC Date (MSFT, CSCO, GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, VMW, EMC, KO, YUM, MCD, BIDU, CROX, DELL, SCI, GS, STT, NYX, TXT)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 2:16 pm

Wednesday is much more than Halloween and it is more than the FOMC announcement date.  We have an event that has been perhaps more influential to many key stocks than ...
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Goldman Sachs Oil Call Overshadows ExxonMobil Earnings (XOM, SLB, BP, BHI, TSO, XLE, OIH)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 12:37 pm

Goldman Sachs may not be reversing its entire bullish stance on oil after oil traded over $93.00 per barrel on Monday, but it is recommending some old fashioned profit taking.  ...
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Why Wall St. Hates Starbucks (SBUX)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 12:26 pm

Starbucks (SBUX) broke below $25 today, not too far from its 52-week low. Less than a year ago, the shares traded over $40.The last significant analyst call on the company ...
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RealNetworks Earnings Expectations (RNWK, TIVO, VIA)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 11:12 am

RealNetworks Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK) is set to report earnings after today's close.  First Call has estimates at -$0.01 EPS on revenues of $143.4 million, but there are some estimates with a ...
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New Emerging Markets ETF (DGS, WSDT)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 10:22 am

There is a new ETF trading on the NYSE today. The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund listed on NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol DGS, and it has begun ...
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Best Buy (BBY) Goes Video

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 10:02 am

Since every other company in the world from NBC to Wal-Mart (WMT) to Amazon (AMZN) is in the video distribution, why not Best Buy (BBY)?Why not, indeed. Today the company ...
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