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Monthly Archives: October 2007

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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Coca-Cola (KO) Shown Disrespect For Desani Water

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 9:40 am

Consumers International give out annual prizes for the world's worst products. Perhaps someone from Coca-Cola (KO) showed up a the award dinner to collect its prize. According to the AFP ...
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EA To Reap Rewards From LucasArts (ERTS)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 9:00 am

LucasArts and BioWare Corp. today announced that they have entered into an agreement to create an interactive entertainment product.  Normally we wouldn't cover this because both are private companies.  But ...
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Finally, Merrill Lynch Announced the Inevitable (MER)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 8:30 am

Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER) has finally announced a part of the inevitable.  Stan O'Neal is retiring effective immediately, which we all know is a mutual resignation and firing after the worst ...
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Qwest’s Mixed Results (Q)

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 8:16 am

Qwest Communications (NYSE:Q) has posted earnings at $1.08 EPS diluted and $1.15 basic EPS on revenues of $3.434 Billion.  While the earnings number sounds huge for an $8.00 stock, this ...
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Apple (AAPL) Mac OS Sets Sales Record

Posted: October 30, 2007 at 7:42 am

Apple (AAPL) today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far ...
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