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Daily Archives: January 25, 2008

The Coming Internet Earnings Trifecta (YHOO, AMZN, GOOG)

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 2:05 pm

If you thought this week was a rough or busy week in earnings season, you have not seen anything yet.  Next week we literally will have around 150 companies or ...
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Google (GOOG) See Explosion In Mobile Ads

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 1:35 pm

Just when Wall St. thought Google's (GOOG) growth might begin to slow because it already has such a huge piece of the PC market, the company says that mobile advertising ...
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Confusion Over Goldman Sachs Layoffs Reporting (GS)

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 10:52 am

Shares of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) had traded up this morning after the open, but shares are now in negative territory.  There have been reports originally out of Reuters that ...
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RiskMetrics IPO Sits In The Sweet Spot (RMG)

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 10:16 am

RiskMetrics Group, Inc. (NYSE: RMG) priced its long-awaited IPO of 14 million shares at $17.50 per share.  This was actually at the low-end of the $17 to $19 range, and ...
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VMware Initiation Today Looks Conservative (VMW, EMC)

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 9:59 am

VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has been one incredible post-IPO after EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) partially spun-off the virtualization leader in August 2007.  It picked up new coverage this morning after ...
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Harley-Davidson Not As Bad As One Might Guess (HOG)

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 8:04 am

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) posted its earnings results for the fourth quarter at $0.78 EPS, a drop of more than 19% compared to Q4-2006; revenues were $1.39 Billion, down almost ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MT, T, CRA, ELC, WFR, MSFT, OVTI, RDS, TEN, TXT)

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 7:27 am

These are not the only upgrades and downgrades on stocks this morning, but these are the main ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in early pre-market hours:Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) ...
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Europe Markets 1/25/2008 (BHP)(VOD)(ALU)

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 6:30 am

Markets in Europe were higher at 6.25 AM New York time.The FTSE rose 1.3% to 5,937. BHP Billiton (BHP) rose 4% to 1441. Vodafone (VOD) rose 4% to 178.The DAXX ...
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Gates Finally Trumps Jobs: MSFT Vs. AAPL

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 5:51 am

For Bill Gates the wait must have seemed to last more than a lifetime. Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) both became modest-sized businesses in the early 1980s. But the Bill ...
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No Recession For Video Games Or Hamburgers

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 5:31 am

"It is a very counter-cyclical industry,"  Burger King (BKC) Chief Executive John Chidsey told Reuters. Have a look at the menu at the fast food chain or at larger competitor ...
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Media Digest 1/25/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 4:11 am

According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) posted a 79% increase in proffits.Reuters writes that Alan Greenspan says the US is not yet in a recession.Reuters reports that the CEO of Sony ...
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Asia Markets 1/25/2008

Posted: January 25, 2008 at 3:49 am

Markets in Asia were shsrply higherThe Nikkei rose 4.1% to 13,529. NEC rose 8.2% to 449. Toyota (TM) rose 6.3% to 5570.The Hang Seng rose 6,7% to 25,122. China Life ...
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