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Daily Archives: May 8, 2008

YouTube Becomes Google’s (GOOG) Top Priority

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 7:50 pm

The time has come, late. But, the time has come. Google (GOOG) says that its No.1 revenue priority for the  year it to make money from it monster-truck video sharing ...
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AIG Uses Dividend & Capital Raise To Mask Horrible Losses (AIG)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 4:17 pm

American International Group (NYSE: AIG) showed a wider-than-expected loss for the quarter.  More importantly, it plans to raise more than $7 billion to buttress its balance sheet.Its net loss was ...
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NVIDIA’s Solid Growth… Maybe Not Enough (NVDA)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 3:46 pm

Shares of NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) are getting to see some pressure after its earnings report.  The graphics giant reported net income of $176.8 million which generated $0.30 EPS, which ...
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Charter Communications Tries Gas & Tax Rebate Gimmick Before Earnings (CHTR)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) has announced a new gimmick tying the coming tax checks with the high gas prices.  The company said that new and current customers can stretch ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (BRL)(TSO)(PLA)(SDBT)(HANS)(ARNA)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 2:59 pm

Barr Pharmaceuticals (BRL) Says business pace is falling off. Down to $37.40 from 52-week high of $58.38.Tesoro Corporation (TSO) Broker downgrade. Dips to $22.92 from 52-week high of $65.98.Playboy Enterprises ...
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Colfax Premium IPO Goes Even Higher (CFX)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 1:57 pm

Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX) is seeing a huge reception after its hot IPO came to market today.  This IPO priced its shares at $18.00 for an amount of 18,750,000 shares.  ...
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AMD (AMD): No One Is Buying What CEO Hector Ruiz Is Selling

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 1:18 pm

"Let's get on down to the main attraction, With a little less talk and a lot more action."--ElvisAMD (AMD) CEO Hector Ruiz makes a few promises a year and keep ...
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Can NVIDIA Earnings Get It Off The Floor? (NVDA, AMD)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 12:12 pm

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is set to post earnings right after the close today.  First Call has estimates pegged at $0.38 EPS on $1.15 Billion in revenues.  As far as ...
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IPO FILING: Gomez, Inc

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 11:35 am

Gomez, Inc. has filed its intention to come public via an initial public offering.  For filing purposes, it has filed to sell up to $80.5 million in common stock.  Gomez ...
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CO2 Trading Going Mainstream (NDAQ, NMX, CME)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 10:36 am

In the 1990's, carbon certificate trading was mostly unheard of.  This has also been largely untapped by American companies and by the American public.  Until Now.The New York Mercantile Exchange, ...
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Apple (AAPL): Back At $200 In June

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 9:50 am

After a period of deep concern by Apple (AAPL) investors, when the stock fell from $194 at the beginning of the year to $121 in early February and then languished ...
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Lowering the Barr (BRL)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 8:51 am

Who thought generics could ever look so bad?  This morning, Barr Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: BRL) has posted very poor numbers.The company posted $0.57 EPS, far under the First Call consensus of ...
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El Paso Gasses Estimates, But Help is on the Way (EP, CHK, GS)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 8:13 am

El Paso Corporation (NYSE:EP) has reported earnings of $0.29 EPS on net income of $219 million and revenue of $1.269 billion for the first quarter of 2008. Analysts were expecting ...
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Vonage Leaps on Metrics (VG)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 7:57 am

Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG) reported that first quarter revenue rose by 15% to $225 million.  The company also generated an adjusted operating income of $8 million, while its net ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (SAM, CLWR, BAGL, JEF, MVSN, NSR, OWW, TS, WB, YRCW)

Posted: May 8, 2008 at 7:36 am

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Thursday morning in pre-market trading:Boston Beer Co. (NYSE: SAM) cut to Neutral at HSBC Securities.Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) cut ...
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