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Daily Archives: December 2, 2008

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CEO Of The Year Nominees: 3) Steve Jobs Of Apple (AAPL)

24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this weekThe CEOs ...
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Google’s (GOOG) Amazing Disappearing Revenue

It takes all kinds to make a world. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research may not be very bright, but he is intrepid.According to an account in Barron's, the analyst ...
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GM’s (GM) Silly Turnaround Plan

GM (GM) distributed its turnaround plan to Congress. It was almost exactly what the market expected, but it fudges one key issue, which is what happens to the company's finances ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (PALM)(EXM)(SWIR)(XNPT_

Excel Maritime (EXM) Bad period for shipping business. Falls to $3.25 from 52-week high of $60.99.Xenoport  (XNPT) New drug fails in study. Drops to $17.90 from 52-week high of $66.34.Sierra ...
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CEOs To Go In 2009: Eli Harari of SanDisk (SNDK)

Picking out a CEO to go in technology right now might seem pointless. The argument could be almost any of them if you count share price only.  That is doubly ...
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GM (GM): Remarkably Sharp Drop In Sales

If GM (GM) needed dramatic news to help explain why it needs a bailout from Washington, the car firm got it. Sales at the company were off 41% in November. ...
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Can UnitedHealth Really Keep Its Targets? (UNH)

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) has made some rather bold predictions for 2009.  What is interesting here is that these projections are not showing continued growth nor showing total dominance.  ...
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10 CEOs To Go For 2009: Vikram Pandit of Citigroup (C, WFC, WB)

Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) is still in a pinch despite more than a 100% bounce from recent lows, and its still-relatively new CEO is caught right in the middle of ...
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Former AOL CEO Bidding For Yahoo! (YHOO)?–Stock Up 10%

Yahoo! (YHOO) has become a "rumor an hour" company. Over the weekend, the Times of London said the portal had a deal with Microsoft (MSFT) for its search business. As ...
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Ugly Motor Sales Continue (F, GM)

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) just released its November auto sales, and it is pretty hard to get excited about the data.  The company sold 118,818 units in November, below ...
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Kinder Morgan Starts Ethanol Pipeline (KMP)

Until today, every drop of ethanol used in transportation fuel has been moved by trucks or train cars. This added to the cost of getting ethanol to market and to ...
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Ford Outlines Government Turnaround (F)

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is submitting its plan to Congress, and interestingly enough it does not sound as dire as some might have guessed based upon the auto company's ...
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What About OPEC? Some Members Big Winners, Other Lose Big

OPEC is once more rattling the saber of crude oil production cuts in an effort to prop up the price of the black stuff. Whether the cartel will be successful ...
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24/7 Wall St. Day Trade Alerts (XNPT)(SOLF)(TSRA)

Xenoport (XNPT) is being beaten up on bad clinical trial date. Details.SolarFun (SOLF) is getting hurt on sub-par earnings. Details.Tessara (TSRA) got some bad news from the ITC. Details.Douglas A. ...
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Citigroup Slashes Estimates and Price Target on Bank of America (BAC)

Analysts continue to slash estimates on bank stocks. Today it was Bank of America's (BAC) turn. Citigroup lowered its estimates and price target on Bank of America due to marks ...
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