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Monthly Archives: August 2010

Dell, Late To The Tablet Party, Hopes To Gain

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 5:53 am

Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL) has been a troubled company ever since founder Michael Dell returned as CEO. The company has fallen behind rivals in PC and server sales. Other large ...
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US Economists Wake Up And See A Crisis

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 5:38 am

The second half of this year will be worse than the first--economically. That is what economists are saying now that they have looked at the Federal Reserve notes, the unemployment ...
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A Festering Pessimism In US And Other Developed Nations

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 5:16 am

People in nations with the most developed economies are extremely pessimistic about the future financial health of their countries, according to a new poll by the global research firm Ipsos ...
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Short Sellers Exit Telecom Shares

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 4:56 am

Short sellers pulled out of telecom stocks for the period ending on July 30, after many of them reported weak earnings. Investors are gambling that most of these shares are ...
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Media Digest 8/11/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 4:05 am

Reuters:   Research In Motion will share some BlackBerry code with the Saudis. Reuters:  The dollar hit a 15-month low compared to the yen Reuters:   India will decide whether to restrict ...
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RIM Buys Back More Shares at a Discount (RIMM)

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 7:13 pm

Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) is trying to do whatever it can to get its shares back up.  It compromised with the Saudis to get its BlackBerry workaround done ...
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Nintendo Wii Sales Hit 30 Million In US

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 5:58 pm

Nintendo Wii sales have not been particularly spectacular recently. The console is aged and the Sony (NYSE SNE) PS3 and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 have new features and have ...
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As Russia Burns, Who Wins And Loses?

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 5:25 pm

Russia's worst heat wave on record is going to complicate its recovery from the worst recession in 15 years.  It also may wreak havoc on many of its trading partners. ...
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A123, From Hot to Not (AONE)

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 4:54 pm

A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) was supposed to be a hot IPO in the hot sector of lithium-ion batteries and systems.  Unfortunately, the earnings reaction isn't so hot.  The revenue ...
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Disneys Grows All Segment Revenues (DIS)

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 4:18 pm

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) just followed trends seen at other media companies with better-than-expected earnings.  Third quarter earnings rose 31% to $0.67 EPS from $0.51 in the same ...
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$26 Billion Heading To States

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 3:41 pm

The House of Representatives just passed a $26 billion aid package to troubled state and local governments by a 247-to-161 vote. The last formality required for the checks to go ...
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Dow Avoids Junk Bond Fears (DOW)

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 3:12 pm

The ratings agencies may have missed all the blow-ups in mortgage ratings and financial ratings ahead of The Great Recession.  But the upgrades for corporate debt ratings are still on ...
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What Ever Happened To Cable Giant John Malone?

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 2:49 pm

Cable magnate John Malone offered a gloomy outlook on the economy to the Wall Street Journal that has not been born out by his own holdings. "Well, my wife, who ...
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In Defense of H-P (HPQ)

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 2:47 pm

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) had the most active trading day in more than a decade on Monday with some 199 million shares traded by the 4:00 PM Closing bell.  The ...
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FOMC Backs Away From More Easing

Posted: August 10, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Ben Bernanke and friends at the FOMC decided today to keep Fed Funds unchanged at 0.00% to 0.25% and decided against major quantitative easing measures.  We already knew that was ...
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