Quantcast

Monthly Archives: October 2010

US Companies Have $1 Trillion, But Won’t Spend It, At Least Not On Jobs

Moody's reports that US corporations have amassed $1 trillion in cash. The document, entitled "U.S. Corporate Cash Hoard Near $1 Trillion, But Unlikely To Be Used for Expansion" explains that ...
Read Full Story »

Media Digest 10/27/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

The Federal Reserve will begin monetary easing shortly. (Reuters) Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison claims he can prove wrongdoing by Hewlett- Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) new chief executive. (Reuters) The ...
Read Full Story »

Apple To Further Delay White Version Of iPhone 4

Like the Ford Model-T, the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is available in any color as long as it is black. That will be true until spring of next year, so ...
Read Full Story »

GlaxoSmithKline Papers Over Importance Of $750 Million Government Settlement

GSK agreed to pay $750 million to settle false claims suit over the distribution of some of its drugs. The press statement by the company makes it appear almost as ...
Read Full Story »

Top After-Hours Stocks on the Move (BRCM, BWLD, DWA, EQIX, GTXI, JDAS, PNRA, RFMD, SIMG, AAPL)

There are many big movers in Tuesday's after-hours session.  We are tracking key moves  in Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM), Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD), Dreamworks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
Read Full Story »

Rethinking Cuba Investing After U.N. Resolution? (CUBA)

The United Nations General Assembly "adopted a resolution calling for the lifting of the decades-old economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba in the aftermath ...
Read Full Story »

A 50-Year Debt Offering From Goldman Sachs (GS, MS, JPM)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has an amazing bond offering that is selling today with a caveat.  The Goldman Sachs bond issue is $1.3 billion with a 6 1/8% ...
Read Full Story »

Cardinal Denies Buyout Rumors (CAH)

Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is breaking ranks by responding to market rumors that have had shares higher all day.   The company noted, "While it is our longstanding practice not ...
Read Full Story »

An Apple A Day… (AAPL, MSFT, SNE, GOOG)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has maintained its solid go-to reputation despite its most recent earnings concerns that margins were continuing to compress.  We wanted to take a look at the ...
Read Full Story »

Hot Apple Rumors Of The Day 10/26

Along with the scuttlebutt about a potential Sony acquisition and chatter about a planned mammoth data center in North Carolina, the Apple rumor sites had some tantalizing tidbits.  Here is ...
Read Full Story »

Is the United States Getting More Corrupt? The Most (And Least) Corrupt Nations In The World

People think that the United States is more  corrupt this year than last year, according to Transparency International's widely followed Corruption Perceptions Index. To be precise, the U.S. scored a ...
Read Full Story »

Airgas Meets Expectations and Rebuffs Takeover Offer Again (ARG, APD, AXE)

Industrial equipment supplier Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) reported second fiscal quarter 2011 results today that were pretty much in line with expectations. EPS, excluding items, came in at $0.83 on sales ...
Read Full Story »

Tech/Comm Acquisition Target Updates (CSCO, BRCD, NOVL, PGI, STX, WDC, XLK)

Mergers and Acquisitions are still coming in the world of technology and communications.  Many deals have been announced in technology that are around the Ciscoization of the data center and ...
Read Full Story »

IBM Buybacks So Big, Almost Taking Itself Private (IBM)

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM)  is at it again with returning capital.  The company announced this morning that it declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.65 per share.  ...
Read Full Story »

Valero Leads Off for Refiners on Profits and Revenue (VLO, TSO, MRO, FTO, WNR, SNP, PTR)

Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) is the first of the oil refiners to report earnings this quarter, and this morning's release is a lot better than a year ago, when diluted ...
Read Full Story »