Starbucks: Slow Days For Mr. Coffee
Without anyone noticing, Starbucks (SBUX) has dropped from an intraday price of $40 on November 16 to $32.40 today. That’s a lot in less than three months, especially for "growth" stock. Obviously, there are…
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Newest first · Page 2Onyx Pharma Soars on Liver Cancer Drug
Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX-NASDAQ) is probably as happy as you could imagine that it partnered with Bayer (BAY-NYSE/ADR). ONXX shares are up 60% after they announced that an independent data monitoring committee has reviewed the…
AMD’s Quad Core Already Outdone by Intel
Chip processing power is almost becoming as viral as web video. You and I are the winners, but at what point would the manufacturers actually start to benefit? AMD (AMD-NYSE) has unveiled architectural features…
Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 12, 2007)
by Jon C. Ogg (AAPL) Apple shares up 1.5% on Citigroup upgrade to Buy.(ADL) AMDL Inc announces key anti-cancer drug for China.(ADZA) Adeza Biomedical is being acquired for $24.00 per share buy Cytyc (CYTC).(ARIA)…
Earlybird Research Notes (FEB 12, 2007)
by Jon C. Ogg ADBE raised to Buy at Oppenheimer.ADSK started as Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.ALGN raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.ARIA raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.BSX cut to Peer Perform at Bear…
Where Were US Companies In Essar Bidding?
Vodafone (VOD) bought a majority of India’s fourth largest mobile phone operating company, Hutchison Essar. The price tag was $11.1 million. Vodafone apparently made the move because cell phone penetration in Europe is high,…
More Rivals For iPhone (AAPL)
Sites like Engadget have been talking about Microsoft’s (AAPL) cell phone version of the Zune multimedia players for several days. Apple (AAPL) will not launch the iPhone until June, so it may not have…
The Humiliation Of Google Continues
It appears that Google’s (GOOG) purchase of YouTube gets more complicated by the minute. Two websites with pirated content claim that Google offered them advertising keywords including "bootleg" movie download" to help them market…
YouTube (GOOG) Licenses Content No One Wants
Google’s (GOOG) YouTube has cut a deal with Digital Music Group (DMGI) to license 4,000 hours of video content from the golden age of TV. DMGI will receive revenue from the advertising that runs…
Media Digest 2/12/2007 Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, Barron’s, FT
According to Reuters, oil fell 1% on comments that Saudi Arabia was satisfied with current market conditions. Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) will build a new plant in India by 2010. Reuters also writes…
Asia Markets 2/12/2007
Markets in Asia were mixed with the Nikkei closed for a holiday. The Hang Seng fell .4% to 20,593. Cathay Pacific was up .9% to 21.8. China Mobile was down 1.6% to 75.2. China…
TPX: Tempur-Pedic Tries to Sneak by Management Raises
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We noted recently that Small Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List member Tempur-Pedic (TPX) is on a tear lately. Of course, with that kind…
MU: Micron Misses, and We’re Dying of Not-Surprise
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat “There’s a big surprise! I think I’m gonna have a heart attack, and die of not-surprise!” – The parrot Iago (voice by Gilbert Gottfried) in Aladdin…
Dell’s “New” CEO
From The Average Joe Investor Back in May, I posted on Dell’s (Nasdaq: DELL) troubles. At the time, I didn’t really think too much of the shares and didn’t own any shares. Over the…
IDCC- A Real Fortress
From Value Discipline The Street went into heat last week to celebrate the inauguration of the first NYSE listed hedge fund manager, Fortress Group (FIG.) The 67.6% rise on the intial day of trading…