March 2008

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 8:31 AM EDT

EMC Offers More Juice For Iomega (EMC, IOM)

Iomega Corporation (NYSE: IOM) has announced that it has received a revised unsolicited non-binding indication of interest from EMC Corporation…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 8:16 AM EDT

Sovereign Funds Run And Hide (C)(JPM)(BSC)(MER)(LEH)(WM)

Just a few months ago, sovereign funds could not get enough stock and debt in financial firms like Citigroup (NYSE:…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 8:10 AM EDT

CSX Rides The Reading Railroad (CSX)

CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) has made several announcements this morning for shareholder initiatives. The railroad giant sees first quarter 2008…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 7:12 AM EDT

BMC Acquires BladeLogic For Data Center Automation (BMC, BLOG)

BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) has announced that it will acquire BladeLogic (NASDAQ:BLOG) for $28.00 per share of BladeLogic common stock. The…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 7:00 AM EDT

CME Acquiring NYMEX

It’s official. The CME Group Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) is acquiring NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX). The commodities and futures…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 6:13 AM EDT

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ANN, ASH, SCHW, AMTD, COH, DHT, NAT, PHTN, WYNN, BK, LEH, GS, IVZ, STT)

These are not the only research calls this morning affecting stock, particularly as the world is focused on the fleecing…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 5:31 AM EDT

Europe Markets 3/18/2008 The Wheels Fall Off (BCS)(SI)

Markets in Europe were down sharply at 6.25 AM New York time. The FTSE was off 2.2% to 5,506. Barclays…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 5:20 AM EDT

International Paper (IP) Gets Larger

According to Reuters "International Paper (NYSE: IP) has agreed to pay $6 billion in cash to buy the packaging and…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 5:17 AM EDT

Bristol-Myers (BMY) Looks To Sell Baby Food Business For As Much As $9 Billion

Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY) does not see much future in baby food. It is trying to sell its operation to a…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 5:00 AM EDT

Oil At $100 Beyond 2016

Oil hit nearly $112 today. The debate now is not over whether oil will be at $100 for the near-term.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 4:43 AM EDT

Asia: No Protection From US Financial Problems

Some bright person came up with the term "decoupling". It is meant to say that trouble in the US economy…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 4:28 AM EDT

Google (GOOG) Disrespects Microsoft (MSFT) Buy-Out Offer For Yahoo! (YHOO)

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) certainly does not want to see Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) buy Yahoo! (NASDAQ: MSFT). It would allow Microsoft…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 4:14 AM EDT

Will The Fed Put Up $500 Billion?

The Fed has already provided a facility of $200 billion to banks to help them improve balance sheets by exchange…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 3:56 AM EDT

What The Tax-Payer Loves About The Financial Bail-Out

Much of the concern about the Fed lending out tens of billions of dollars to financial institutions is that tax-payers…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 17, 2008 at 2:42 AM EDT

Media Digest 3/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, the Fed is opening up its own balance sheet to poisonous securities it may get from banks…

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Month: March 2008

EMC Offers More Juice For Iomega (EMC, IOM)

Sovereign Funds Run And Hide (C)(JPM)(BSC)(MER)(LEH)(WM)

CSX Rides The Reading Railroad (CSX)

BMC Acquires BladeLogic For Data Center Automation (BMC, BLOG)

CME Acquiring NYMEX

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ANN, ASH, SCHW, AMTD, COH, DHT, NAT, PHTN, WYNN, BK, LEH, GS, IVZ, STT)

Europe Markets 3/18/2008 The Wheels Fall Off (BCS)(SI)

International Paper (IP) Gets Larger

Bristol-Myers (BMY) Looks To Sell Baby Food Business For As Much As $9 Billion

Oil At $100 Beyond 2016

Asia: No Protection From US Financial Problems

Google (GOOG) Disrespects Microsoft (MSFT) Buy-Out Offer For Yahoo! (YHOO)

Will The Fed Put Up $500 Billion?

What The Tax-Payer Loves About The Financial Bail-Out

Media Digest 3/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Prediction: Pfizer Stock Will Double on This Date

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity's 2026 Study Finds

Fidelity's 2026 Study: 76% of Boomers Are Counting on Social Security While Younger Generations Lean on Workplace Plans

Prediction: Pfizer Stock Will Double on This Date

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

EMC Offers More Juice For Iomega (EMC, IOM)

Sovereign Funds Run And Hide (C)(JPM)(BSC)(MER)(LEH)(WM)

CSX Rides The Reading Railroad (CSX)

BMC Acquires BladeLogic For Data Center Automation (BMC, BLOG)

CME Acquiring NYMEX

Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ANN, ASH, SCHW, AMTD, COH, DHT, NAT, PHTN, WYNN, BK, LEH, GS, IVZ, STT)

Europe Markets 3/18/2008 The Wheels Fall Off (BCS)(SI)

International Paper (IP) Gets Larger

Bristol-Myers (BMY) Looks To Sell Baby Food Business For As Much As $9 Billion

Oil At $100 Beyond 2016

Asia: No Protection From US Financial Problems

Google (GOOG) Disrespects Microsoft (MSFT) Buy-Out Offer For Yahoo! (YHOO)

Will The Fed Put Up $500 Billion?

What The Tax-Payer Loves About The Financial Bail-Out

Media Digest 3/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Prediction: Pfizer Stock Will Double on This Date

SMH ETF Investors: Watch Hyperscaler Capex Guidance at July Earnings Calls

The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity’s 2026 Study Finds

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The Average American Has Worked for 6 Employers and 23% Still Have Multiple Old Retirement Accounts, Fidelity's 2026 Study Finds

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