The $1,000 Hamburger
The high price of food is not an aberration. According to the World Bank crop prices are likely to stay above 2004 levels until 2015. Reuters writes the "World Bank said food prices are…
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Newest first · Page 29Globalstar, Waiting For Secondary Pricing (GSAT)
Globalstar Inc. (NASDAQ: GSAT) is apparently set to price its (up to) $135 million securities offering tonight. In a previous article, we discussed the terms of the offering, including the fact that underwriter Merrill…
Bed Bath & Beyond, Bracing For Earnings (BBBY)
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) is set to report earnings for its Feb-2008 fiscal fourth quarter today after the close. First Call has estimates at $0.65 EPS on $1.96 Billion in revenues…
Oncothyreon Cleared To Raise Cash (ONTY)
Oncothyreon Inc. (NASDAQ: ONTY), a therapeutic cancer treatment biotech firm, announced today that the SEC has made their filing for periodic offering of up to $50,000,000 in securities effective. The offering was filed March…
Behringer Harvard REIT II: A $2 Billion Private REIT Filing
Behringer Harvard REIT II, Inc., a REIT, or real estate investment trust, submitted a filing to allow for a share offering today. The offering shows a $10 price per share for 200 million shares…
Palm (PALM): The End Is Nigh
Wall St. is beginning to think Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) will give up the ghost soon. And, no wonder. The company has not made a product anyone wants in years. According to Barron’s an analyst…
IPO FILING: Apollo Global Management, Semi-Public to Fully Public
Apollo Global Management, LLC, appears to be planning to become fully public as it submitted an S-1 filing with the SEC. The company is currently semi-public on the Goldman Sachs GSTruE over-the-counter private market…
Goldman Sachs (GS) Finally Does Badly At Something
Nothing ever goes wrong at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Their uncanny ability to do well irratates thei competitors to the point of distraction. Due to the company’s performance its shares have done better so…
TheStreet.com Signs 3-Year Cramer Contract (TSCM)
Many people think of Jim Cramer as being MAD MONEY on CNBC now, but his full-time gig is still at TheStreet.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSCM). The company gave an SEC filing this morning that shows…
Goldman Sachs Changes Consumer Products Coverage (AVP, CL, BARE, PG, KMB)
Goldman Sachs has made some changes in coverage to its consumer products universe. The bulge bracket brokerage firm favors Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) and Colgate-Polmolive Co. (NYSE: CL) and gave both companies some…
Circuit City & Profits, Still More Questions Than Answers (CC, BBY)
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE: CC) announced something this morning that many thought could not be done. The company is posting a profit. It posted a profit of $4.85 million shares, or $0.03 EPS,…
Another Disappointment From Boeing (BA)
As expected by many and hoped for by few, Boeing (NYSE: BA) delay, once again, the launch date of its 787 Dreamliner. It may want to drop the "Dreamliner" part of the name. Boeing…
A Day After Huge Gains, Antigenics Taps Capital in Private Placement (AGEN)
Antigenics Inc. (NASDAQ: AGEN) has announced this morning that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell 7 million shares of its common stock at a price of $3.00 per share in a private…
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ATHN, BBBY, CNQ, CCU, COCO, EL, ESI, CRM, PCU, URBN)
Below are the top analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning in pre-market trading: AthenaHealth (NASDAQ: ATHN) started as Outperform at JMP Securities. Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY) cut to Sell…
Citigroup (C): Why Sell Loans Someone Else Wants?
Citigroup (NYSE: C) seems to have come up with a deal to sell over $12 billion in problem corporate debt, some of it likely from LBO transactions. The buyers are the astute private equity…