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Year: 2008
All Year: 2008 Articles
Newest first · Page 13Richard Bove Sounding More Like Meredith Whitney on Citi (C, GS, MS)
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is getting a more "in-line" view from analyst and fan Dick Bove of Ladenburg Thalmann. Bove is capitulating at least a bit with the admission that the quarter may look…
Auxilium Scores on Pfizer Pact (AUXL, PFE)
Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUXL) is responding well in pre-market trading after the company signed an overseas commercialization agreement with Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE: PFE). The pact covers Auxilium’s Xiaflex, a treatment for hand and…
Book Review: Russell Roberts’s ‘The Price of Everything’
By John Tamny RealClearMarkets Take a look at the computer screen your eyes are presently (hopefully) fixated on, not to mention the computer mouse you used in order to click on this posting. Did…
Top Analyst Upgrade/Positive Calls (AACC, CYN, LLL, LTC, NTRS, PAR, TRMK, UHS)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing from Wall Street early this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open: Asset Acceptance Capital (NASDAQ: AACC)…
Pre-Market Analyst Downgrade/Negative Calls (AAPL, BK, BUCY, CCRT, EGO, JOYG, NOK, PALM, SAY)
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious calls seen from Wall Street early this Thursday morning with more than two hours to the open: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Hold…
The Age Of City Bankruptcies
The process of cities going bankrupt has already begun. One of Michigan’s largest cities, Flint, is already in receivership. The state gets to help pay the bills. Several other large municipalities in The Wolverine…
The Price Of Oil Will Rise
The amount of humiliation among OPEC oil ministers must be agonizing. Every time the cartel cuts supply, the price of crude drops like a rock. But, the ministers will not be denied their pound…
Wall St. Needs A Czar All Its Own (C)(AIG)(FNM)(FRE)
America is short on czars. The ones in charge of energy, the war on drugs, intellectual property, and, perhaps, cars are not enough. The one segment of the economy that has needed a czar…
The Trouble With Merging GM (GM) And Chrysler
The latest big idea to help save the American auto industry is an old one–merge GM (GM) and Chrysler. It is a road the companies have been down before, but they are so desperate…
Media Digest 12/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Chrysler will idle its plant for a month to cut inventory and costs. Reuters reports that the SEC is under fire over the Madoff investigation. Reuters reports that Obama picked Mary…
Asia Markets And Europe Open 12/18/2008
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose .6% to 8,867. Honda (HMC) dropped after cutting profit forecasts. The Hang Seng rose .1% to 14,474. The Shangai Composite moved up 2% to 2,016.…
Goldman Sachs (GS) Cuts Bonuses, Cash Cap At $400,000
For bankers used to making millions of dollars in bonuses, $400,000 might seem like a big comedown. Goldman Sachs (GS) has elected to make that the cap for cash compensation for everyone at the…
Nike Skirts Around Recession, So Far (NKE, UA)
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) seems to be avoiding the recession so far. Not entirely, but much better than other we have seen. The sports apparel giant made a profit of $391 million, or $0.80…
Take-Two Sees 2009 As Cold Year In Hell (TTWO, ERTS)
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) just joined the ranks of video game publishers with bad earnings. Real bad earnings. And thank heavens for non-GAAP accounting. The company posted a GAAP loss of -$0.10…