The new top dog among the IPO universe we follow for 2008 is now IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPCM). Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) had been in that position with the highest gain…
GM (GM) did not lose 25% to 30% of its sales in August when the numbers were compared to last year. It was less bad than that. The company reported a 20.3% fall in…
Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) today released a presentation it will be making at the Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) Energy and Power Conference later this week. The presentation put a bit of meat on the bone of…
"Worst case scenario" is a term used by people who have been out of business school for less that two years. It is a buffoon’s way of saying that a firm has gone directly…
Codexis Inc. has filed with the SEC last night to withdraw its planned initial public offering. Based in Redwood City, California, the company provides solutions for pharmaceutical chemical process development and manufacturing, The company…
The most bizarre thing about the economic slowdown is the continued strength of Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN). Not only is the Philadelphia-based retailer continuing to post impressive results but its stock just hit an…
Pier 1 Imports (PIR) shareholders have been through a painful quarter. Stock in the company have dropped over 40% in the last 90 days. That got worse today. PIR said its same-store sales for…
VS Investor posted several day-trade alerts. The first was for McAfee (MFE) which was hammered by analyst downgrades. Ambac (ABK) spiked up 20% on strong volume.
LoJack Corp. (NASDAQ: LOJN – News) may have seen some of the first positive news in some time, which will allow the company to migrate away from being reliant solely upon tracking autos at…
GM (GM) likes its "employee pricing" incentives so much that it is going to extend them through the end of September and make them available on more models. Good new. Bad news. Clearly GM…
The first point most investors will make about CostCo’s (COST) August revenue is that it came in under expectation. But, that would be to miss the point. A survey of analysts by FactSet Research…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Wednesday morning: Cabot Corp. (CBT) Raised to Buy at KeyBanc. Pharmacyclics (PCYC) Raised to Outperform at RBC. Tenet Healthcare…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Wednesday morning: Adolor (ADLR) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. Allscripts (MDRX) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. Ceradyne…
Banks have been taking money from the Fed for months. They can pledge dirty dishes and wall paper in exchange for real cash at low interest rates. The system has been hailed as the…
The good thing about the Apple (AAPL) iPod is that the company has sold 160 million of them. That is the bad thing about the device as well. Apple ships about 10 million units…