Fannie Mae (FNM) Barron’s says common shareholders may be wiped out by new capital. Drops to $6.08 from 52-week high of $70.57. Harman International (HAR) Earnings miss. Drops to $33.61 from 52-week high of…
If there wasn’t enough already wrong with the FDA drug approval process, diabetes drug Byetta, created for patients by Elli Lilly (LLY) and Amylin Pharmaceuticals (AMLN) is killing more people. The news follows an…
GM (GM) will celebrate its 100th birthday by offering incentives and losing more money on each vehicle. According to Reuters, "GM had scheduled briefings for U.S. dealers, representing all of its brands from the…
VSInvestor reports on several stocks moving on heavy volume today. At the top of the list are Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) dropping on comments from Barron’s that the common shareholders in…
The largest mining company in the world, BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) today reported revenues of $59.47 billion and EPS of $2.75 for its full 2008 fiscal year ended June 30th. Analysts were expecting revenues of…
Newspaper stocks are way off as the industry struggles with falling circulation and advertising revenue. But one company, Gatehouse (GHS), stands out as being much worse off that the rest. Today, research firm Morningstar…
Even with oil prices well off of recent highs, these are still very much considered as above historical highs. The large integrated oil companies have experienced either declines or very small gains in value…
There was a release this morning showing that a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC, or blank check company) called Alyst Acquisition Corp. (AMEX: AYA) has signed an agreement to acquire all of the shares…
Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) managed to actually beat earnings projections and managed a gain in revenues. The hardware and home improvement store posted earnings per share with a drop of 4.5% to $0.64…
Corel Corporation may be under some pressure Monday as we get closer to the open this Monday morning. The software maker’s acquisition offer from Corel Holdings L.P., which owns 69% of Corel, has been…
These are not all of the early calls from analysts out there, but these are some of the calls that may impact the prices of these shares this summer Monday morning: Cadence Design (CDNS)…
"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe."…
Every day we cover many stocks at the end of the day which are hitting new 52-week lows. Very rarely do we include ETF’s or closed-end mutual funds in the coverage on that list. …
The bald man with the 1950s tie who runs the National Hurricane Center gets to go on The Weather Channel a dozen times a year. Those appearances are triggered by the appearance of storms…
On Sunday, T. Boone Pickens issued a press release stating that he had met with Senator Obama in Reno, Nevada to discuss his energy plans. This follows the statement he issued Friday stating that…