24/7 Wall St. Day Trading Alerts (MSFT)(SIRI)
Several stocks made big moves today and substantial moves in volume. Included in equity and options action were Sirius (SIRI) and Microsoft (MSFT)
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Newest first · Page 160RIM (RIMM) Gains Big Market Share In US
Motorola (MOT) kept its lead in US market share by holding 25.8% of the country’s cellular phone business. That was hardly the big story. Research-In-Motion (RIMM), maker of the Blackberry, was the significant winner…
Bargain Shoppers Driving TJX In More Ways Than One (TJX)
The soft economy is actually driving some retail winners, and it isn’t really the old analogy of just the wealthy doing well. The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TJX) is putting in new all-time highs…
24/7 Wall St. Most Overpaid CEO Of The Day: Basin Water (BWTR) CEO Michael Stark
Basin Water (BWTR) shares are off over 50% to $1.78 on heavy volume. Basin Water said that the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors is conducting a review of the Company’s accounting for…
Coal is Hot, Ethanol is Not (PEIX, NRP)
Pacific Ethanol (NASDAQ:PEIX) led off its second quarter financial report with higher sales number. Unfortunately, the company also had to report earnings, or the lack of earnings. For the quarter, Pacific reported a net…
Can Small Businesses Escape From The Auction-Rate Securities Mess?
There has been a great deal of talk about how the New York State Attorney General and the SEC has done companies and individual investors a service by getting Merrill Lynch (MER), Citigroup (C)…
JDA & i2: Supply Chain Consolidation Continues (JDAS, ITWO)
An announcement came early this morning that JDA Software Group Inc. (NASDAQ: JDAS) was acquiring i2 Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ITWO). The companies have signed a definitive merger pact for approximately $346 million in cash.…
The Government Helps Small Business, But A Very Little
The federal government decided to give small businesses a leg up. It is simply a token gesture and its likely to protect only a very small number of companies from the economic downturn. A…
OPEC’s Record Earnings Undercut Recovery
OPEC has taken full advantage of the free market system. Members are on a path to earning nearly $1.3 trillion this year as oil prices stay relatively high into the second half of the…
Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (BECN, BRNC, CIEN, LLY, ENER, FPL, Q, VRSN)
These are not all of the analyst upgrades or positive calls, but these are some of the calls we are seeing with a possible impact on shares early Monday morning: Beacon Roofing (BECN) Raised…
Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AEP, CLNE, HTZ, IHG, QLGC, SPWR, SYMM, VAR)
These are not all of the analyst downgrades or negative calls, but these are some of the calls we are seeing with a possible impact on shares early Monday morning: American Electric Power (AEP)…
As Fed Pushes Banks For Liquidity Shareholders Face Dilution (LEH)(MER)(MS)
The Fed has been testing investment banks to see what will become of their balance sheets and liquidity if the credit markets signal another hurricane watch. According to the FT, "Bankers with knowledge of…
Verizon (VZ) Bests Its Unions
Verizon (VZ) managed to dodge a strike by about 65,000 of its workers. It would have crippled the company’s landline and broadband businesses and might have caused investors to dump the stock in favor…
Apple (AAPL): The Myth Of Being A Software Company
Apple (AAPL) says customers have already downloaded 60 million software applications for its iPhone. That number seems phenomenal, but from a revenue standpoint it is not. According to The Wall Street Journal," If sales…
China: Exporting Inflation
China’s producer price index moved up over 10% last month. According to MarketWatch, this is the largest increase since 1996. This level of inflation makes it almost certain that China can no longer be…