Hasbro Inc. (HAS) is getting quite a bit of flack from every corner of the Internet for waging a legal battle against the popular Facebook knock-off of Scrabble called "Scrabulous." Much of the criticism…
According to Reuters, T Boone Pickens is seeking an "army" of business leaders and citizens to back alternative energy. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) posted if first loss as a public company but back…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was up .1% to 13,377. NEC was up 2.4% to 593. NTT (NTT) was up 4% to 553000. The Hang Seng was up .3% to 22,764. China…
This week has already been an interesting week in the oil patch, but for big oil stocks the expression "You ain’t seen nothin’ yet" is perhaps more appropriate than ever. On Thursday morning we’ll…
Credit card clearing and processing giant Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) just posted earnings with an adjusted $0.59 EPS on $1.6 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates pegged at $0.48 EPS on $1.55 Billion. …
The expectations for Starbucks (SBUX) were very low. That probably has not been true since the company went public. But, Starbucks was able to come in below a worst case, the hallmark of a…
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) is soaring after the close. The company just announced its quarterly earnings of $0.85 EPS on $267 million in revenues. First Call has estimates pegged at $0.58 EPS on…
CB Richard Ellis Group (CBG) Big profit drop. Shares off to $13.43 from 52-week high of $38. Au Optronics (AUO) Weak outlook for next quarter, Falls to $12.35 from 52-week high of $22.48. Silicon…
Analysts believe that Motorola (MOT) may have dropped into fourth place among the world’s handset manufacturers. Two years ago, it was a strong second with 22% of the market. According to Reuters, "Nine analysts…
After today’s close, we’ll get to see earnings out of the Mouse House from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS). First Call has estimates of $0.61 EPS on $9.14 Billion in revenues for this quarter. …
It is now no secret that we are in a very weak economic environment and if it is not an official recession it is for about 80% of the country. We’ve already seen some…
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is a company that Wall Street just loves to hate. Much of the antipathy directed toward the Philadelphia-based cable giant seems justified since it faces a myriad of competitors and…
American Technology Research has an interesting note out this morning calling for changes in the CPU space where Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) and Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) compete. The call is mainly a…
There are a host of reasons why small business employment numbers should have been anemic in July. But, they weren’t. As a matter of fact, small business kept overall job growth from moving into…
Mel Karmazin of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) came on CNBC this morning defending the combined Sirius-XM in an exclusive with David Faber. This has shares somewhat higher by almost 4%, but Faber’s…