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Year: 2008

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McDonald’s (MCD): Alms For The Poor

If the result from McDonald’s (MCD) say anything it is that the low end of the consumer market in the US has not died off. For the second quarter, MCD revenue moved up 4%…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

A Case Against Speculation As Cause Of High Oil Prices

There has been a lot of speculation that speculators have been causing high oil prices. Perhaps demand in India and China do not do much to the rising cost of crude. Flat supplies from…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

In Blow To Global Software Industry, VMWare (VMW) Stumbles

VMWare (VMW) was the hot IPO of 2007. Its shares rose from $50 to $125 almost overnight. The run-up improved the fortunes of the stockholders of its majority shareholder EMC (EMC) and enriched those…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Toyota (TM) Surrenders, A Little

Toyota (TM) made a cut in its forecast for car sales during its fiscal year. It was an extremely modest cut, given the troubles in the global car market, especially the US. According to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Media Digest 7/23/2008 Reutes, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reutere, Yahoo! (YHOO) profits were down, but the company maintained its full-year forecast. Reuters reports that Wachovia (WB) posted huge write-offs and losses for the last quarter. Reuters writes that some members…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Asia Markets 7/23/2008 (NTT)(TM)(LFC)(SNP)

Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose 1% to 13,313. NEC was up 2.8% to 585. NTT (NTT) was down 3.1% to 497000. Toyota (TM) was down .9% to 4870. The Hang…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Apple (AAPL): Steve Jobs Is Fine

Concern about the health of Apple (AAPL) CEO and founder Steve Jobs has been mounting since his appearance to launch the iPhone 3G model. He was terribly thin. Earlier this week, the press raised…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

T. Boone Pickens: $300 Oil

Former big oil man and corporate raider turned wind-power advocate T. Boone Pickens says that oil could hit $300 a barrel if the US cannot cut back on importing the stuff. The best way…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

E*TRADE Dinged on Losses & Writedowns (ETFC, FNM, FRE)

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ETFC) posted its loss after the close.  The company posted a -$0.19 non-GAAP EPS loss while First Call had estimates at -$0.14 EPS.  The company set aside some $319.1 million…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago