Apple Guidance Too Conservative For Bulls (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) just posted earnings of $1.19 EPS and $7.46 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates of $1.08 EPS and $7.37 Billion in revenues. The company is guiding next quarter to…
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Newest first · Page 184American Express Internals Deteriorate Rapidly (AXP)
American Express (NYSE: AXP) just posted $0.56 EPS on $7.484 Billion in revenues, although we would note that there are items in these results from continuing operations. First Call had estimates of $0.83 EPS…
SanDisk Turns Earnings Into Sand (SNDK)
SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) has posted poor earnings today. The flash memory leader posted -$0.10 EPS on a non-GAAP Basis on $816 million in revenues. Earnings estimates from First Call were $0.13 EPS on…
The 52-Week Low Club 7/21/2008 (ARTC)(SFI)(TXT)
Textron (TXT) Tough earnings and a downgrade from UBS. Falls to $39.77 from 52-week high of $74.40. IStar Financial (SFI) Bad quarter, higher loan loss provisions. Tumbles to $7.30 from 52-week high of $42.40.…
Small Business Turns Against “Uncle Sam”
Small businesses think they are being abandoned by the federal government just when they really need something in exchange for their tax dollars. A new poll from American Management Services reveals that almost no…
BankAtlantic Sues Ladenburg Thalmann & Analyst Bove After Research Report (BBX, LTS)
BankAtlantic Bancorp (NYSE:BBX), the parent company of BankAtlantic, is doing something rather unique. It is suing brokerage firm Ladenburg Thalmann, part of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (AMEX: LTS), and its bank analyst Richard…
SanDisk Braces For Earnings (SNDK)
SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) is set to report earnings today after the close. While the company will have to compete for headline and eyeball interest against Apple, this is a key stock that many…
Box Of Cereal Headed To $100 (KFT)(K)(SLE)(CAG)(TSN)
No one should be surprised that food companies are passing along tremendous increases in the prices of commodities. Consumers will be paying more for everything from hot dogs to corn flakes. Even the prices…
Apple Violates 200-Day Moving Average Ahead of Earnings (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is going to be the key earnings for tech stock investors and traders today. Last week we pointed out that the stock was using its 200-day moving average as support,…
LG Earnings: A Bit Of Brightness For Cellphones (AAPL)(RIMM)(NOK)
The cellular handset business may not be as bad off as some analysts suppose. Result from Korean electronics company LG, which operates at the high end of the market, were fairly strong. For the…
Many Monday Pre-Market Downgrades (CEG, FIS, FISV, DNA, KBW, NKE, PSO, SHW, SWIR, SWK, WERN, WIT)
These are among the top analyst Downgrades or negative analyst calls affecting shares this Monday morning in pre-market trading: Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) Downgraded to Underperform at Jefferies. Fidelity National (NYSE: FIS) Cut to…
Banks Further Tighten Lending Rules For Businesses Large And Small
Just when the economy needs banks to be opening their doors for more lending, they are locking the safe down tight. According to The Wall Street Journal, "The heavy losses banks have taken on…
Yahoo! Partially Capitulates to Icahn (YHOO)
Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) just took away any near-term embedded call option in its stock. The company has reached an agreement with Carl Icahn to settle their pending proxy contest related to the annual meeting,…
Top 10 Early Bird Analyst Calls (AIG, CTAS, KBW, NTES, NKE, SAY, SHW, SWK, TEVA, WFMI)
These are only some of the early bird analyst calls that we have seen in early Monday pre-market trading, but these are some of the more active stock names: American International Group (NYSE: AIG)…
Another Call To Break-Up Citigroup (C)
The idea of breaking Citigroup (C) into pieces is hardly new. From the day Sandy Weill threw the place together, many analysts could see no benefit to an umbrella company holding everything from a…