According to Reuters, large Yahoo! (YHOO) shareholder Legg Mason said Carl Icahn’s bid would have more support if he guaranteed he would not sell the company for less than $33. Reuters writes that the…
Most markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei moved up .2% to 13,052. Izuzu Motors was up 3.3% to 498. KDDI was up 1.1% to 621000. The Hang Seng rose 2% to 21,635. China…
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has come out and reported earnings, marking the first of the large companies to post earnings to kick off earnings season. The metals giant posted $0.66 EPS on $7.6 Billion…
Sun Microsystems (JAVA) Wall St. expects bad earnings and is trading the stock that way. Drops to $10.33 from 52-week high of $25.04. VMWare (VMW) Lowers guidance and lets CEO go. Falls to $36.41…
The fight between Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BUD) and InBev over the proposed $65.00 merger is one that is about to get more heated rather than one that looks more amicable. Anheuser-Busch doesn’t want…
We have run a full feature story over at BioHealthInvestor.com after reading a study that came off the Mayo Clinic site. The study showed that a combination of fish oil and red rice yeast…
Siemens (SI) today said it will cut nearly 17,000 jobs. It gave the economic downturn as the major reason for the move. Since Siemens and GE (GE) are in a number of related businesses…
Many observers who look at Microsoft’s (MSFT) move into server-based software think that the company will fall. Google (GOOG) already markets Google Apps which offers word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail, and presentation products. This software…
VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) has made an announcement of a significant management change this morning. Diane Greene is departing as the company’s President and CEO. VMware’s Board of Directors has appointed Paul Maritz as…
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRXI) has announced this morning that its RMS Titanic, Inc. subsidiary has entered into an agreement to present a new Titanic exhibition and tour sponsored by a major financial services…
Most Wall St. observers now think that the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) will go through. The FCC, pushed by some members of Congress and the radio industry,…
Oil Baron T. Boone Pickens has been on CNBC this morning touting his new energy plan. While his plan does call on several domestic solutions to lower our $700 Billion deficit we are sending…
These aren’t all of the analyst calls out there today, but these are ten of the calls impacting shares early this Tuesday morning: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals (ACAD) Raised to Neutral at Banc of America. ACE…
Sprint (S) has taken to the airwaves to try to keep customers and get old customers back. The marketing effort ignores that fact that Sprint has, by some measurements, the worst customer service of…
AMD (AMD) should sign up to be in the World Wrestling Federation.At least when an opponent hits it with a chair, it can get paid. Dreamworks, an account of modest size but huge PR…