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Year: 2008

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Cisco Buys DiviTech of Denmark (CSCO)

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is acquiring Denmark-based DiviTech A/S, which is noted as a leader in the digital-service management (DSM) market with a solution that offers media broadcasters, cable and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

American Superconductor Secures Over 2-Years Worth of Orders (AMSC)

American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) announced this morning that it has received a $450 million follow-on order from China’s Sinovel Wind Corp. Ltd. for core electrical components.  The components will be used for 1.5…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Buy Corn, The Ain’t Making Any More Of It

Buy land. They ain’t making any more of the stuff.–Will Rogers Corn prices, up 47% this year, are likely to rise again. The heavy rain in the Midwest is killing off some of the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Gannett (GCI) Gives Up The Ghost

Gannett (GCI) may take as much as $3 billion in non-cash write-downs for some of its assets. It is that bad in the newspaper industry. The charge would cover as much as 20% of…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

GM (GM) Pays People To Take SUVs

Incentives for buying SUVs and pick-ups are getting so large that soon the car companies will pay customers just to clear out inventory. GM (GM) announced another round of cash-back deals, some as high…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Another Touchscreen For The Great Unwashed (HPQ)(AAPL)

At one point in time it was "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage". These days that extends to touchscreen phones and PCs. Before the Apple (AAPL) iPhone, very few…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

The Wheels Come Off The Bus At UBS (UBS)

UBS (UBS) may lose money every quarter from now until the end of time. As the Swiss bank raises $16 billion, it has acknowledged that past deficits may not be the last of it.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Media Digest 6/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) may have to merge due to its financial problems. Reuters writes that Apple (AAPL) introduced its new 3G iPhone. Reuters reports that the head of S&P says that the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Asia Markets 6/10/2008 Shanghai Collapses (LFC)(CN)(SNP)

Markets in Asia were down sharply and shares in China collapsed as the government put in new inflation-fighting measures. The Nikkei fell 1.1% to 14,021. KDDI fell 2.3% to 675000. NEC rose 1.3% to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

RIM (RIMM) Ignores Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone

When Apple (AAPL) came out with its new 3G iPhone today, shares in Steve Jobs’ company fell. Shares at rival smartphone company Research-In-Motion (RIMM) rose. The new iPhone has a number of features, including…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Cramer Endorses Motorola & Yahoo!, Sort Of (MOT, YHOO)

On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer came out and said he is doing the unthinkable: He’s saying you can probably buy both Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:). He says…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

The 52-Week Low Club (TASR)(EK)(GHS)(MNI)(WB)(WM)(MBI)(ABK)

Washington Mutual (WM) Concerns about the financial crisis burn like wildfire. Drops sharply to $6.14 from 52-week high of $44.19. AMBAC (ABK) Sells off to $2.02 after downgrades. The 52-week high was $89.33. MBIA…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Safaricom Soars in Kenya IPO (VOD, GAF, EZA, TRAMX)

Today was a feature we have loosely been covering on occasion, and that is investing on the final frontier here on Earth: Africa.  Interestingly enough, Vodafone Group plc (NYSE: VOD) is tied into this…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Peplin Withdraws US IPO

An Australian company called Peplin Inc., which originally filed to come public in August 2007, has filed with the SEC to withdraw its IPO paperwork.  The emerging biotech was going to carry the "PLIN"…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago