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Will Productivity Gains Boost Layoffs?

This morning was strange on the economic number cycle as far as firstquarter worker productivity is concerned.  The Labor Departmentreleased a figure of non-farm business worker productivity measured asper-hour output being up by +2.2%. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

CEOs Who Don’t Get Out Often Enough, And Some Who Do

The hallmark of some of the most successful companies over the last fifty years is that the CEOs spent a great deal of their time with customers and at company locations around the world.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Regenerx Looks To Boost Liquidity Via Offering (RGN)

REGENERX BIOPHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (AMEX: RGN) filed for a secondary offering late yesterday to sell some $60 million in a secondary offering of stock and warrants. Its fully diluted market cap on last look was…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

IPO Withdrawal: Harry & David

Harry & David Holdings, Inc. has withdrawn the company’s IPO Filing registration statement and all related exhibits. The current climate is being blamed for the IPO withdrawal: "…..the Registration Statement has been abandoned due…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Secondary Offering Weighs on Itron (ITRI)

Itron Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) announced after yesterday’s close that it will sell 3.4 million shares of common stock in an at the market public secondary offering. Yesterday’s closing price was $94.47 per share, so gross…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Take-Two (TTWO): Time For Electronic Arts (ERTS) To Walk

It looks like Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) will sell $500 million of its new game "Grand Theft Auto IV" the first week that it is on the market. That is better than most expectations. It…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Sprint & Friends: Revenge Against The Phone Companies

Sprint (NYSE: S) was dead and being lowered into the grave when the big firms which really hate the phone companies came in and exhumed it  At this point Verizon Wireless and AT&T (T)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Wall St. Misreads Disney (DIS) Results

Disney (NYSE: DIS) certainly did well in the first quarter. Walt Disney himself would have been proud. Revenue at the entertainment company moved up 10% to $8.71 billion. EPS rose 35% to $.58. Wall…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Media Digest 5/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, Cisco (CSCO) has a good quarter but was cautious about the future. Reuters reports that Sprint (S) and Clearwire (CLWR) will announced a $12 billion project for national broadband service. Reuters…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Asia Markets 5/7/2009 (LFC)(SNP)

Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei moved up .4% to 14,102. Mazda was up 2.8% to 472. NEC was up 4.9% to 535. The Hang Seng fell 2.4% to 25,638. China Life (LFC)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

UTStarcom Miraculously Pins The Tail on the Donkey (UTSI)

If there has ever been a battered and tattered tech stock, UTStarcom Inc. is the epitome of that.  Almost miraculously, the company has raised guidance and shares are soaring.  The company has put guidance…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Cisco Guidance, “Decent” to “Good Enough” (CSCO)

We already reported earnings out of Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO).  The networking giant posted $0.38 non-GAAP EPS on revenues of $9.8 Billion, which were ahead of First Call targets of $0.36 and $9.75 Billion. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Sprint (S) and Clearwire (CLWR) Get Billions For WiMax

Wall St. said WiMax was dead. Sprint (NYSE: S) which was going to build a $5 billion network for its broadband wireless network did not have the capital. Neither did start-up Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR).…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago