$200 Oil: Goldman Calls The Ball: Bad News From Nigeria And Russia
Crude has bumped up against $120 several times in the last month. It wants to go higher, and it will. Price was pushed down by the Fed’s action and some improvement in the dollar.…
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Newest first · Page 268Yahoo! & Microsoft Termination To Unleash The Hounds (YHOO, MSFT, GOOG, TWX, IACI)
It’s official. At 7:56 PM Saturday night, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) officially threw in the towel in its bid to acquire Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). Now that the details are out, the…
Microsoft (MSFT) Dumps Yahoo! (YHOO)
According to several sources, Microsoft (MSFT) has dropped its offer to buy Yahoo! (YHOO). The Wall Street Journal writes that "Microsoft said it had increased its offer to $33 a share, but said Yahoo…
Another Big Delay For Boeing (BA) 787?
It appears that Boeing (NYSE: BA) is facing another delay for deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner and the company’s CEO is facing a major challenge to his credibility. After two significant set-backs in the…
Deutsche Telekom (DT) May Buy Sprint (S): A Brilliant Move
Sprint (NYSE: S) may have found a buyer. The interested party is German phone giant Deutsche Telekom NYSE: DT). DT owns the fourth largest cellular carrier in the US. Sprint has the third largest…
Citigroup (C): Chief Pandit Needs To Be Sacked, But Who Replaces Him?
Late word is that the hedge fund business that Citigroup (C) CEO Vikram Pandit sold to the bank for $800 million has lost a huge amount of its value. All of the outside investors…
Warren Buffett: A Media & Watcher’s 360 Review Into Annual Meeting (BRK.A, BRK.B, C, WWY)
Everyone loves covering Warren Buffett, rain or shine. His long-term shareholders love him, the media follows his every move, and everyone on Wall Street either cares about his potential next buyout or cares about…
Sun Microsystems (JAVA): A Letter To James Barksdale, Kenneth Oshman, And Anthony Ridder
While it may be a foregone conclusion, it is time for Jonathan Schwartz to leave as the CEO of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA). He has done absolutely nothing for the company since taking over…
Sirius & XM See Result From FCC Letter… Is Approval Any Closer? (SIRI, XMSR)
Shares of both Sirius Satellite radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) are trading higher in pre-market trading today. You could say it is the market, but it could also be tied…
Up & Down the Oil & Energy Patch (CVX, DUK, PTEN, PXD, MUR)
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) reported earnings of $5.17 billion and $2.48 EPS for the first quarter of 2008. First Call had estimates at $2.41 EPS. This compared with $4.72 billion and $2.18 EPS for the…
Investools Hit By Double Whammy (SWIM)
Investools Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIM) is under serious fire this morning from traders. The company posted net income of $0.17 EPS, but First Call was at $0.21 EPS. This is on a record revenue with…
April Unemployment Classified as “Less Bad”
The Labor Department just released the April 2008 unemployment numbers. While these are negative, they aren’t as bad as estimates. The unemployment rate came in at 5.0% versus estimates we had marked as as…
Is the Viacom Turnaround Afoot? (VIA, CBS)
Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) posted earnings of $0.44 EPS on $3.12 Billion in revenues. First Call consensus estimates were $0.41 EPS and $2.97 Billion on revenues. This shows that revenues rose 14.7% year over…
Ford (F) To Sell Volvo And Mercury?
Jerry York, henchmen for Kirk Kerkorian, has told Automotive News that it is time for Ford (F) to dump Volvo and Mercury. The former car exec said that the No.2 car company should keep…
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AGN, SCOR, BOOM, EQ, GPS, HRC, JWN, MORN, PCLN, RSH)
These are ten of the analyst calls we see impacting shares this Friday morning: Allergan (NYSE: AGN) cut to Hold at Jefferies. ComScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Dynamic Materials (NASDAQ: BOOM)…