Once a year, the firm Millard Brown puts out its BrandZ 100 Most Valuable Brands. The data used for the list comes from consumer research and financial data on the companies. The research house…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) just posted earnings of $0.49 EPS after items, which was really $0.43 when accounting for a tax gain and it reported Revenues of $3.27 Billion, while First Call had…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is seeing some share punishment after-hours. The monthly mail rental DVD operation posted $0.21 EPS net EPS and $0.23 non-GAAP EPS on $326.2 million in revenues. First Call had estimates…
National City Corporation (NCC) Raising money and big dilution. Falls to $5.90 from 52-week high of $38.32. Pfizer (PFE) Concerns about big pharma results. Drifts off to $20.13. $27.73. Aladdin Knowledge Systems (ALDN) Bad…
After the close today, we’ll get to see earnings out of Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN). The estimates for the company from First Call are $0.43 EPS on $3.28 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
This week is going to be the key earnings reporting week for companies tied to aerospace and defense sector stocks. If there is one area that everyone is expecting to hold up, it is…
We have already seen some of the larger oil services companies report earnings between Monday and Friday, so far with little cheers today. On Tuesday, we’ll get to see earnings report from additional players…
Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN) reported first quarter losses of $68.8 million, or $0.51 EPS, wider than the $49.4 million in the first quarter of 2007. Losses are credited to a drop in sales in…
National City Corp. (NYSE: NCC) is a name we have been cautious on because of the trends we have seen in the "bank financing" rescue packages. The company has secured $7 billion in financing…
It turns out that people who have Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) packaged into their new cars are not anywhere near as likely to renew their service as people who go out and buy…
Oil field services biggies, Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford (NYSE:WFT), reported first quarter results before the market opened this morning. Halliburton reported EPS of $0.64 on revenue of $4.03 billion, and First Call had estimates…
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is making an investment through Motorola Ventures, which is its strategic venture capital arm. The company has decided to go after the virtualization field and has announced that it made…
Micron Technology, Inc. (NYSE: MU) has entered into a joint venture today with Nanya Technology Corporation. This new JV will be called MeiYa Technology Corporation. This is not an easy one to figure out…
Intel (INTC) may try to make a WiMax invasion of mainland China using Taiwan as its starting point. The big US chip company said it will put $500 million into building WiMax infrastructure in…
Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) has posted some ugly earnings this morning and it has announced a financing package. Jefferies posted a net loss of $60.5 million, or -$0.43 EPS on a 52% drop…