After the close of trading this Thursday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The estimates for the search engine super-giant from First Call are $4.52 EPS on $3.61 billion…
It is no surprise that Google’s (GOOG) search technology and its ability to marry advertising with search results is better than Yahoo!’s (YHOO). Otherwise Yahoo! would have Google’s market cap instead of the very…
For reasons that will escape even the most rigorous analysis, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) has elected to raise $6 billion through the sales of preferred shares. In the last quarter, the big bank had…
According to Reuters, the head of Samsung has been indicted for tax evasion. Reuters writes Ebay (EBAY) profits rose 22%, but the company was cautious about the rest of the year. Reuters reports that…
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei was up 1.9% to 13,398. Canon was up 5.1% to 4850. Sony (SNE) was up 4.3% to 4370. Toyota (TM) was up 2.7% to 5010. The…
The market was buoyed by Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) earnings. It should have been. Gross margins were good, Year-over-year results were fine. If there was any concern about the quarterly report is was the drop of…
On Thursday, we’ll get to see earnings out of TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD) and E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC). In fact, that will already mark the actual end of the discount brokerage…
Pfizer, Inc (NYSE: PFE) has signed an agreement with the much smaller AVANT Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ: AVAN). The two have announced an agreement where Pfizer will be granted an exclusive worldwide license to its CDX-110…
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) posted results after the close today. Its Q1 revenues surged to $1.26 billion and non-GAAP earnings was $522.1 million, or $0.54 EPS. First Call had estimates at $0.48 EPS…
Shares of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) are initially surging after earnings. Big Blue posted $1.65 EPS on $24.5 Billion in revenues, while estimates from First Call were $1.45 EPS on $23.71 billion…
Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) shares rallied modestly into the close, up 1.7% to $32.09. The company posted first quarter revenue of $2.19 billion, up $424 million from the same period last year. Revenue growth was…
Safeway (SWY) Food prices hurting retailing margins. Falls to $25.75 from 52-week high of $38.31. Northrop Grumman (NOC) Q1 charge still weighs on shares. Sell off to $69.48 from 52-week high of $85.21. Healthcare…
It was almost amazing that private equity funds never did go acquire many banks, despite the lending woes that came to pass. For some time there was value there before the logic and rationale…
After today’s close, we’ll get to see earnings out of Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD). The estimates for the biopharmaceutical company from First Call are $0.48 EPS on $1.22 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
After today’s close, we’ll get to see earnings out of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM). The estimates for Big Blue from First Call are $1.45 EPS on $23.71 billion in revenues. Next quarter…