Nintendo To Push Envelop In Video Games (SNE)(MSFT)
It is not enough that Nintendo’s Wii outsells the Sony (NYSE: SNE) PS3 and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 in almost every market, every month. Nintendo its launching a new product in the US,…
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Newest first · Page 366Airline Pilots Go After Northwest (NWA) Merger With Delta (DAL)
The pilots fly the planes and it looks like they also set the course for big airline mergers as well. A combination of Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) and Delta (NYSE: DAL) is being held…
Media Digest 2/20/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, ING took a Q4 impairment at the low end of expectations. Reuters writes that KKR Financial Holdings has delayed debt payments on loans backed by mortgge-related securities. Reuters writes that News…
Asia Markets 2/20/2008 (DCM)(LFC)(CHU)(TM)
Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off 3.3% to 13,310. Docomo (DCM) was off 4.6% to 165000. Sharp was off 5.6% to 1955. Toyota (TM) was off 3.5% to 6090. The Shanghai Composite…
Texas Roadhouse, Barbecue Fans Staying Home (TXRH)
Texas Roadhouse(NASDAQ: TXRH) just proved the risks of owning a stock that is only a one restaurant chain pure-play. The company posted earnings at $0.10 EPS versus a $0.11 First Call consensus estimate. Its…
Crocs Earnings Reaction Uglier Than Its Shoes (CROX)
Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) has posted its fourth Quarter revenues rose more than 99% to $224.8 Million while its diluted EPS rose more than 73% to $0.45. First Call had estimates at $207.6 million…
H-P Keeps Exceeding Targets (HPQ, DELL)
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) posted non-GAAP EPS of $0.86 on $28.47 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates pegged at $0.81 EPS on $27.6 Billion. H-P also put next quarter at $0.83 to $0.84 EPS…
The 52-Week Low Club (VZ)(IAR)(MS)(BX)(UBS)
Verizon (VZ) Bad news on broadband set-top delays and price cutting for cellular service. Falls to $35.37 from 52-week high of $46.24. Idearc (IAR) New CEO appointed after weak earnings. Not much of a…
ETF Launch: SPDR S&P International Dividend ETF
State Street Corp (NYSE: STT) has announced that its investment management arm State Street Global Advisors has launched the SPDR® S&P® International Dividend ETF (AMEX: DWX) and it began trading today. The SPDR S&P…
Whitman & Third Avenue Value Fish In Financial Insurers, REITs, Land (ABK, ACGL, LM, MBI, JOE, TPGI, TGIC, USG, VNO)
If there is one seer and age-old timeless veteran in value investing, it is M.J. Whitman. His Third Avenue Management, LLC has filed its 13F with the SEC and it shows he is still…
Gap Loses OLD NAVY Skipper…. It Should Spin This Dog Off (GPS)
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) is losing its President of its Old Navy brand. Dawn Robertson, 52, is leaving Gap effective immediately, and Tom Wyatt of the Gap Outlet division will become acting president while…
Hewlett-Packard’s Chart May Outweigh Earnings News (HPQ, DELL)
After today’s close, we get to see earnings out of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). We gave a full earnings preview over the weekend but we have some updates for the options and the chart. Tech…
BlackRock Denies Any CDO Issues (BLK)
BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is one of the more well thought of asset managers out there. It typically doesn’t have to respond to market rumors, but there were rumors abound that BlackRock was hiding…
MMI Pushes Another (UIS, BCO)
Shares of Unisys Corp. (NYSE: UIS) are trading up 8% today after capitulating to activist investor MMI Investments, LLP, which is one of the largest shareholders of Unisys. Unisys has delayed its annual meeting…
Goldman Sachs Sees Gold in Offshore Drillers (DO, PDE, RIG)
Goldman Sachs has said enough is enough in oil drillers. The firm is suggesting that investors take advantage of recent weakness seen in the offshore oil drillers. Its two Buy-rated picks in the call…