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Will The E.U. Save Dendreon If The U.S. Won’t? (DNDN)

Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ:DNDN) shares are trading up in early trading on a patent award, and that is after the fairly large gains yesterday.   Dendreon was granted a broad European patent covering what is still…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Clearwire Adding Google Apps (CLWR, GOOG)

Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) has announced that it is teaming up with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to deliver the Google Apps communication suite to Clearwire customers. Clearwire will begin migrating its current customers to Gmail…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Economic Numbers Could Have Been Worse (January 15, 2008)

The markets were bracing for some horrible news on the economic front, and while these numbers are all bad they are not quite as bad as some of the trader chatter was expecting yesterday.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

VMware, An Acquirer Again (VMW, EMC)

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is out with news that it is making another acquisition this morning.  The virtualization leader is acquiring desktop virtualization provider THINSTAL, which it calls a best of breed agentless application virtualization…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Reliance Power, India’s Largest IPO Gobbled Up

Indian billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power raised roughly $3 billion in the country’s largest initial public offering.  The IPO was fully subscribed today as investors continue to commit capital in this key component of…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Citigroup, The Baby & The Bathwater (C)

Citigroup (NYSE: C) has come out with its highly awaited earnings.  The numbers and comments are all slightly different than prior media reports indicated, and some are not quite as aggressive as we expected.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Europe Markets 1/15/2008 (BP)(SAP)(ALU)

Markets in Europe were lower at 6.20 AM. The FTSE fell 1.1% to 6,149. BP (BP) was down 1.9% to 585.5. The DAXX was off .6% to 7,682. SAP (SAP) was off 1% to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Merrill Lynch (MER) Lands $6.6 Billion

Merrill Lynch (MER) announed that it had improved its capital position by reaching agreements to issue $6.6 billion of mandatory convertible preferred stock in private placements to long-term investors, primarily from Korean Investment Corporation,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

The Return Of The Lay-Off Economy (GM)(S)(C)

The worst part of the recession cycle is beginning. News from several big sectors like retail, housing, and automotive has already turned bad. In the last two days, Sprint (S) and GM (GM) have…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

The Tyranny Of Earnings (C)(MER)(IBM)

After Citigroup (C) and Merrill Lynch (MER) have announced their earnings, Wall St. will probably see what it expected. The estimates for write-offs, lay-offs, and new capital infusions are already out there. Tech sector…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Macworld Means Little If Apple (AAPL) Earnings Are Light

Apple’s (AAPL) big annual product show, Macworld, is beginning. Usually Steve Jobs announces some important new set of products. MarketWatch writes that Jobs may introduce a "small, ultra-portable version of the MacBook laptop computer."…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Media Digest 1/15/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

According to Reuters, the National Retail Federation and its members are preparing for a slow year. Reuters writes that the FCC has cleared Google (GOOG) to bid in the upcoming auction of wireless spectrum.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Asia Markets 1/15/2008 (SNE)(SNP)(CHL)

Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off 1% to 13,973. KDDI was up 2.4% to 808000. NEC was down 2.4% to 441. Sony (SNE) was off 2.2% to 5910. The Hang Seng fell…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago