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…
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…
Below is a snapshot of the key pre-market news that we are focusing on for early pre-market trading this Tuesday: Apple (AAPL) has its Macworld today. CECO Environmental (CECE) announced 14 new orders received…
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.…
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…
These are not the only impact analyst calls this morning, but these are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) downgraded to SELL from Hold at Citigroup. Amylin Pharma…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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."…
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.…
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…