AMD (AMD) shares are trading up as much as 4%. NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says he is investigating possible violations of state and federal antitrust laws by Intel Corp (INTC), according to The…
Akamai (AKAM) shares quickly turned South this morning and moved down over 9% on heavy volume. The stock has touched $25.97 today, a 52-week low. Douglas A. McIntyre
Shares of Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI) are trading up over 8% in early Thursday trading. The maker of keyboards, mouses, PC-cams, microphones, and all other computer peripherals is trading up on market chatter and speculation…
NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR), formerly known as National Cash Register, is managing to raise earning per share targets. While there are always companies that do well and while some companies outperform during an economic…
The news about the demise of newspapers is now at least two years old. Each month newspaper chains put out their advertising numbers and each month they are worse. The only real question about…
If it has been said once, it has been said a thousand times. Microsoft (MSFT) would like to buy Yahoo! (YHOO) to challenge the online search and web presence of Google (GOOG). The latest…
Goldman Sachs has lowered estimates on many financial services players this morning: AllianceBernstein (AB) (buy); AMBAC Financial (ABK) (neutral); Blackrock (BLK) (buy); Calamos Asset Mgmt. (CLMS) (neutral); CME Group (CME) (buy); Franklin Resources (BEN)…
It is easy to look at Tata’s (TTM) new mini-car, which will sell for $2,500 in India, and laugh. It is smaller than the Honda (HMC) Civics which came into the US in the…
These aren’t the only analyst calls moving stocks this morning, but these are the ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: Allied Waste (AW) downgraded to Neutral at JPMorgan. Camden Property (CPT) downgraded to Peer…
Wal-Mart (WMT) same-store sales rose 2.4% for the five weeks ending on January 4. Revenue at the big retailer was up 8.4% for the period to $46.6 billion. International sales moved higher by 18.2%…
CostCo (COST) moved against the trend of weak consumer retail sales in December. Same-store sales rose 7 percent, boosted by higher U.S. gas prices at home and the weak dollar at its international stores.…
Blackstone and GSO Capital Partners LP have agreed in principle on terms under which Blackstone will acquire GSO. GSO is an alternative asset manager specializing in the leveraged finance marketplace, with approximately $10 billion…
Markets in Europe were mixed at 6.25 AM New York time. The FTSE was off a fraction to 6,271. Barclays (BCS) was up 1.1% to 464. BHP Billiton (BHP) was up 1.5% to 1532.…
Toyota (TM) says that it sold 9.37 million vehicles in 2007, up 6% from the year before. According to the AP, GM (GM) has not issued numbers for last year, but they should be…
Bear Stearns (BSC) held preliminary talks with Fortress Investments, a listed alternative asset management firm, regarding a possible combination in the weeks before Jimmy Cayne stepped down as chief executive, according to the FT.…