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Year: 2008

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Morning’s Rumor: Microsoft (MSFT) To Buy Logitech

Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker Logitech International rose over 12% in Europe on rumors that Microsoft (MSFT) might the company, according to Reuters. What would Bill Gates want with a bunch of mice?…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Big Car Companies: A Passage To India (F)(TTM)

Now that most large global car companies have staked out positions in China, the rush in on to get market share in India. It is no wonder. The infrastructure of large roads is still…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Capital One (COF): The Consumer Goes To The Mattresses

The consumer is bled dry. That is the message from an earnings warning at Capital One (COF). Mortgage lending was getting bad, but the latest news is that auto and credit card lending are…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Media Digest 1/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

According to Reuters, Capital One has warned that it will have lower than expected earnings. Reuters reports that Goldman Sachs (GS) sees a recession this year. Reuters reports that Tata (TTM) has launched its…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Alcoa’s (AA) Good Start

Alcoa (AA) kicked off the earnings season and was rewarded with shares trading up over 3% after hours. Revenues for 2007 were $30.7 billion, compared to $30.4 billion in 2006. Annual income from continuing…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

The 52-Week Low Club (CFC)(F)(YHOO)(AMD)(Q)

Qwest (Q) Concerns on telecom growth after AT&T (T) discloses slowing business. Drops to $5.46 from 52-week high of $10.45. Yahoo! (YHOO) Online ad revenue could be slowing. Falls to $21.37 from 52-week high…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Fox Business: Close The Network, Keep The Website

Fox Business Network (NWS) posted embarrassing numbers when Nielsen reported the channel had only 6,300 viewers at any given time on weekdays. For a two month period beginning October 15, rival CNBC (GE) had…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Dow Jones Online: WSJ.com Is Small Piece (NWS)

There has been a good deal of debate over whether WSJ.com, now a paid subscription website, will become free to all visitors. The nearly $80 million in subscription revenue would have to be replaced…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

December Financial Websites: AOL Moves Ahead Of Yahoo! (YHOO)

Based on numbers from comScore, AOL Money, part of Time Warner (TWX) moved ahead of Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance in both unique visitors and total visits. AOL Money had 13.466 million unique visitors and 79.801…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

An Open Letter To Frank Clegg, AMD (AMD) Board Member

Mr. Clegg, As a member of the AMD (AMD) board, you know how deeply disappointed the market is with the performance of the company’s CEO Hector Ruiz. AMD shares hit another 52-week low today…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Yahoo! (YHOO) Falls To 52-Week Low

Perhaps it was the figures out of Hitwise showing that Yahoo! (YHOO) is still losing search market share to Google (GOOG). Or, maybe fears that a recession will undercut internet ad grow. Yahoo! (YHOO)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

MBIA (MBI) Cuts Dividend, Fights For Survival

MBIA (MBIA) will cut its divdend to $.13 from $.34 and go to the capital markets for cash. As part of its plan to raise capital to meet or exceed the rating agencies’ Triple-A…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago