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Qualcomm (QCOM): Everything That Can Go Wrong, Does Go Wrong

Thomson Reuters estimates for CDMA giant Qualcomm (QCOM) were for $0.60 EPS and $2.86 billion in revenue.  Reported revenue was $3.33 billion, up 45 percent year-over-year. Reported net income was $878 million, down 22…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

The 52-Week Low Club (VCI)(SVR)(MDR)(ANN)(CRL)(GT)(NOBL)(THQI)

Valassis Communications (VCI) Q3 loss and outlook cut. Plunges to $1.78 from 52-week high of $16.80. Syniverse (SVR) Baird downgrades shares. Falls to $9.79 from 52-week high of $22.93. McDermott International (MDR) Lower profit.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Express Scripts’ PR Nightmare (ESRX)

Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) is about to have one massive PR nightmare in its hands.  The pharmacy benefit management manager announced that it has received a letter from an unknown person or persons trying…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

SIRIUS Focus Issues: Guidance or Refinancing? (SIRI)

Making calls on financial guidance and modeling for the future right now beyond a quarter is no longer an art which is easily mastered by many.  It is now guesswork or financial alchemy.  So…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Pepco Sells Shares Near Bottom (POM)

Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM) is doing fairly well considering the company raised more than $200 through a secondary offering priced at $16.50 per share for 14 million shares.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Will the Wii Rescue Mad Catz? (MCZ, NTDOY)

Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX: MCZ) has been a dismal video game-related stock which never really get off of the ground.  Its annual sales have also not shown any growth even when the sector…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

24/7 Wall St. Day Trading Alerts (LVLT)(NOBL)(LVS)(HOTT)

Level 3 (LVLT) got hit by concerns about raising cash. It shares collapsed back toward $1 on heavy volume. Detail… Noble (NOBL) released terrible numbers to the market late yesterday. It paid for that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Refiners Getting Well, But For How Long? (SUN, WNR)

Crude oil refiners Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) and Western Refining (NYSE:WNR) reported earnings this morning before the market opened.  Sunoco posted diluted EPS of $4.70 on revenues $16.109 billion. Western reported diluted EPS of $1.61 on…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Apple (AAPL) iPhone Beats All In Customer Satisfaction

The king of customer satisfaction surveys, JP Power, has anointed the Apple (AAPL) iPhone as the best smartphone on the market. Apple ranks highest in overall smartphone customer satisfaction with a score of 778…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

IMF Global Economic Outlook: Thanks For Nothing

The people at the International Monetary Fund say that the world economy will be in a recession in 2009, making them the last group on earth to acknowledge it. "World growth is projected to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Water Profits Rise on Higher Rates (AWK, WTR)

After the market closed yesterday, American Water Works (NYSE:AWK) reported third quarter EPS of $0.55 on revenues of $672 million. EPS was right on expectations, but revenues fell short by about 12%. The floods…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

CVR Energy: Refining Down, Fertilizer Up (CVI)

Before the market opened this morning, CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI) released is third quarter earnings. EPS reached $1.16 and revenues totaled $1.58 billion. Analysts expected EPS of $0.75 on revenues of $1.04 billion, so CVR…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago

Jobless Figures, Ominous For Tomorrow’s Unemployment

We have just seen the figure for weekly jobless claims, and it is an ugly prelude to tomorrow’s unemployment and non-farm payroll data.  The good news is that worker productivity came in better than…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 18 years ago