Hasbro vs. Mattel: Earnings From The Toy Giants (HAS, MAT)
We have seen earnings this morning from toy giants Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) and Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT). One is a relative winner, while one is not.
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Newest first · Page 87Day Trader Alert: Syneron medical (ELOS)
Syneron Medical Ltd. (ELOS) is generally a thin volume stock, although it may see more active trading as the opening bell gets closer. Shares are indicated lower on an earnings warning. It sees $0.11…
Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (APC, APA, AMAT, BBY, BP, CVX, CSCO, COP, XOM, KFT, NBL, SYMC, VLO)
These are some of the top analyst pre-market upgrades we are seeing early this Monday morning: Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Apache (APA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. Applied Material (AMAT)…
Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (CENT, HELE, INTC, LBY, MET, MNST, POZN, PRU)
These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing early this Monday morning: Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies. Helen of Troy (HELE) Cut to Hold at Jefferies.…
Low On Cash For Chrysler Merger, GM (GM) Can Turn To Fed
There is an arcane rule in the Federal Reserve charter that allows it to provide funding to organizations outside the banking system. It is buried under dust and cob webs somewhere in the basement…
Bank Accounting: Moving The Goal Posts
How often do companies get to defy the rules of GAAP? The answer is almost never. Accountants defend it like they would the Holy Grail, if they could find it. GAAP is, to a…
As Display Advertising Spreads, Problem Goes Beyond Yahoo! (YHOO)
Almost every man, woman, and child in America knows that Yahoo! (YHOO) is going to have to cut costs. There has been evidence for sometime that internet display advertising, which has been growing at…
Circuit City (CC): A Chapter 11 Or Just Massive Cuts?
The Wall Street Journal reports that Circuit City (CC) is finally addressing just how desperate its situation is. The company is reportedly considering a plan to close 150 stores and slash jobs in an…
China: When 9% GDP Growth Is A Recession
China’s big stock index, the Shanghai Composite, has fallen from a 52-week high of over 6,000 to 1,974. Idiot math would say that is equivalent to the DJIA trading at 4,600. That may be…
Media Digest 10/20/2008
According to Reuters, a number of retailers are cutting back holiday hiring as they anticipate lower sales. Reuters reports that GM’s (GM) interest in Chrysler’s cash is helping move a merger forward. Reuters reports…
Asia Markets And Europe Open 10/20/2008
Markets in Asia were sharply higher. The Nikkei rose 3.6% to 9,006. The Hang Seng was up 5.7% to 15,385. The Shanghai Composite was up 2.3% to 1,974. In Europe, the FTSE opened up…
As Car Industry Fails, Detroit Class Warfare Loses It Power
Founded during The Great Depression, the UAW is now more than seventy years old. Henry Ford once supposedly said that the union would organize Ford (F) workers over his dead body. Ford is gone…
A Theory That Wells Fargo (WFC) Numbers Are Bogus (C)(JPM)(BAC)
Analysts often as about "earnings quality". How accurate are quarterly numbers? Are they being "managed" to make a company’s fortunes appear better than they actually are? The question has come up in relationship to…
Cox Wants More Disclosure On Credit Default Swaps, Which He Should Have Asked For Years Ago
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox may go down in history as the worst person to ever run his agency. He has been flat-footed and tardy on almost every critical action that the SEC could have…
Ten Percent Of $700 Billion Bailout Could Go To Bonuses (GS)(C)(MS)
No matter how badly the economy is doing and what shareholders in American financial firms have lost, it would be a shame to see investment bankers go without their bonuses. According to The London…