These are some of the top analyst calls we are seeing in pre-market trading this Friday morning: Avanex (AVNXD) Cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford. Burger King (BKC) Cut to Neutral at UBS.…
It is fairly thin in analyst coverage today, but these are some of the Friday morning analyst calls we are seeing before the open: Amedisys (AMED) Started as Outperform at Baird. Concur Tech (CNQR)…
The AP announced its list of the top 10 paid CEOs for 2007. The figures were based on "AP’s compensation formula, which adds up salary, perks, bonuses, above-market interest on pay set aside for…
Citigroup (C) cut is earnings estimates for Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Lehman (LEH). Today, Bank of America (BAC) cuts its earnings targets for Goldman and Morgan Stanley. Sanford Bernstein and Oppenheimer…
It looks like Google (GOOG) will strike a deal to be the default search feature on all of Verizon’s (VZ) cellular handsets. Since the phone company has about 70 million subscribers, the win is…
The collapse in the shares of Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) was arrested yesterday. At one point, both stocks were up and Fannie Mae ended the day in the plus column. It…
Boeing (BA) was able to get the government to re-open the bidding for the Air Force’s new tanker. In the original round of competition, Boeing was bested by the team of Northrup Grumman (NOC)…
According to Reuters, Warren Buffett and the head of Blackstone (BX) called for a solution to the govenment’s growing debt load and reliance of foreign investors to finance US borrowing. Reuters reports that Korean…
Gap’s (GPS) earnings got a bit better, but the company is still coming apart at the seams. In the latest quarter, Gap revenue fell from $3.69 billion to $3.5 billion. Comparable store sales were…
Zumiez Inc. (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) was halted pending news into earnings. The snowboarding (as well as skateboarding, BMX, and action sports) apparel and outdoor wear retail and apparel company posted $0.09 EPS on $92.3 million…
Spectrum Brands (SPC) No big news. Still falling after posting loss. Down to $1.67 from 52-week high of $6.20. Prologis (PLD) Company recently increased presence in Mexico, but no other news. Drifts off to…
Speculation has begun that the shares in Lehman (LEH) are so cheap that the brokerage might become the target of a hostile takeover. Not likely. Dick Bove of Ladenburg Thalmann has begun a "rumor"…
Motorola’s (MOT) plan to spin-off its handset unit was set back further by the news that its domestic market share fell to 21% in the second quarter compared to 32% for the same period…
It looks like we are about to get a new frontier markets investment vehicle for investors to invest in "emerging-emerging markets" or "pre-emerging markets" depending on which you prefer for a reference. The Morgan…
In the past 52-weeks, the stock price of five large coal companies has risen anywhere from 50% to nearly 250%. But that’s still between 27% and 42% below annual highs that the companies reached…
VSInvestor has several volume and price alerts for early today. Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are off again on higher-than-normal volume. Several airline stocks, with United (UAUA) out in front, are selling…
We have seen a secondary offering now priced out of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA). The company sold 10,714,284 shares of common stock at a price of $14.00 per share to raise some $150 million…
The latest jobless numbers are as complex as Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Leaving aside the fact that the govenment appears unable to turn out economic figures which are of any use to the press…
Today marks the break-up for IAC/Interactive, which trades asunder the IACI and IACID tickers after the August 11, 2008 record date. IAC/Interactive is going to begin trading on a post-split basis to reflect the…
JDS Uniphase (JDSU) announced it business fell to pieces in the last quarter. On a non-GAAP basis, the company said it would have earned $15.5 million, or 7 cents per share. Revenue grew to…