GE Makes a Health Care Acquisition (GE, VITL)
Vital Signs Inc. (NASDAQ: VITL) is going to gap way up this morning. The company is being acquired by General Electric Co. for $860 million in cash, which comes to $74.50 per share. Vital…
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (APD, C, HBAN, MEOH, WFR, PPDI, SANM, SPG, WBS)
These are some of the top pre-market analyst Upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning: Air Products (APD) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Citigroup (C’) raised to Equal Weight at Morgan…
Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ADP, T, BA, CTL, CMG, CTXS, COST, MCD, SWIR, TCB, TJX)
These are some of the top pre-market analyst Downgrades and negative calls we are seeing this Thursday Morning: Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley. AT&T (T) Cut to Neutral…
Ford (F): All The Good News Overseas
The headlines about Ford’s (F) second quarter will all be about its $7.8 billion loss. Most of that red ink is for asset impairments and does not directly address how the core operating businesses…
Oil In The Land Of The Arora Borealis
After four years of poking around in the Arctic Circle, the U.S. Geological Survey found that about 20% of the world’s untapped oil is there beneath the ice. Of course, that ice is melting…
The Biggest IP Battle On Earth Reaches A Truce (QCOM)(NOK)
Wall St. cannot underestimate the extent to which the intellectual property battle between Nokia (NOK) and Qualcomm (QCOM) has created a log-jam that has held back advances in the world of the wireless internet.…
Microsoft’s (MSFT) Internet Gladiator Leaves The Arena As The Company Fights On
At most companies, if the head of a major division which has been under pressure leaves the firm, it is considered bad news. Microsoft (MSFT) is probably an exception.
The Fed “Beige Book”: Bedtime Reading For The Demented And Depressed
The Federal Reserve’s most recent "beige book" is enough to frighten even the hearty and the brave. It may be one of the most pessimistic assessments of the economy to come out since the…
Media Digest 7/24/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Amazon (AMZN) earnings beat Wall St. forecasts. Reuters reports that Ford (F) wil keep its small pick-up plant open for two years.
Asia Markets 5/24/2008 (LFC)(CN)(HMC)
Markets in Asia were mostly higher The Nikkei rose 2.1% to 13,603. Honda (HMC) rose 3.8% to 3840. KDDI rose 5.6% to 619000. The Hang Seng rose .8% to 23,326. China Life (LFC) rose…
Qualcomm Earnings Partly Immaterial As It Settles Nokia Suit (QCOM, NOK)
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) did come out with earnings after all, albeit quite late (very late if you’ve been here since 5:30 AM). The company posted non-GAAP EPS of $0.55 on revenues of $2.76…
Cramer Gets Behind General Electric (GE)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer came out talking up the aspects of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE). Cramer discussed how it is winning in financial services while others are failing, noted…
MEMC Meets Friday the 13th, Literally (WFR)
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is a company that just can’t seem to get its act together. The stock is being crushed after its earnings report. It appears that the company "encountered unanticipated…
Baidu.com Soars (BIDU)
Baidu.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU) just posted its quarterly earnings report, and our conversions are into US Dollars rather than Chinese RMB. The Chinese internet search giant said operating income rose about 86% and showed…
Qualcomm (QCOM): Earnings Delayed, But Stock Rallies
The afternoon did not start well for Qualcomm (QCOM) The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that the company’s GSM patent asserted in a case against the world’s top cellphone maker, Nokia (NOK),…
Amazon.com Delivers, Wall Street Wanted More Ahead (AMZN)
Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) ar responding favorably to its earnings announcement. The internet retail giant posted $0.37 EPS and $4.06 Billion in revenues versus estimates of $0.26 non-GAAP EPS on $3.96 Billion. …
The 52-Week Low Club 7/23/2008 (MIR)(CVG)(ADTC)(FORM)
Mirant (MIR) Downgrade from Lehman Brothers. Falls off to $30.90 from 52-week high of $44.61. Convergy (CVG) Good profits, but cuts forecast. Sells down to $12.69 from 52-week high of $24.30. A D C…
Genentech & Roche Merger Coming Under More Fire (DNA)
Genentech Inc. (NYSE: DNA) is running into some issues over the merger with Roche at $89.00 per share. Wall Street DOES expect this merger to close with Genentech becoming a subsidiary again rather than…
Bank of America Jams on Buyback and Dividend (BAC)
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) just made key announcements regarding the dividend and the share buyback plans. It has just announced that it declared a regular quarterly dividend on common stock of $0.64…
Will Bezos Get Last Laugh on Amazon.com Earnings? (AMZN)
After the close of trading today we’ll get earnings out of Amazon.com Inc.(NASDAQ: AMZN). The internet retail giant’s estimates from First Call are $0.26 non-GAAP EPS on $3.96 Billion. Estimates for next quarter are…