Sun (JAVA) turned in better-than-expected preliminary earnings, but they were poor nonetheless. Wall St. staged a relief rally. Shares moved up from a close of $8.80 to $9.57 after hours. Sun expects to report…
Gatehouse Media (GHS) Newspaper company down again. Falls to $1 from $19. Merrill Lynch (MER) More write-off fears. Sells off to $23.64 from 52-week high of $89.23. Citigroup (C) Bad Q2 on the way.…
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) just saw a rather large surge in volume as per our report at Volume Spike (VSInvestor.com). We saw a surge in trading and price based upon a CNBC report from…
Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) has announced that Erin Callan will be joining the bank as a Managing Director and Head of its Global Hedge Fund Business in a newly created position based in…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is set to report earnings after the close today, and this report is likely to influence everything around chips, processors, computers, and almost anything tech-related. The chip and processor giant’s…
UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) has a filing today showing that based on action of July 10 the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd. effectively now holds a 7.9% stake in the company. The…
If you have been worried about inflation and the price of things such as metals, energy, food, and more, Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) may have some hopes for you. In fact, if you have…
A venti cappuccino costs $4.85 at a New York City Starbucks (SBUX). There may be some tax on that. Starbucks trades at $13.57, so it still has a value well above the cost of…
The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) has announced that it will form a partnership with Windland Energieerzeugungs GmbH to complete the development and construction of Meerwind. This is billed as one of the North Sea’s…
With energy prices on a seemingly never-ending upward trend, it makes sense to hedge against future price increases in any available manner. Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE:ABX) proposed to do just that by offering C$6.00/share…
Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL) has filed a mixed securities open shelf registration to allow it to raise capital in the near future if it desires. The company has listed that it may sell…
GM’s (GM) problem is that there is no "correct" size for its North American operations. While it is in fine shape overseas, especially in Latin America, Russia, and China, there is no way for…
Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESLR) has signed a new long-term sales contract of roughly $1.2 Billion with IBC SOLAR AG in Germany. This contract runs through 2013 and brings Evergreen’s total contractual backlog to…
These are some of the top upgrades or positive analyst calls we have seen this Tuesday morning in early pre-market trading hours: eHealth (NASDAQ: EHTH) Raised to Perform from Underperform at Oppenheimer. F5 Networks…
Robert Noyce, the creator of the big idea that became Intel (INTC), died in 1990 when he was 62. He never saw the company make it to the big time, since the stock was…
These are some of the top downgrades or negative analyst calls we have seen this Tuesday morning in early pre-market trading hours: AIG (NYSE: AIG) Cut to Market Perform from Outperform at Wachovia. ASMI…
Statistics for June visitors and pageviews at financial websites showed Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance and AOL Money (TWX) well ahead of competitors based on comScore data. Yahoo! had 17.538 million unique visitors followed by AOL…
Inflation in the UK hit an annual rate of 3.8% and the price of the equivalent of a gallong of gas hit $8.50. According to the AP, "Inflation in Britain hit a higher-than-expected 3.8…
Lehman (LEH) may find that the best way out of the painful drop in its stock is to go private. If the investment house is right and Wall St.’s perception of it is too…
Yesterday, a number of bank and mortgage company stocks began the day up sharply, with Fannie Mae (FNM), Freddie Mac (FRE), and Lehman (LEH) out in front. By the end of the day, most…