Anyone who wants to waste the money to take a sledge hammer and break apart a PC will likely find a Nvidia (NVDA) graphics chip in among the rubble.Yesterday, Nvidia warned it would miss…
According to Reuters, US stock indices entered a bear market phase. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are exploring media tie-ups with other internet companies.. Reuters reports that The Weather Channel may…
Most markets in Asia fell modestly. The Nikkei was off .2% to 13,265. Sony (SNE) was up .8% to 4600.Toyota (TM) was down .8% to 4900. The Hang Seng fell .6% to 21,567. China…
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) has just come out and issued an earnings warning over several issues. The graphics processor giant said that second quarter revenue and gross margin are expected to be lower than…
GM (GM) falls as issue of Chapter 11 is raised. Drops to $10 from 52-week high of $43.20. Circuit City (CC) drops as Blockbuster (BBI) withdraws bid. Plummets to $2.10 from 52-week high of…
OneBeacon Insurance Group (NYSE: OB) isn’t a household name. But today it filed for a $1 Billion mixed securities shelf registration. With a $1.67 Billion market cap, this may get attention even for a…
Most people think of Jerry Yang as the Chief Yahoo! over at Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). But there is another Jerry Yang role, and we aren’t talking about him living up to the branding…
The long-awaited $34.00 cash buyout of Getty Images, Inc. (NYSE: GYI) by Hellman & Friedman looks as though it is coming to an end. The company has issued a statement that today is the…
Standard & Poor’s (via its Ratings Services) has placed its corporate credit ratings on Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) on CreditWatch with negative implications. This pertains to the corporate ratings including the ‘BBB+’ long-term corporate…
Merrill Lynch has said what many people already believe. One of the large US car companies could go into bankruptcy. Merrill’s comments target GM (GM). The brokerage’s analysis is that the biggest US car…
Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) is seeing a surge in early trading ahead of a long weekend. The company realized that the buyout interest of wanting to own Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC) was…
Oppenheimer says that Merrill Lynch (MER) lost $5.8 billion in the second quarter. The analysis also says Merrill will cut is dividend. According to MarketWatch, Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney also slashed Merrill’s full-year estimate…
American Science and Engineering, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASEI) has announced this morning that the company has received a $55.1 million contract from the Abu Dhabi Customs. The Customs Administration at Abu Dhabi, the largest emirate…
Fiserv Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) has announced a rather interesting move, and interestingly enough all that will be accomplished on the surface is a direct shrinkage of the company. The company has announced that it…
These are not anywhere near all of the research upgrades & downgrades we are seeing, but here are ten of the impacting calls we have seen so far in early trading today: BJ’s Wholesale…
Energy Recovery, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERII) has priced its initial public offering of 14,000,000 shares of common stock at $8.50 per share, which was within the $7.00 to $9.00 range. Of these shares, 8,078,566 are…
Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) and Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) have extended their existing supply agreement through December 31, 2010, which was currently set to expire on May 1, 2009. Under the new…
ZONARE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. has filed for an initial public offering to sell up to $86.25 million as the nominal securities amount. The company has applied to take on the stock ticker of "ZONE"…
Liquidnet Holdings Inc. has filed for an initial public offering to sell up to $500 million as the nominal securities amount. This is going to be a somewhat more complicated IPO as the structure…
A company called Alimera Sciences, Inc. has filed for an initial public offering to sell up to $75 million as the nominal securities amount. The company noted that all shares will be sold by…