AMD (AMD): Still Too Far Behind
AMD (AMD) is about to launch it new chip for laptops. It will be helpful to consumers who want extra-special graphics and should help save battery power. AMD’s share of the laptop market is…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Apple (AAPL): The iPhone Launches In Japan
Apple (AAPL) still has not penetrated on of the world’s largest cellphone markets–Japan. Now that is changing as one of the largest cellular carriers there, Softbank, will begin to market the phone. The move…
Media Digest 6/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, domestic car sales took a huge dip in May. Reuters writes that UAL (UAUA) will announce more job cuts and rate cuts. Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has set July 1…
Asia Markets 6/4/2008 (HMC)(TM)(LFC)
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 14,436. Honda (HMC) rose 8.6% to 3790. Nissan rose 5.3% to 974. Toyota (TM) rose 3.2% to 5,570. The Hang Seng was flat. China…
S&P Boots AMBAC (ABK, LO, CG, LTR)
After the close of trading today, Standard & Poor’s announced that it is booting Ambac Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: ABK) out of the S&P 500 Index. The company’s size has gotten too small to…
The 52-Week Low Club (PFE)(RF)(EK)(JAVA)(WB)
Wachovia (WB) Sacking of CEO is still driving away shareholders. Down to $21.04 from 52-week high of $54.54. Sun Microsystems (JAVA) sells off on concerns that the company’s bad forecasts could get worse. Down…
A Viking Funeral For Sun Microsystems (JAVA)
Sun Microsystems (JAVA) hit a new 52-week low of $12.32. The market has believed for some time that the server company will have a poor year with relatively flat revenue and little or no…
GM (GM) Sales Go To Hell
GM (GM) reported a 28% drop in May domestic sales to 268,892 cars and trucks from 371,056 a year ago. Cars dropped 14% while trucks fell 37%. GM blamed strikes, including the three-month break…
Stevia One Step Closer To Food & Beverage Market (KO, PEP)
If you have been a "diet" or zero calorie soft drink beverage drinker or have used artificial sweeteners on foods, there has always been the issue of "what are you putting into your body?". …
MarketAxess Scores on Cap Raise (MKTX)
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTX) has raised some $35 million from Technology Crossover Ventures. The financing involves the sale of preferred stock and warrants at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, which is…
Boston Scientific Keeps CEO Tobin But Dumps COO (BSX)
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) is making a move which may be a questionable one if you have followed this stock for a while. The company said that President and CEO Jim Tobin will…
Small Businesses Hit By Credit Environment
The Small Business Administration’s most popular small-business loan is down 19 percent nationally in volume from the same time a year ago, based on agency data. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The reason…
Sherwin-Williams, Too Poor to Paint (SHW)
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) is under trading pressure this morning based on an earnings warning the company issued in pre-market hours. The paint and coatings company cited lower sales, housing woes, and of course…
SuccessFactors Secondary Greatly Increases Float (SFSF)
SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF) is exiting that 180-day lock-up period, and the company is going to sell shares along with shareholders according to the SEC FILING. The company filed to sell 7,540,612 shares of…
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ANF, ASTI, ASMI, NILE, CHU, CSX, DPS, LLTC, QCOM, WOOF )
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Tuesday morning in pre-market trading: Abercrombie (NYSE: ANF) cut to Market Perform at FBR. Ascent Solar (NASDAQ: ASTI) started as Neutral at…
The Newspapers: Rating The Top 25 Newspaper Websites
The struggle for large daily metropolitan newspapers to stay profitable and survive is based on the race between the drop in their print advertising and the improvement of their online sales. Newspaper industry costs…
Microsoft (MSFT) And HP (HPQ) Gang Up On Google (GOOG)
Microsoft (MSFT) has cut a deal with HP (HPQ) to put its Live Search into the internet tool bar which ships on the hardware companies PCs in the US and Canada. Redmond is, in…
US Government: $100 Plus Oil Forever
The experts in the US government have finally come around to the reality that oil prices are not going to drop. And, they could stay high for a very, very long time. "You’ve got…
Lehman (LEH): Another Financial CEO In Trouble (C)(MER)(WB)
After indicating that the worst was behind it, Lehman (LEH) may have to raise another $3.4 billion. That would be an indication that the brokerage will lose much more than expected in the second…
Yahoo! (YHOO): The Enemy Of My Friend Is My Enemy? (MSFT)(GOOG)
“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”–Noel Coward When Yahoo! (YHOO) tried to run away from a buy-out offer from Microsoft (MSFT), it sought comfort…