After Huge IPO, Titan Goes Acquiring (TITN)
Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN) has been one of the best IPO’s since the end of 2007, and its ties to agriculture machinery are to thank. Recently, shares saw some pressure after it disclosed a…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Cell Genesys Scores $30 Million Premium Financing (CEGE)
Cell Genesys, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEGE) plans to offer 7.1 million shares of common stock and warrants at an equivalent of $4.22 per share with a single institutional investor, for an equity offering valued at…
NextWave Secondary Could Cap Recent Gains (WAVE)
NextWave Wireless (NASDAQ: WAVE) amended a shelf offering late on Friday by selling stockholders of 9,101,718 shares of common stock to be periodically sold in one or more offerings. This stock has seen a…
Apple (AAPL) iTunes To Channel HBO
Apple (AAPL) appears to have picked up a deal to deliver HBO programming though iTunes according to Portfolio. The new partnership will involve HBO, a unit of Time Warner (TWX) getting a better deal…
Charter Slides On Earnings (CHTR)
Charter Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) managed to post narrower losses for Q1 in 2008. The highly in debt cable company posted a net loss of $358 million, or -$0.97 EPS. This compares to last…
Nasdaq Short Interest: More Bets Against Sirius (SIRI) And Banks
The short interest in Sirius (SIRI) inflated by 30.9 million shares to 188.9 million. The figures compare April 30 to April 15 numbers. Investor are clearly willing to gamble against the company’s merger with…
Encana Splits the Company in Two (ECA, COP)
Encana Corporation (NYSE: ECA) has announced that it is splitting the company into two pieces. The plan calls for the company to create an integrated oil company from both upstream and downstream assets, and…
Despite Recent Gains, IMAX Short on Earnings (IMAX, DWA)
IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX) is one of the entertainment operations that has been trying to remedy its woes, and its shares at one point were up 100% and more from the 52-week low. This…
JA Solar Earnings Overshadowed By $300M Offering (JASO)
JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) came out with earnings this morning of $0.14 EPS vs. First Call estimates of $0.11 on a 234% rise in revenues to $160 million vs. estimates of…
Applied Materials Wins EU Solar Management Pact (AMAT)
Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) has announced a contract award for its SunFab Performance Service™ program which would guarantee the performance cost and output of the Applied SunFab™ Thin Film Line. This is for…
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AIG, BBW, CPST, LNG, CMC, DLTR, IMCL, PSUN, TDSC, TAL)
These are ten of the top analyst calls we are seeing this Monday morning: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Cut to Neutral from Buy at Goldman Sachs. Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) Cut to Neutral…
Sprint (S) Shows Its Weaknesses (GOOG)(CMCSA)(INTC)
Sprint (S) may be building the nation’s biggest broadband wireless network, but its core business is still in trouble. Is the company becoming so weak that its partner ship with Intel (INTC), Comcast (CMCSA),…
Apple (AAPL): The iPhone Goes To Asia
The Apple (AAPL) iPhone will soon be available in Asia. That will not include the pearl of all handset markets, China. but it does pick up potential sales elsewhere. According to Reuters, SingTel, Singapore’s…
RIM (RIMM) Tries To Keep A Market It Is Losing (AAPL)
Research In Motion (RIMM) has come out with a new version of its Blackberry called Bold. It incorporates many of the multimedia functions of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. To trump the Steve Jobs product,…
China: When Affording Food Gets Difficult
Inflation is still running like a brush fire inside China. Prices moved up 8.5% in April compared with the same month a year ago. The its a pittance compared to the rise in food…
AIG (AIG) And ILFC: Another Case For Financial Conglomerate Break-Ups
International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC), the big aircraft lending business owned by AIG (AIG) is being pulled down by the financial woes of its parent. It makes money, which AIG does not. Its business…
NYSE Short Invest Shows Split Bets On Financial Shares (BAC)(C)(ABK)(WB)(WM)(CFC)(F)(S)(T)(CC)
Not all financial shares are created equal, at least no according to short bets made on NYSE companies for the period ending. April 30 compared to numbers on April 15. Short interest in Washington…
Media Digest 5/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Cablevision (CVC) is close to buy newspaper Newsday Reuters writes that RIM (RIM) is releasing its Blackberry Bold, aimed at keeping its lead in the business market. Reuters writes that April…
Asia Market 5/12/2008 (DCM)
Markets in Asia were mixed with Hong Kong closed for a holiday. The Nikkei rose .6% to 13,743. KDDI rose 2.3% to 665000. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.8% to 152000. The Shanghai Composite moved up…
A Requiem For Ethanol (ADM)(AVR)(VSE)
Very few people drive down the miles-long highways and dirt roads in the middle of the country to see combines cut grain and fertilizer trucks spread chemicals. The picture is not monochromatic, at least…