Are PC Sales Slowing Down? (AAPL, HPQ, DELL)
The hopes in 2007 were that the upgrade cycle in PC’s was going to last in 2008 and into 2009 and beyond. After all, only a fraction of PC’s in the U.S. and around…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Biotech Busine$$ Daily (ACOR, CERS, DNDN, STEM, TCM)
Biotechs always have some news movers regardless of which direction the markets are headed. Here are some of the top movers in biotech today, although we would note that many of the largest market…
It’s Time For Micron To Consider More Options (MU)
As Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE: MU) has briefly breached its 52-week low again today, this company needs some serious pressure put on it. The DRAM giant briefly saw its share price hit $5.43 today,…
Other EMS Stocks Holding Up Better Than Jabil (JBL, BHE, CLS, FLEX, PLXS, SANM)
Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) is one of the big losers today as sharesa are down and out due to missed earnings and forecasts. This is a new 52-week low. The electonic manufacturing services…
Enterprise Companies At Mercy Of Oracle Earnings (ORCL, MSFT, SAP, CSCO)
After today’s close we’ll get to see earnings out of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL). The estimates for the enterprise software company from First Call are $0.30 EPS on $5.42 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
Wall St. Spits On Motorola (MOT) Break-Up
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) announced this morning that it would break itself into two companies. By sometime next year the handset division will be pulled away from the mobility and enterprise divisions. The stock is…
The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs
There is no way to accurately put a value on blogs and blogging companies. All are privately-held and, as is true with many content businesses, the value of the company is based on what…
Platinum’s Buyout of Covad Set To Close (DVW)
As we have been expecting, Covad Communications Group Inc., (AMEX:DVW) announced that it has obtained all of the required regulatory approvals for it to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity firm Platinum…
Take-Two to EA: Pay Up or Watch ‘Grand Theft Auto 4’ Go Gangbusters (ERTS, TTWO)
If you have ever seen a video game company go on the defensive in staying independent or by demanding much more money, you are seeing it over at Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).…
Did Oppenheimer Bank Cuts Signal The Bottom Is Near? (C, BAC, WB, JPM)
Oppenheimer’s Meredith Whitney is currently the most followed bank and financial firm analysts on Wall Street. We don’t normally like to review analyst calls that are not fresh calls from the same day, but…
Motorola (MOT) To Break Company In Two
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today announced that it would break itself into two pieces. The move is an acknowledgment that it cannot sell its money-losing handset business and that the unit may be worth very,…
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AYR, ARST, GLS, HCBK, JRN, MAKO, PFCB, TLM, WAT, WW)
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Wednesday morning: Aircastle (NYSE: AYR) Downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan. ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) started as…
RIM (RIMM) Carves Up Apple (AAPL)
Over the last three months, shares in Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) are down less than 5%. Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) are off over 30%. There have been some concerns about the sale of iPods,…
Europe Markets 3/26/2008 (SI)(FTE)
Markets in Europe were slightly lower at 6.35 AM The FTSE was off .3% to 5,673. Lonmin was up 2.6% to 3104. Kingfisher was up 3.4% to 138.4. The DAXX was down .2% to…
More Problems With Heparin, More Problems For Baxter (BAX)?
Baxter (NYSE: BAX) is probably retaining more lawyers. So far nineteen people have died from tainted Heparin, a blood-thinner. BAX is one of the largest marketers of the drug. According to The Wall Street…
Can Nokia (NOK) Rescue Handset Market
When the global handset market goes South a number of companies get bombed. The worst goes to the handset companies themselves. That is not good news for Motorola (NYSE: MOT). Chip companies also get…
Financial Write-Downs May Just Be Starting (C)(BSC)(JPM)
Goldman Sachs says that write-downs for subprime mortgage paper, LBOs, credit cards,and other bad paper could hit banks and brokerages for $460 billion. That is almost three times the write-offs taken by financial firms…
Can WiMax Save The Cable Guy? (CMCSA)(TWC)(S)(CLWR)
The phone companies came up with a "cable slayer" when they went into the market with fiber-to-the-home. Suddenly they could deliver ultra-fast broadband and 500 channel TV. They have high def to boot. Cable…
A Bear Market For The Ages, With Inflation As Bonus
The Wall Street Journal was good enough to point out that the stock market now trades where it did in 1999. This puts investors in a similar place to where they were in the…
Google’s $1 Salaries: Bear Baiting Investors
Steve Jobs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) used to be the big "$1 a year" salary guy. Now the privilege falls to Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) all of…