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Douglas A. McIntyre

Venoco Filed For Spin-Off (VQ, VAC)

Venoco, Inc. (NYSE: VQ) has filed for a spin-off of a unit called VENOCO ACQUISITION Co. via an initial public offering that it has applied to take ticker "VAC" on the NYSE. Venoco Acquisition…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

MAKO Surgical Slashes IPO Terms (MAKO)

MAKO Surgical originally filed to come public back in September 2007.  It filed to sell up to $86.25 million in securities.  Recently it had indicated a price range of $14 to $16 per share…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Comcast (CMCSA) Turns On The After-Burners

Revenue at Comcast (CMCSA) grew 14% in the fourth quarter to over $8 billion and operating income was up 20% to almost $1.5 billion. EPS came in a $.20, up 54%. Analysts had been…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

An FHA Bail-Out Of Bank Mortgage Loans?

It is a time-honored tradition. When big US companies get in trouble, they turn to the US government for financial help. Even Chrysler got big loans from Uncle Sam three decades ago. Cerberus is…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

UBS (UBS): A Canary For US Banks

UBS (UBS) had an awful quarter. The Swiss financial firm reported a fourth-quarter loss of 12.45 billion Swiss francs ($11.3 billion), compared with profit of 3.41 billion francs in the year-earlier period. Worse, according…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Baidu (BIDU) And The Death Of China Internet Growth

By any measure, Baidu (BIDU), the Chinese search engine company had a spectacular quarter. For the three months that ended December 31,the firm earned 219.8 million yuan ($30.1 million), or 6.32 yuan (87 cents)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Eliot Spitzer And The “Financial Tsunami”. (ABK)(MBI)

Eliot Spitzer, former prosecutor and now governor of New York State, will ape comments made by Deutsche Bank (DB) Chief Executive Josef Ackermann. If bond insurers fail its will create a "financial tsunami". Spitzer…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Baxter (BAX) Takes On Mattel’s (MAT) Mantle

Mattel (NYSE: MAT) may have feared it would wear the China "kick me" sign forever. Until Baxter (NYSE: BAX) came along. The new poster boy for not keeping an eye on China suppliers has…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Asia Markets 2/14/2008 Big Rally (SNE)(SNP)

Markets In Asia were up sharply with the Nikkei making is largest move in five years. The Nikkei rose 4.3% to 13,626. Sony (SNE) rose 4% to 4820. Toppan Printing rose 10.1% to 1111.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

FMC Corp.: Jim Cramer’s Hidden Agriculture Trade (FMC)

On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer wanted to review a hidden undervalued stock in  the market.  Tonight he noted FMC Corp (NYSE: FMC) as a key undervalued stock in chemicals and agriculture. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Baxter (BAX) Bleeds Patients Further

Heparin, made Baxter International (NYSE: BAX) is one of the most widely used blood thinners in the world. Today’s disclosure that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it never inspected a Chinese facility…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Visa Shows Year-End Numbers Ahead of IPO

Visa, Inc. has filed an amended S-1 to show its financials for the year-end December 31, 2007.  The company posted revenues of $5.193 Billion, up from $3.902 Billion for 2006.  Here are the growth…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Baidu.com Mixed on EPS Blowout But Soft Outlook (BIDU)

Chinese internet search leader Baidu.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) has posted earnings and it showed in $0.92 non-GAAP EPS on $78.3 million in revenues.  The estimates from First Call for the Chinese search engine are…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

The 52-Week Low Club (PNW)(DAKT)(ARUN)

Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) No special news, just slow sell-off. Down to $36.60 from 52-week high of $50.68. Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) Bad quarter. Down to $16.53 from 52-week high of $39. Nxstage Medical (NASDAQ:NXTM) Brokerage…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

XTO Selling $1 Billion In Stock (XTO)

XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) intends to sell 20,000,000 shares of common stock in a secondary offering, pursuant to its shelf offering.  Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan are joint book-runners for the offering,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Dendreon Shares Losing House Committee Hope (DNDN)

CNBC’s Mike Huckman just announced what is going to be a disappointment for Dendreon (NASDAQ: DNDN) holders, and that may be an understatement.  The House Committee will not be forcing any action or pressing…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago