Will Coke Match Pepsi’s Earnings Fizz? (KO, PEP)
On Wednesday morning, we’ll get to see earnings out of Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO). The estimates from First Call for the world’s leading beverage giant are $0.55 EPS on $7.01 Billion in revenues. Next…
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Blue Nile, Red Slaughterhouse (NILE)
Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ: NILE) is seeing a total smack-down in after-hours trading. The Seattle-based online jewelry retailer said Q4 net income rose considerably to $7.54 million which translates to $0.45 EPS. This is…
The 52-Week Low Club (VRTX)(NT)(DY)
Dycom Industries (DY) Company lowers forecast. Falls to $15 from 52-week high of $34.13. Nortel Networks (NT) Sel-off at the end of the day. No news. Falls to $10.28 from 2-week high of $31.79.…
Website Pros Remains Top Developing Web Property
Website Pros (NASDAQ: WSPI) just posted what are actually very strong earnings when you consider the current climate right now. The hosting, e-commerce, domain registrar (and more) posted earnings of $0.13 non-GAAP EPS on…
Value & GARP in Buffalo Wild Wings Earnings (BWLD)
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) is not really feeling the pinch of a recession. The company posted EPS at $0.34 on a 9.7% rise in revenues to $91.4 million. First Call had estimates…
Applied Materials Beats Lowered Estimates; No Guidance (AMAT)
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) has just posted earnings of $0.25 EPS non-GAAP (GAAP $0.19 EPS) on $2.09 Billion in revenues; First Call had estimates pegged at $0.20 non-GAAP EPS on $2.01 Billion revenues. …
Best Recent IPO: Titan Machinery (TITN)
If you have been following our IPO index over the last few weeks you have probably noticed that many IPO’s are being withdrawn "due to market conditions" or that SPAC IPO’s are coming out…
SunTrust: A Bank Raising Its Dividend! (STI)
Most banks have been having to be quiet as a church mouse not let their CDO and mortgage operation murder their books all at once. many banks and financials have had to lower their…
Why Apple (AAPL) Won’t Recover
There is too much bad news in the pipeline and no good news likely to appear over the next three months for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to recover much from its current level of $128.…
Boutique Calling For Sirius-XM Approval (SIRI, XMSR)
There is an interesting note out of Stanford Group Company’s Paul Gallant calling for the likely approval of the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR). The research…
Julius Baer’s Artio Files For IPO (ART)
Julius Baer Americas Inc. has filed for its Artio Global Investors, Inc. to come public in an initial public offering. It has filed for registration purposes a sale of up to $1 Billion in…
Sun Micro Wants Deeper Virtualization (JAVA, CTXS, VMW)
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) has announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire Stuttgart, Germany-based innotek. Sun is calling innotek the provider of the leading edge, open source virtualization software…
Claymore Launches Fixed Income ETF’s (UEM, UBD, ULQ)
Claymore Securities Inc., has just launched three broad market exchange traded funds that are designed to track the value of the U.S. capital markets (bonds). The Claymore Capital Markets ETFs have launched on the…
AIG Says, “Oops, We Didn’t Mean It” (AIG)
American International Group (NYSE: AIG) saw one ugly Monday with a draw down to a new 52-week low after it disclosed an auditor’s "material Weakness" and new round of decreased values to some $5…
Another Bad Day For Boston Scientific (BSX)
The bad days never seem to end at Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX). The company has a heavy debt load from a bad acquisition of Guidant. The BSX stent business has been hurt by studies…
Warren Buffett Ready To Save Muni Bond Insurance (BRK-A, ABK, MBI, SCA)
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) just appeared on CNBC with his plan to save the bond insurance business in the U.S. for municipal bond issuers. He noted that last week he…
Verizon’s Next Patent Target: The Cable Guys (VZ, CHTR)
From Silicon Alley Insider Last year, Verizon milked $117.5 million from Internet phone upstart Vonage in a long, ugly patent war. This year, it’s going after its real rivals — the cable companies —…
Instead Of Being Bought, Yahoo! (YHOO) Buys
While waitng to be be bought by Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO) has elected to buy Maven Networks for $160 million. Yahoo! said it intends to invest in the growth of Maven’s overall video business,…
Goldman Sachs Buy Rating Changes (LYV, PCP, LLL)
Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) was added to Goldman Sachs BUY list this morning and at a $10.46 close it sees some 45% upside. Goldman Sachs also noted that it sees the third and final…
Evergreen Solar Prices Secondary Offering (ESLR)
Evergreen Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: ESLR) has priced its secondary share offering at $9.50 per share. This is down from over $12.00 just a few days ago and under the $10.02 closing price of yesterday.…