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Douglas A. McIntyre

Turnarounds That Haven’t Turned Around: JDS Uniphase (JDSU)

There are many companies that have been troubled and involved in turnarounds for quite some time that just never quite seem to get turned around.  Enter JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU).  JDS Uniphase is in…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

When Brokers Defy Logic (BSC, MS, GS, MER)

Whether or not the markets comply going into year-end is a completely different issue.  But these brokerage stocks look like they are trying to find a bottom as they throw out all that they…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

McClatchy (MNI) Falls Apart

November was another horrible month for newspaper chain McClatchy (MNI). The company said that both consolidated advertising and total revenues in November 2007 decreased 9.2%. Real estate classified revenue was down 31% for the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Qualcomm (QCOM) Raises Guidance

No matter how big its legal problems are with Nokia (NOK) or Broadcom (BRCM), Qualcomm (QCOM) keeps chugging along. Qualcomm said that based on the current business outlook, it now anticipates first fiscal quarter…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Local.com Meets Barry Diller (LOCM, IACI)

Local.com (NASDAQ:LOCM) is seeing its shares surge some 15% pre-market after it signed a new pact today.  It has entered a strategic partnership with Barry Diller’s IAC/Interactive (NASDAQ:IACI). Local.com says it will benefit from…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Rite Aid Can’t Get It Right (RAD, CVS, WAG)

Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) is indicated to open lower after the company posted another net loss for the quarter.  It also lowered guidance for a second time.  We just noted this one as…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Goldman Sachs Remains Cautous on Ethanol (AVR, PEIX, VSE)

Goldman Sachs lowered its estimates in the ethanol alternative energy patch this morning. This estimate cut is after the Energy Bill has higher CAFE standards that actually makes no change to its bullish call…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Europe Markets 12/20/2007

Markets in Europe were up modestly at 7.10 AM The FTSE rose .6% to 6,322. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) was up 1% to 1288. Northern Rock was down 2.2% to 88.7. Vodafone (VOD) was up 1.5%…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

CNBC Threatens Fox Guests

Perhaps GE (GE) unit CNBC should let Fox Business succeed or fail on its own merits. Threatening guests who appear on Fox with banning them from CNBC seems a bit thuggish. In a note…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Auto Loan And Credit Card CDOs In Hiding

The press has focused on mortgage-based CDOs and the huge write-offs that investment banks and commercial lending companies have had to take because of the subprime market falling apart. Morgan Stanley (MS) said, when…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Texas Instruments (TXN) Bets On TV And Cell Phones

Texas Instruments (TXN) believe that sales of handsets and digital TV will drive its profits over the next decade. Because of sales of these products, the demand for analog chips could skyrocket. Speaking about…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Burger King (BKC) Travels To China

Like so many other US companies, Burger King (BKC) is looking to China for big growth. The US hamburger chain has about a third of its sales outside the US. It thinks it can…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Google (GOOG) To Get Doubleclick Approval By Christmas

According to TechCrunch and Bloomberg, Google (GOOG) will get approval for its Doubleclick acquisition before Christmas. The deal has been held up over antitrust concerns. It will make the holiday unpleasant for the advertising…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago