UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) appears to have escaped any serious hooks of the SEC in its stock options backdating fiasco. Its Special Litigation Committee, an independent committee comprised of two former Minnesota Supreme Court…
Verifone (PAY) Accounting problems still taking shares down. Falls to $19.57 from 52-week high of $50. Blockbuster (BBI) Concerns about postal costs. Down to $2.99 from 52-week high of $7.30. Williams Partners (WPZ) Brings…
Les Hinton, a senior executive as News Corp (NWS) has been named the head of Dow Jones (DJ). Times of London editor Robert Thomson has been named Publisher of The Wall Street Journal Douglas…
When you think of one CEO that went from hope to hype to outright disappointment in technology, the top name that comes to mind after 2006 and then after 2007 is Hector Ruiz of…
The most visited website at the 24/7 Wall St. New York news desk is Yahoo! Finance. We actually pay to use Yahoo! (YHOO) real time quotes. Based on syndicated research, Yahoo Finance! is the…
BigBand Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBND) is looking to be one of the poorest IPO’s of 2007. Management has lost credibility with the underwriters and with analysts that initially gave this favorable coverage. Amir Bassan-Eskenazi…
Out of large electronics retailers, Circuit City (NYSE: CC) has become the irrelevant shopping destination and it has a stock that proves it. Its CEO, Chairman, and Chief Supreme Leader Philip Schoonover is probably…
If Wall Street could cheer for one CEO to leave in the telecom equipment and communications equipment sector, it would be Patricia Russo of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU). She had her time briefly, but frankly she…
MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES INC. (NYSE: MMC) is guilty of having one of the TOP 10 CEO’s TO GO FOR 2008. Michael Cherkasky is both President & CEO of the broader "Marsh-Mac" group of…
It’s December already, and some of us have started considering what new year’s resolutions will be after the holidays. Companies make their annual projections and many boards of directors need to make their new…
Herb Greenberg at MarketWatch wrote a column that will be stirring some of the Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) shareholders and true believers. He has named Chairman Eddie Lampert as the worst CEO of the…
AMD (AMD) told investors and the media that one of its key chip projects is being delayed. The new flagship Barcelona chip will not be ready for use in servers until next year. At…
After the close of trading on Wednesday, Hoku Scientific, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOKU) announced that it signed a non-binding term sheet with Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER) to borrow up to roughly $185 million for the construction,…
Below is some of the top pre-market news affecting individual shares that 247WallSt.com is reviewing: AMERCO (NASDAQ: UHAL) announce a $50 million share buyback plan. Children’s Place Retail Stores (NASDAQ: PLCE) NOV s-s-s were…
These aren’t the only analyst calls we are watching, but these are the top ten that 247WallSt.com is reviewing: AIG (AIG) reiterated Buy at Goldman Sachs. Apple (AAPL) target raised to $249 from $243…
Google (GOOG) is challenging Apple (AAPL) to a cyber-duel. Google will make software that will work on the iPhone. The product will offer a "new interface that provides iPhone users with a more intuitive…
Markets in Europe were higher at 6.30 AM New York time. The FTSE rose 1.1% to 6,565. Barclays (BCS) is up 3.8% to 575. HSBC (HBC) is up 3.4% to 858.5. Prudential (PUK) is…
Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), and AOL have spent billions of dollars to buy software firms which target ads based on consumer behavior. They look at which websites people visit and what they do there.…
Costco (COST) same-store sales rose 9% in November which was better than analyst estimates of 6.6%. At least one retailer is selling something Douglas A. McIntyre
Toll Brothers (TOL) had another bad quarter. No one will be surprised. In the2007’s fiscal fourth quarter, the TOL generated a net loss of $81.8 million, or $0.52 per share diluted, compared to the…