For some reason, you’d think the amount of filings for new IPO’s categorized as blank check companies has been a floodgate. Accelerated Global Technology Corp., a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC, filed yesterday…
Tuesday was a busy IPO FILING date for blank check companies. Third Wave Acquisition Corp. has filed for an initial public offering to sell 35,000,000 million units to raise $350 million, with each unit…
Cardtronics Inc. (NASDAQ:CATM) has set the initial range and terms for its IPO. The company is indicated to sell 16.666 million shares of common stock at a price range of $14 to $16 per…
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCOR) has only been public since June of this year, and it is and insiders are already tapping the public markets for cash. In a filing this morning comScore filed to sell…
This morning Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) announced it will open retail stores in Boston and New York City on Friday, November 23rd, its first East Coast locations. As an extra incentive to come buy at…
Deere (DE) announced worldwide net income of $422.1 million, or $1.88 per share, for the fourth quarter ended October 31, compared with $277.3 million, or $1.20 per share, for the same period last year.…
These aren’t the only analyst calls out there today, but these are the TOP 10 research notes that 24/7 Wall St. is looking at: Aon Corp. (AOC) raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs Aerovironment…
Everyone else has an Apple (AAPL) iPhone killer, so why not Research In Motion (RIMM)? According to Unstrung.com, called the "9000 series". "The 9000 is supposed to be a touch-screen device, very similar in…
According to ValleyWag, the Microsoft (MSFT) Zune has the top spot among digital media players on Amazon (AMZN). That would put it ahead of the Apple (AAPL) iPod for the first time. Rumor is…
As 24/7 Wall St. pointed out yesterday, financial matter are getting dire at newspaper chain McClatchy (MNI). October sales were off almost 10%. The stock hit a 52-week low of $14.07 on the news.…
Management at GM (GM) says that November sales are on track. With the stock at a 52-week low, that may be a relief for investors. And, it could cause the stock to move back…
According to comScore, online sales are up 17% for the period from November 1 to November 18, hitting $7.04 billion. With same-store sales down at many retailers, buying action may be moving online, a…
According to comScore data, TheStreet.com (TSCM) scored one of the largest increases in unique visitors of all US sites measure in October. Total unquie visitors to TheStreet websites grew 125% to almost 9 million.…
Buy-out firms like KKR and Blackstone (BX) are buying back the debt that their banks took on for LBOs over the last nine months. Big commercial banks like Citigroup and JP Morgna (JPM) put…
The Wall Street Journal makes the point that the markets are starting to turn against share buy-backs. And, in the case of companies like Fannie Mae (FNM) or Freddie Mac (FRE), that may make…
Markets in Europe were off sharply. The FTSE fell 1.5% to 6,131. Barclays (BCS) fell 3.6% to 497.75. Northern Rock fell 11.9% to 85.5. Vodafone (VOD) fell 3.1% to 186.6. The DAXX was off…
Ford has world class management now, at least according to the company. It has a better deal with the UAW, which improves its balance sheet and will sharply improve its cost base in North…
The Wall Street Journal came back to the XM Satellite (XMSR) merger with Sirius (SIRI) today. The paper thinks the prospect for the marriage may have improved. Some of the car companies are behind…
Oil is not at $200. It trades just below $100, and there are some reasons it could drop. The economies in the US and Europe are probably slowing, which should bring down demand. China…
According to Reuters, the Fed’s decision to make an October rate cute was a "close call." Reuters writes that Paulson said home loan defaults will be much higher in 2008. Reuters writes that HP’s…