Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) posted earnings and non-GAAP EPS was $0.34 on revenues of $2.37 Billion. First Call had consensus estimates for this quarter at $0.29 EPS on revenues of $2.38 Billion, while next quarter…
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has canned the notions and the reports on Wall Street and Main Street that it is in merger dicusssions with United Airlines’ parent UAL Corp. (NASDAQ:UAUA). Wall Street has just…
Six Flags (SIX) Still moving down after announcing drop in net income. Falls to $1.98 from 52-week high of $6.80. Avery Dennison (AVY) Company announces new financing. Market takes it badly. Down to $51.12…
According to several media reports, Delta (DAL) may be considering a merger with United Airlines (UAUA). According to The Wall Street Journal "hedge fund Pardus Capital Management LP, which has stakes in Delta as…
The New York Post has reported that NYSE (NYSE:NYX) CEO John Thain will be made the new head of Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER). The announcement is expeted after the close. This also follows reports from…
Lazard Capital Markets has issued a defense of the solar power companies today. Analyst Sanjay Shrestha noted that these stocks can be bought on dips. It is no secret of late that calling these…
Newspaper chain Gatehouse (GHS) has been down as much as 15% today on poor earnings and a downgrade from "buy" to "neutral" at Goldman Sachs (GS). And, this may just be the beginning. Gatehouse…
Shares of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) are being crushed with a 25% hit today. The company announced early this morning an "Extension of Expiration Date for Current Tender Offers and Consent Solicitations" for its…
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) reports earnings after close and today’s report marks the company’s fiscal-2007 year-end. First Call puts consensus estimates for this quarter at $0.29 EPS on revenues of $2.38 Billion, while next quarter…
The FOMC under Bernanke is now saying that it wants to increase its communication to the public and will increase its public forecasting from twice per year to four-times per year. This pertains to…
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (NYSE:OZM) is set to see its IPO trade Wednesday. The giant hedge fund operator priced 36,000,000 Class-A shares at $32.00 per share, for proceeds of about $1.15 billion. The…
Below is some of the top news pre-market: Applied Materials (AMAT) reports earnings after close; estimates are $0.29 EPS & R$2.38B. BEA Systems (BEAS) said it expects to submit SEC filings tomorrow to regain…
There are many other impacting analyst calls today, but these are the top calls that 24/7 Wall St. is focusing on: The Andersons (ANDE) raised to Buy at Banc of America. Autodesk (ADSK) raised…
Microsoft (MSFT) is going to offer its new "Communications package, described as collaborative productivity tools, which will provide small businesses with Internet-based corporate-class e-mail, calendar and document sharing for free to customers of Comcast…
Apple’s (AAPL) shares surged 11% yesterday. The Nasdaq was up sharply, which accounts for part of that. But, word that Apple was in talks with huge cellular company China Mobile (CHL) about putting the…
Qualcomm (QCOM) has been left for dead by many investors. Rival Broadcom (BRCM) has won some key intellectual property decisions with the ITC and is also pounding the larger company in the federal court…
Markets in Europe were shaprly higher at 6.25 AM New York time. The FTSE rose 1.4% to 6,453. Barclays (BCS) rose 4% to 548. BHP Billiton (BHP) rose 3.5% to 1646. Vodafone (VOD) fell…
The single most likely thing to bring down the Chinese economy is inflation. Inflated food prices. Inflated stock prices. Inflated real estate prices. During October, government data released Wednesday showed retail sales rose 18.1% …
Ford (F) was being mentioned as a bankruptcy candidate two years ago. Its stock got down around $6. Bill Ford has failed to make the company more competitive on a product or cost basis.…
Fly On The Wall And Barron’s are mentioning a rumor that cable giant Comcast (CMCSA) might buy WiMax IPO Clearwire. It is not likely to happen, but it should. Cable is being attacked on…