Yahoo!’s New Business Plan
The best business plan for Yahoo! (YHOO), the one probably most likely to succeed, does not come from CEO Jerry Yang and his new management team. Widely regards Bernstein Research suggested late last week…
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What To Watch For Next Week (ADBE, VMW, BSC, LEH, MS, BSC, HOV)
The overall news front is in a lull, but financial stocks and the market are going to be closely watched. The FOMC releases its decision on interest rates Tuesday. The bet if for 25…
The Week’s Corporate Gaffes On Wall Street (CEPH, MER, AGE, AMTD, BRLC)
This week’s "Corporate Gaffe of the Week" should actually be shared by several companies. What may be the blue ribbon winner is Cephalon (NASDAQ:CEPH). Reports noted that the company sent out a "Dear Doctor…
The 52-Week Low Club
First Acceptance (FAC) Tough quarter for auto insurer. Drops to $4.94 from 52-week high of $11.77. Bowater Incorporated (BOW) Loses abitration with Weyerhause. Down to 14.60 from 52-week high of $29.96. Business combination with…
As Media Touts Nuclear Power, Time To Review Nuclear & Uranium Stocks (CCJ, USU, SGE, FLR, GE, URRE, USEG, URZ, CAU, MOS, CF, NLR)
It seems like the media is touting and flaunting more and more for a return of nuclear energy. This may or may not happen as the applications are again for "Next Year" and it…
News Corp Looks To Ugly Negotiations With Apple
The president of News Corp (NWS) put it this way, according to Reuters: "I assume it will be prickly and dicey and contentious like all negotiations are and like all negotiations should be." Those…
Will Adobe’s Earnings Help Set A New Trading Range? (ADBE)
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) will report earnings on Monday, September 17. First Call consensus estimates for Adobe are $0.40 EPS and $789.25 million in revenues. The company usually offers guidance, and its earnings scheduled…
IPO FILING: EXCO Partners LP, An MLP Spin-Off of EXCO Resources (XCO,XP)
EXCO Partners, LP has filed to come public via an IPO with 75 million units in a proposed offering of $1.725 Billion. This is a limited partnership recently formed by EXCO Resources, Inc. (NYSE:…
IPO FILING: Pogo Jet (POGO)
Pogo Jet, Inc. has filed to come public via an IPO of up to $103.5 million under the propposed ticker of "POGO" on NASDAQ. It lists only W.R.Hambrecht & Co. as the underwriter, so…
IPO FILING: Varolii
Varolii Corp. has filed to come public via an IPO and said it plans to sell up to $86.25 million in stock under the stock ticker of "VRLI" on NASDAQ, although this dollar amount…
Another Strong Month For Video Game Sales (NTDOY, MSFT, ERTS, TTWO)
NPD has its data out for the month of August showing another massive month in video game sales. Game titles and hardware showed roughly a 46% combined gain over August 2006. The Nintendo (NASDAQ/PK:NTDOY)…
Alexa Looks At Major Financial Websites
After looking at the Nielsen and comScore ratings of the audiences of major financial websites, 24/7 Wall St. turned to Alexa. Alexa shows a website’s three month average reach against all other websites in…
Pre-Market Analyst Calls (September 14, 2007)
ANW started as Buy at Jefferies.AVY cut to Neutral at RWBaird.AXP cut to Neutral at Merrill Lynch (indicated down 1% to 2%).BOBJ cut to Neutral at First Albany.CHD started as Neutral at UBS.EGP started…
Intel & American Express Downgrades Hurting the DJIA (INTC, AXP, MER)
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) shares are trading down about 1.7% in very earlybird trading this Friday. The bulge bracket brokerage firm Merrill Lynch has downgraded the processor giant shares from a "Buy" rating down to…
Google’s Powerpoint Killer
According to The Inquirer, Google (GOOG) is about to launch a product to go head-to-head with Microsoft (MSFT) Powerpoint. That will add to Google word processing and spreadsheet offering and bring it a bit…
Mortgage And Bank Stocks: Save Investors, Open The Books
Shares in Northern Rock, a big UK mortgage company are down almost 30% on news that the Bank of England had to provide emergency loans. Shares in CountryWide (CFC) are off 50% in less…
Europe Markets 9/14/2007
Markets in Europe fell as a mortgage company in the UK has to be rescued by the government The FTSE fell 1.9% to 6,242. Barclays (BCS) was down 3.2% to 591.5. British Air (BAB)…
Verizon Pushes Back On FCC
The FCC decides that in the next auction of wireless spectrum, it would set aside part of the airwaves for open use. Consumers would be able to use whatever devices could connect on those…
Is McDonald’s Walking Out On Wal-Mart?
McDonald’s (MCD) used to be the exclusive fast food supplier in Wal-Mart (WMT) stores. Subway is now taking over a number of those spots. According to The Wall Street Journal, Subway is now in…
Dell Delays Second Quarter Report
Dell (DELL) will delay its second quarter 10-Q due to continuing work on restatements of past quarters. It still expected to file the document in November, but hardly needed another headache. Douglas A. McIntyre