According to comScore, Google (GOOG) has almost 124 million unique visitors in the US. The pageview number is much, much larger. GOOG division YouTube now serves over 100 million video streams per day. And,…
AT&T (T) was supposed to get a big benefit from selling the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. But, AAPL may have turned that on its head. With iPhones and iPods that have WiFi access, customers are…
Reuters is quick to point out that cable companies, which use to be good defensive plays in choppy markets, may be losing that distinction. Maybe. The old notion was that when the economy was…
According to Reuters, Lehman Brothers (LEH) and National City are cutting 2,150 mortgage jobs. Reuters writes that more PC game players are beginning to use notebooks as their processing power increase. Retuers writes that…
Markets in Asia were mostly lower. The Nikkei fell .6% to 16,122. Docomo (DCM) fell 1.2% to 170000. Sony (SNE) fell 1.4% to 5640. The Hang Seng was off .2% to 24,006. China Mobile…
Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) has seen a slight recovery of late, mostly on reports that the U.S. Senate is asking Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to reconsider the drastically cut reimbursement rates. Shares just last…
National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM) posted $0.30 EPS on revenues of $471.5 million versus analyst targets of $0.25 EPS on revenues of $467.4 million (on items). The company is guiding sales up 4% to 7% or…
VeriFone Holdings (NYSE:PAY) has just posted $0.42 EPS and $231.9 Million in Revenues versus First Call estimates of $0.40 and $226.8 million. If you look below you’ll see they are also raising guidance. Analysts…
The Ryland Group (RYL) In home building and mortgage businesses. Enough said. Down to $26.61 from 52-week high of $60.13. Dillard Department Stores (DDS) Same store sales down last month. Drops to $21.06 from…
Even Steve Job makes mistakes. Dropping the price of the iPhone by $200 made so many current customers angry that AAPL is offering rebates to anyone who bought the handset before the cut. For…
Bioheart Inc. has set its IPO terms and it will trade under the NASDAQ ticker "BHRT." BioHeart has set its IPO terms and plans to offer 3.575 million shares in a price range of…
National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM) reports earnings after the close today. Analysts are looking for $0.25 EPS on revenues of $467.4 million, according to First Call. As far as what to expect next quarter, estimates are…
There was a surpising screen that hit again this morning in looking at 52-week lows: eTelecare Global Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:ETEL). This outsourced call center operator just came public at the end of March, and…
An interesting thing is going on in PDA-land and Phoneland this week. Palm Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) already disclosed that it is canning its Foleo offering. But another key development that has received little to no…
Last night Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE:BHI) filed to sell up to $2 Billion in a mixed securities shelf, and this has surprisingly received very little coverage. If you have been tracking this sector at…
Bankrate, Inc. (NASDAQ:RATE) And Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) have announced a distribution agreement for Bankrate to be the provider of mortgage and home equity rate data on the Move network of Web sites. Move will…
Just yesterday and the day before, the tone was looking to be that sub-prime fallout and the recent tightening on credit was helping to squash Joe Q. Consumer in the U.S. Yesterday, CostCo (COST)…
You have to love a morning where Target (NYSE:TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) have big news out on the same day. This morning both retail giants released August Same-Store-Sales. Surprisingly, both did pretty well and…
APLX cut to Neutral at First Albany; cut to Neutral at Sun Trust Robinson Humphrey (company being acquired by Cognos).AZN started as Neutral at UBS.BFF started as Buy at Oppenheimer.COGN raised to Overweight at…
It is not enough that Apple (AAPL) is getting more aggressive with prices on its iPhone to take market share from the likes of Nokia (NOK) and Motorola (MOT). Now, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) want a…