Sprint’s (S) Lost Opportunity
Cable companies don’t have cell phone service to market to customers. And, Sprint does not have a broadband-to-the-home operation like the ones the big cable guys operate to market their internet and TV products.…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Sony (SNE): Another Set-Back For PS3
The Nintendo Wii has done it to Sony (SNE) again. During July, the Wii outsold the new PS3 in Japan by a margin of four to one. According to Reuters, Nintendo sold 396,752 units…
Microsoft (MSFT) Drops Vista Price In China
Perhaps people from around the world will travel to China to get their new Microsoft (MSFT) Vista operating system. The company has dropped its price for Vista Home Basic to $66. Research firm IDC…
Will Boston Scientific Be Broken-Up?
The current version of Boston Scientific (BSX) is a merged compeny. The former Guidant sales are the heart rhythm managment operations of the new company. Heart stent sales come from the old BSX. The…
Bear Stearns (BSC) May Fire President, But Problems Could Grow
The Wall Street Journal reports that Bear Stearns is about to fire its co-president who is also head of its trading operations. He will be the highest-level person at the company to take the…
Amazon (AMZN) Goes After Ebay (EBAY) PayPal
As 24/7 reported earlier this week, Amazon (AMZN) will begin beta testing its new Flexible Payments Service. While the product will compete with Google (GOOG) CheckPoint, it is a much bigger threat to Ebay’s…
Cramer Thinks lululemon athletica Is The Next Under Armour (UA, LULU)
Cramer’s Next Under Armour: Lulelemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU). It came public at $18.00 and went up to $31.00 during a crummy market. This one does similar things to Under Armour, but they are more into…
Cramer Launches “Cramer’s Mortgage Madness Index”
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that today and this week proves sometimes you can’t be too bullish. You need a measure for an ‘all-clear’ signal to see when the market…
Berkshire Hathaway Keeps Chugging (BRK-A)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) has just posted some pretty killer earnings. It posted $3,118.00 in EPS, but after you back out gains and other items you end up with $2,018.00 per share. Unfortunately, there…
The 52-Week Low Club: Too Full For New Members?
American Home Mortgage (AHM). It has the word mortgage in it. 63 pennies down from 52-week high of $36.40. Rait Financial Trust (RAS) Mortgage lender. $6.14 down from $38.25. Impac Mtg Hldgs (IMH) More…
Defensive Stock ‘Havens’ For A Crummy Market (PEP, KO, MRK, NVO, PG, CAG, BUD, HRL, CL, MO, CG MCD, KFT, NVO, WTR)
It’s yet another crummy day in the markets with roughly a 280 DJIA point drop before the closing bell went off. Bear Stearns added the most fuel at the end of the day, unemployment…
Gateway, New Lows A Day After Earnings (GTW)
What is a bit sad is that if you look at the start of the Gateway’s (NYSE:GTW) earnings release from yesterday it seemed like the company was actually doing at least something right, but…
Looking Beyond Dendreon’s Upcoming Earnings Release (DNDN)
Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ:DNDN) will release earnings next Tuesday, August 7, after the close. The volatility in shares has dried up considerably as shares have only traded above $8.00 or below $7.00 for part of…
Washington Post (WPO) Internet Growth Too Slow
The Washington Post Company (WPO) put out its quarterly numbers today. Wall St. loved the figures and pusked the stock up over 6% to to $841. Net income fell to $69 million from $79…
IPO Filing: Synacor.. A Web 2.0 Portal Platform (SYNC)
A company called Synacor, Inc. filed to come public via an IPO last night under the proposed ticker of "SYNC" on NASDAQ. For filing purposes, the company listed a sale of up to $86.25…
What To Expect From Cisco Systems Fiscal 2007 Earnings Next Week (CSCO)
Next week, on August 7, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) will post earnings for its quarter and fiscal year, and this will be the highlight of tech stocks for the week. Estimates from First Call are…
Viacom (VIA): Details on Digital Business and TV Upfront
From Silicon Alley Insider Key points from Viacom’s (VIA) earnings call: TV up slightly. Digital growing quickly, but still small as percent of business. No update on YouTube litigation…continued here
Weyehaeuser Beats Lower Earnings, But Value Unlocking Plan Remains Elusive (WY)
Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) has posted earnings that were mixed on the surface, but after you back out one-time charges the company posted $0.48 EPS on revenues of $4.3 Billion. First Call estimates were $0.39 EPS…
Procter & Gamble Trumps Earnings With Huge Stock Buyback (PG)
Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) did post earnings at $0.67 EPS versus $0.66 estimates from First Call. It also put next quarter targets for $0.88 to $0.90 versus $0.91 estimates and said that fiscal June-2008…
Nortel (NT) And Alcatel-Lucent (ALU): Bad News For Telecom Infrastructure
Nortel (NT) turned in bad numbers. According to The Wall Street Journal "the company said the quarterly net loss was $37 million, or seven cents a share, compared with net income of $342 million,…