Syntax-Brillian Corp. (NASDAQ:BRLC) is seeing its shares going bonkers this morning. After the open shares are up close to 20% at $6.65 and it has already traded close to a full day’s trading volume. …
The FT said that Vodafone (VOD) the huge cellular company, was looking at buying Verizon (VZ) for a premium of about 25% or $160 billion. Vodafone issued a denial. Whatever the merits of the…
In an SEC Filing on Friday evening, a company called Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has decided to come public via an IPO. The stock will have the proposed ticker of "RWE" on NYSE. Credit…
Pershing Square Capital now owns 9.6% of the shares of retailer Target (TGT). There had been news that the fund was holding about 5%. Speculation is that Pershing would like to see Target sell…
Nokia (NOK) was having trouble launching hot phones three years ago, Motorola’s (MOT) RAZR would the phone-of-the-year in 2005 and held that title for about 18-months. But, now Motorola looks like a turtle rolled…
Back in February we noted that there wasn’t exactly a whole lot of value to Applebee’s (NASDAQ:APPB) at the $27.25 level when it decided to explore strategic alternatives. Someone did find value, but at…
(AH) Armor Holdings wins $519 million Navy contract for mine resistant ambush protected vehicles.(APPB) Applebees is being acquired for $25.50 per share in cash by IHOP.(ASIA) AsiaInfo signed a contract with China Telecom to…
ABFS raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.ADBL started as Outperform at JMP Securities.APOL started as Neutral at JPMorgan.ATHR raised to Overweight at Lehman.CECO started as Neutral at JPMorgan.COCO started as Overweight at JPMorgan.CYBS started as…
The Hindustan Times is reporting that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) may be making bids for Indian web portal Rediff (REDF). The price would be as high as $1 billion. The news comes at…
The International Energy Agency has issued a report that says oil demand will accelerate into 2008 while supply will not. Demand in China and other emerging markets will put a great deal of pressure…
According to Reuters, the group lead by RBS has raised its bid for ABN Amro (ABN) by increasing the cash component of the offer. Reuters writes that Ford (F) is now cosidering selling its…
Nasdaq (NDAQ) did not have much success buying the London Stock Exchange, so it settled for picking up Nordic stock market group OMX. The price tag was about $3.7 billion. But, according to the…
Ford (F) has Jaguar and Rover on the block, but a late story from Reuters says that the big US car company may consider selling Volvo as well. Ford may not get much money…
According to MarketWatch, BHP Billiton (BHP) is looking at a possible deal to buy Alcoa. Both companies missed out on getting married when Rio Tinto (RTP) locked up a bid for Alcan (AL). With…
Business 2.0 points out that Motorola (MOT) and Research In Motion (RIMM) have about the same market cap at around $42 billion. The may tell Wall St. more about RIMM being overvalued than Motorola…
The publisher of the Los Angeles Times, part of The Tribune Company, has issued an internal memo saying that the newspaper’s cash flow dropped 27% during that last quarter, according to Bloomberg. The paper…
Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has come out in favor of an activist proposal to put Vodafone’s (VOD) share of Verizon (V) Wireless "in a tracking stock or a new holding company", according to…
Imagine that if an aspirin did not get rid of you headache. And, the company that made the pain killer gave you your money back. A new proposal by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is…
For a quick run-down on the top stocks, posters, blogs, and discussions, check the StockHouse Top Five (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19944). Sometimes an unexpected news release moves your trading stock, but Don Rodgers wrote in his Trading…
Boston Scienfitic (BSX) has a deal to "settle all pending federal lawsuits against the company alleging harm from faulty defibrillators and pacemakers for $195 million," according to The Wall Street Journal. It could have…