Kraft (KFT): Raiders Of The Lost Art
Carl Icahn appears to have joined Nelson Peltz as a shareholder in Kraft (KFT). Peltz is going to meet with Kraft management this week to get the company "to focus on its grocery and…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Blackstone Goes On The Defensive (BX)
Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) has gone on the defensive after the close today with a press release refuting the front page article in The New York Times. Blackstone said the article is filled with inaccuracies,…
Cramer’s Earnings Winner Predictions (July 13, 2007)
Stock Tickers: KO, INTC, UTX, FCX, HON, JCI, CAT, SLB, MER, C, JPM, WFC, BAC On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer wanted to talk about all the earnings coming out next week…
Top Earnings Next Week Part 2 (July 19-20, 2007)
THURSDAYAdvanced Micro Devices (NYSDAQ:AMD)Ameritrade (NASDAQ:AMTD)Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)Bank of New York (NYSE:BK)Cemex (NYSE:CX/ADR)Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL)Cypress Semi (NYSE:CY)Dow Jones (NYSE:DJ)Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB)First Data (NYSE:FDC)Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG)Honeywelll (NYSE:HON)Illinois Tool Works (NYSE:ITW)International Game Technology…
Top Earnings Next Week Part 1 (July 16-18, 2007)
MONDAYMattel (NYSE:MAT)Novellus (NASDAQ:NVLS)Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG/ADR)W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) TUESDAYJohnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER)Novartis (NYSE:NVS/ADR)Pharmaceutical Product Development (NASDAQ:PPDI)SLM Corp. (NYSE:SLR)State Street (NYSE:STT)Coca Cola (NYSE:KO)Wells fargo (NYSE:WFC)Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) WEDNESDAYAbbott Labs (NYSE:ABT)Altria (NYSE:MO)Alliance Data…
52-Week Lows (July 13, 2007) (ACA, AVAV, IDIX, KERX, NKTR, REDE, STAA, TRMP, UBET, WON)
Stock Tickers: ACA, AVAV, IDIX, KERX, NKTR, REDE, STAA, TRMP, UBET, WON The DJIA & S&P 500 Index may have put in new highs today, but as you know there are always a dingy…
Cramer Talks Homebuilders (BRK/A, HOV, PHM, USG, GE, GRP)
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer addressed the homebuilders all being up based on the rumors that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK/A). Cramer said it would more likely be Pulte Homes…
Can General Electric Hold 5+ Year Highs? (GE)
General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares are trading higher today after Wall Street greeted its earnings decently, but very much greeted the increased share buyback plans to a $14 Billion total plan. Shares are about 1%…
If Buffett Really IS Buying More Housing Stocks, What About USG Corp. (BRK/A, USG, HOV, XHB)?
There have been market rumors today that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway could be buying a stake in Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:HOV). The truth is that anything is possible, particularly since Buffett likes businesses that…
Amazon’s (AMZN) New 52-Week High
Amazon (AMZN) hit a new high today at $75.20, putting it up over 110% for the last year. Wall St. must think earnings are going to be amazing. Amazon’s second quarter was mixed last…
IPO Filing: Abraxas Energy Partners, L.P. (ABP)
Abraxas Energy Partners, L.P. has announced that it has filed a registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering of its common units. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. will act as book-running…
T. Boone Pickens: $80 Oil Before He’s 80
Oil and energy trading magnate T. Boone Pickens was on CNBC earlier this morning with the prediction that we will now see $80.00 per barrel oil before he turns 80 years old. That is…
Biotech Implosion: Idenix Pharmaceuticals (IDIX)
Idenix Pharma (NASDAQ:IDIX) this morning announced that its Valopicitabine development program was placed on clinical hold in the United States after discussions with the FDA. Unfortunately this was the company’s hoped-for hepatitis C treatment.…
Pre-Market Stock News (July 13, 2007)
(AA) Alcoa may now be in play according to research notes since it withdrew Alcan bid.(APA) Apache may go to $100.00 and then trade up to $120.00 according to Cramer.(BHI) Baker Hughes put Q2…
CDC Corp. Online Gaming Unit IPO Spin-Off (CHINA)
CDC Corp. (NASDAQ:CHINA) plans to file an SEC registration for an IPO of up to US$200 million aggregate principal amount of Class A Common Shares of CDC Games Corporation, its business unit engaged in…
Pre-Market Analyst Calls (July 13, 2007)
AOB started as Outperform at CIBC.AUY started asOutperform at Credit Suisse.BGFV cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.BJ raised to Equal Weight at Lehman.BLK started as Outperform at Wachovia.CCL raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.CHE cut…
A Sane World: Shanghai Up Only As Much As Dow Jones Industrials
With all of the concern about how fast the market is moving up in Shanghai, there may be some comfort in the fact that, over the last three months, the Shanghai Composite is only…
Europe Markets 7/13/2007
Markets in Europe were modestly higher at 7.30 AM New York time. The FTSE rose .3% to 6,718. Prudential (PUK) was up 1.9% to 732. Vodafone (VOD) was up .8% to 163.8. The DAXX…
GE’s (GE) Mixed Bag Of Earnings
GE (GE) reported that revenue rose 12% in the last quarter to $42.3 billion. Operating income was up 11% to $6.5 billion. Impressive number off such a large base. But, being a conglomerate is…
Nintendo: The Deviant’s Advantage
A fellow named Watts Wacker wrote a book a few years ago called "The Deviant’s Advantage: How Fringe Ideas Create Mass Markets". Used copies of the book are available on Amazon for as little…