Vital Images (VTAL) which provides enterprise advanced visualization and analysis solutions, today announced preliminary second quarter 2007 revenue of approximately $15.1 million to $15.4 million, versus $16.9 million reported in the second quarter of…
When Wall St. researchers make 10-year predictions, it is worth wondering if they have anything better to do with their time. Perhaps they could focus on the next quarter. Cowen & Co. has decided…
Goldman Sachs has initiated several IT names this morning. While most of the names are neutral rated, these are the stocks it views favorably in each group with values as the current issue. BUSINESS…
It appears that Dendreon (NASDAQ:DNDN) may be an SEC target now, or at least it is going to get the pleasure of dealing with the SEC for a while. The New York regional office…
(AIR) AAR Corp. received $31 million order for specialized shelters.(ASYS) Amtech Systems received another $4.4 million in new solar orders.(BCGI) Boston Communications being acquired for $3.60 by Megasoft.(CHAP) Chaparral Steel being acquired by Gerdau…
ABT started as Outperform at Wachovia.ACL started as Outperform at Wachovia.AGN started as Outperform at Wachovia.ATVI cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.BAS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.BJS cut to Sector Perform at RBC.BOL started…
The last month has not been a good one for shareholders of DaimlerChrysler (DCX). Its shares are up 5% compared to a little under 10% for Ford (F) and 20% for GM (GM). Wall…
Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft (MSFT) may make a huge cut in the price of the Xbox. The company "needs to lower Xbox’s $299 to $479 price to increase sales and lure customers who…
Usually private equity firms need to do tremendous amounts of work to identify targets. But, in the metals business, the industry may be doing it for them. The M&A dance now includes, at least,…
Markets in Europe were falling at 6.10 AM New York time. The FTSE was off .3% to 6,612. BP (BP) was down .7% to 607.5. Unilever (UL) was up 3.3% to 1701. The DAXX…
"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated"–Mark Twain The recent warranty problems with the Microsoft (MSFT) cost the big software company over $1 billion. They had people calling for spinning off the…
Nielsen NetRatings is hoping to change the way that websites audiences are measured. The change is significant enough so that it will re-order the rankings of major web properties. The new ratings are based…
As the land-line businesses at large telcos like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) have been eroded by technology, especially cable-delivered VoIP, earnings have been kept strong by their cellular divisions. Cell subscriber growth has…
According to Reuters, private equity firms are going to start to target big miners like Alcoa (AA). Reuters writes that Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB added 90,000 subscribers over the last quarter. Reuters writes that Genetech…
Markets in Asia were mostly off. The Nikkei fell 1.1% to 18,050. Honda (HMC) fell 1.3% to 4470. NEC (NIPNY) rose 1.4% to 639. NTT (NTT) fell 2.7% to 530000. Sony (SNE) fell 2%…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer’s pick is Energizer Holdings (NYSE:ENR) that is close to $100.00 and headed to $120.00. One of the things that he found is that Energizer lithium batteries…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said today’s blemish is not a reason to not own some stocks out there. He is featuring the ‘obvious money trades’ that are leaders and that…
3M (NYSE:MMM) is just today announcing the launch of its own eStore. If you look through the press release it has all the reminders of 1999 when companies merely issued a press release saying…
Tercica (TRCA) is a small biotech which had an operating loss of $86 million last year on revenue of a little over $1 million. The year’s numbers have not been much better. The company’s…
Already regular members, today’s list includes Meritage (MTH), KB Home (KBH), Pulte (PHM), Lennar (LEN), and Beazer (BZH). Circuit City (CC) Electronics retail continues to disappoint. Down to $14.60 from $29.31 as 52-week high.…