Chinese Car Market Gets Crowded
Nissan wants to sell 300,000 cars in China this year. During 2006, the company moved 220,000 units. The Japanese company is even beginning to market its luxury Inifiniti line to the upper end of…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Verizon’s (VZ) Three Card Monte
Verizon (VZ) cuts the old copper wire to homes when it installs its new fiber-to-the-home service, Fios. Fios offers faster broadband, so who needs the copper anyway? Verizon points out that they tell everyone…
Apple (AAPL): A 3G iPhone?
One of the biggest knocks against the new Apple (AAPL) iPhone is that it works on AT&T (T) 2.5G network and not a newer 3G network. Consumers want that faster connection speed. So, it…
Will Baidu’s (BIDU) Chinese Music Business Model Spread?
Chinese search leader Baidu (BIDU) has formed a partnership with the largest Chinese record label to stream music online. For free. Advertising will run on the pages where the music is accessed. Money will…
Verizon’s (VZ) Friend: The Cable Box
There was a time when cable operators picked a box, generally from Motorola (MOT) or the Scientific Atlanta division of Cisco (CSCO). They rented the device out to customers and probably made a very…
GM’s (GM) Market Share Drives Off A Cliff
Edmunds writes that GM’s (GM) North American market share in the most recent month dropped to 22.1%. In 2002, during the same month, the number was 30.2%. The latest number is a record low…
This Week on StockHouse July 2 – 6
The official start of summer arrived in a trading week shortened by the U.S. and Canadian national holidays. Falcon Oil and Gas (TSX: V.FO) occupied the top Bullboard spot in this week’s Top Five…
Another Troubling Sign From Sun (SUNW)
Sun Microsystems (SUNW) had decided to add and support certain features of the Linux open source operating system in its own Solaris product. Reuters quotes an industry expert as saying: "Solaris is hard to…
Cramer’s Speculating Where? Venezuela? (HNR, TX)
Cramer has two speculative plays down in Venezuela to make money off of. He thinks the nationalizations have already happened and the bad news is baked in. If you are a ‘safety and stability’…
Cramer Keeps Riding Growth, Particularly R-I-M (RIMM)
Stock Tickers: RIMM, AMZN, NVDA, GLW, GOOG, LVLT, CROX, UA, CIEN On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer said you don’t need to worry about next week: You need a roadmap for six months. …
Top 10 Stock Issues Review of This Week (July 6, 2007)
Stock Tickers: CME, BOT, DFS, RIMM, AAPL, AA, RTP, AL, AMD, MOT, ALU, MPEL, GM, TM, BIDU, INTC, DELL, MSFT If the CME (CME) and CBOT (BOT) doesn’t get approved next week, then what…
ETF Winners & Losers (July 6, 2007)
DJIA 13,611.68; +45.84 (+0.34%)S&P500 1,530.44; +5.04 (+0.33%)NASDAQ 2,666.51; +9.86…
Cramer At Home on the Rail Depot (UNP, HD)
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer has a trade for the weekend: Union Pacific (UNP) is great because it is up after lowering guidance and shows how bullish the market is…
UAW Comments On A Ford (F) Bankruptcy
The UAW officer who heads negotiations with The Ford Motor Company (F) told other members of the union that the automaker could not weather a strike. He added that if the company’s sales continue…
Will Investors Discover the Discover Card? (DFS, MS, AXP, MA)
Discover Financial Services (DFS-NYSE) has been trading for one trading week now, albeit it is technically a 3 and a half day week. Now that the distribution of these shares is complete from Morgan…
Tyco’s Parts One Week Later (TYC, TEL, COV, GE, MMM)
As you will see, so far the markets have greeted the post-Tyco with a bit of a thud. This is one we were a bit cautious on the valuations as being fully valued and…
Local.com’s (LOCM) Stock Falls: A Victory Of Reason Over Hope
Shares in Local.com (LOCM) are finally headed down after several days of furious rallying. The stock went from under $4 on June 28 to over $13 yesterday. It is off 11% today. Local came…
Another Missed Chance For Sony (SNE) PS3
After almost every analyst that follows the gaming industry said Sony (SNE) would cut prices on it PS3 game platform, the company’s president said "no dice." Reuters reports that there may just be too…
Applied Micro (AMCC): Cuts Forecast And Stock Rises
Investors get vexed when the market acts against their instincts. Applied Micro (AMCC) cuts it forecast for the next quarter. The company had expected revenue of close to $60 million, but knocked that down…
CME-CBOT 99.999% Done! (CME, BOT, ICE)
The Chicago Board of Trade (BOT-NYSE) and the Chicago Mercantile Echange (CME-NYSE) are THAT much closer to closing their merger. Unless the IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE-NYSE) is able to pull an unexpected Hail Mary pass,…