Lunch with Warren Buffett (BRK/A)
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A-NYSE) auctions himself off for a lunch every year in a benefit for the Glide Foundation. He has been doing the auction on eBay, and you wouldn’t believe what…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Motorola (MOT): Trouble Moves To China
Nokia (NOK) seems a bit concerned that some small handset companies in China may start to take a piece of the market there. But, Nokia believes that things in the world’s most populated country…
Europe Markets 6/28/2007
Markets in Europe were up at 6.10 AM New York time. The FTSE rose .6% to 6,567. BP (BP) rose 1.7% to 597.5. Pearson (PSO) rose 1.1% to 838. Vodafone (VOD) rose 2.1% to…
Ford (F) And GM (GM): More Slow Sales?
Ford (F) is offering zero percent financing on a number of its 2007 cars and light trucks. So is GM (GM). Not exactly a move from a position of strength. Since this set of…
Why Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Has No Competition
Google (GOOG) has launched free spreadsheet and word processing products, but they are unlikely to pull customers away from Windows. The products simply don’t have enough integrated features. Apple’s (AAPL) Leopard OS appears to…
Southwest Airlines (LUV): The Ghost Of Herb Kelleher
Juan Trippe is gone. The founder of Pan Am died in 1981. So is Howard Hughes who started TWA. Bob Crandall who started the frequent flyer program and the "hub and spoke" passenger feeder…
Media Digest 6/28/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) was cleared in an insider trading case in Australia. Reuters reports that Ford (F) is offering significant month-end incentives to bring buyers in for some of its brands. Reuters…
Asia Market 6/28/2007 Shanghai Down 4%
Most markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up .5% to 17,932. Honda (HMC) was up 2.1% to 4420. NEC (NIPNY) was up 1.5% to 627. The Hang Seng was up 1.1% to 21,940.…
Who’s Better Into Earnings: Research-in-Motion or Palm? (RIMM, PALM, AAPL, T)
So, both Research-in-Motion (RIMM-NASDAQ) and Palm (PALM-NASDAQ) report earnings Thursday after the close. The question is, Which is a better stock going into the earnings report? The thing is that R-I-M is up almost…
Both Sides of the Coin: Hoku Scientific, Inc. (HOKU)
Hoku Scientific, Inc. (HOKU-NASDAQ) has been a stock on a mission as shares have more than doubled in the last month, and it is easy to understand why based on the headlines. The company…
Will Vodafone (VOD) Get The iPhone?
Ah, rumors. The latest is that Vodafone (VOD) will be the next distributor of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. RIght now AT&T (T) wireless has the exclusive on the device in the US. Vodafone has…
Capital One: Putting Pink Slips In Employee Wallets (COF)
Capital One (COF-NYSE) has announced an update to a restructuring, or in otther words has announced lay-offs. The company claims this is ongoing, but history says that isn’t really so and the headlines are…
Digital River Earnings Warning: Not All e-Commerce Made the Same (DRIV)
Today, Digital River (DRIV-NASDAQ) is lowering quarterly revenue guidance to $78 million, down from $85 million it had previously guided. It also lowered non-GAAP EPS $0.38 to $0.39 EPS versus $0.46 given as prior…
Web.Com Buyout: Right Move, 2-Years Late (WWWW, WSPI)
Stock Tickers: WWWW, WSPI, GOOG, YHOO, EBAY, VRSN, AMZN Web.com (WWWW-NASDAQ) last night finally made the right move, although they are doing it late and possibly with the wrong partner. The company has signed…
Short Selling Volatile Biotechs (June 2007) (DNDN, NFLD, NSTK, ADLR, ALTH, COLY, CEGE, NUVO)
Stock Tickers: DNDN, NFLD, NSTK, ADLR, ALTH, COLY, CEGE, NUVO Many of the recent biotech implosions are always interesting to see if short sellers are getting out of the way or adding pressure. Out…
Earnings Preview: Paychex (PAYX) (June 2007)
Trading volume in Paychex Inc. (PAYX-NASDAQ) is fairly light ahead of its earnings after the close. First Call estimates are $0.36 EPS and $496.3 million in revenues. Today also marks the year-end report for…
Dow Jones (DJ) Alternative: Buy The Financial Times
Dow Jones (DJ) shares are off a bit today on news that Rupert Murdoch and News Corp (NWS) will not raise his bid for the parent of The Wall Street Journal. It’s $60 or…
Wal-Mart (WMT) Goes To The Lab
Wal-Mart (WMT) must be getting sick of not knowing what is going on out there in the markets in which it competes. Wall St. would think it would have a good idea, since the…
Shorting the NASDAQ Hi-Flyers (June 2007) (ATML, CNXT, CHTR, CMGI, FNSR, LVLT, PMCS, SIRI, SUNW, COMS)
Stock Tickers: ATML, CNXT, CHTR, CMGI, FNSR, LVLT, PMCS, SIRI, SUNW, COMS It is always interesting to see how short interest changes month to month in the lower priced more active stocks on…
EMC’s VMWare IPO: New Preliminary Data
The upcoming and expected IPO out of EMCCorp. (EMC-NYSE) for the VMWare unit thissummer is still on track, and there are few IPO’s this summer that are going to be as sought after as…