Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 14, 2007)
ACL started as Buy at Jefferies.AMGN started as Mkt Perform at Rodman & Renshaw.B started as Outperform at CIBC.CBB started as Buy at UBS.CHE started as Buy at Jefferies.CTL raised to Neutral at UBS.CYTX…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
The Apple (AAPL) iPhone Gets More Competition
Barron’s has pointed out that Wall St. is becoming increasingly concerned about the high expectations for the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. One analyst from JP Morgan point to issues of iPod cannibalization if iPhones are…
Europe Markets 6/14/2007
Europe markets are up sharply at 6.10 AM New York time. The FTSE is up .9% to 6,617. BHP Billiton (BHP) is up 1.8% to 1349. Daily Mail is up 2.3% to 824.5. The…
GM (GM), Ford (F) And Chrysler: The Price Of Poor Union Management
The Wall Street Journal writes this morning that GM (GM), Ford (F) and Chrysler will seek huge concessions from the UAW this Fall. They claim a disadvantage of about $30 an hour compared to…
An Odd Move For Sprint (S)
Sprint’s (S) plan to get back to the vanguard of cell service and take business from AT&T Wireless (T) and Verizon Wireless is based on its huge national WiMax network. It is scheduled to…
Ebay’s (EBAY) Revenge
Google (GOOG) planned to have a party to upstage Ebay’s (EBAY) big confab for its online payment system, Paypal. Googe runs a competing systems call CheckOut. CheckOut has not done very well, so it…
Media Digest 6/14/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Ebay (EBAY) has pulled its business from the Google (GOOG) AdWords program. Reuters writes that, according to analysts a bid by IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) for CBOT (BOT) now faces an uphill battle.…
Asia Markets 6/14/2007
Most markets in Asia made sharp gains. The Nikkei rose .6% to 17,842. Nissan rose 1.4% to 1336. Toshiba rose 2.2% to 964. Yahoo Japan rose 3.2% to 41750. The Hang Seng rose 1.5%…
Hertz Holders Subsidizing Private Equity, Again (HTZ)
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (HTZ-NYSE) announced that the offering by certain of its stockholders of 51.75 Million shares of its common stock, including 6.75 Million shares including the overallotment, was priced at $22.25 per…
Cramer’s Top 5 China Stock Picks (CEO, CHL, SSW, FMCN, BIDU, GMR)
Stock Tickers Mentioned: CEO, CHL, SSW, FMCN, BIDU, GMR On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer dedicated the night to China. He’s not gung ho on Chinese stocks, but he’s willing to review some…
Sirius-XM Merger Sign-Up Merger Supporters; Where’s The Help? (XMSR, SIRI)
The SIRIUS Satellite Radio (SIRI-NASDAQ) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR-NASDAQ) merger has so far been unsuccessful and has so far been a painful one for shareholders. The FCC and Congress have been hampering the…
Cramer’s STOP TRADING (June 13, 2007)
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Cramer had several key stock picks: Cramer said he loved the Burger King interview (BKC) earlier on CNBC because it went from a bad company to a…
Omniture Finds Two Friends: More Money & Cramer (OMTR, AQNT)
Omniture (OMTR-NASDAQ) was up on its own after expanding a securities offering to 8.5 million shares and pricing at $18.15 per share. The company sold the shares through Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse as…
New Threat for GlaxoSmithKline: Avandia Spammers (GSK)
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK-NYSE) has been under significant pressure of late because of the New England Journal of Medicine showing greatly increased risks of a heart attack for diabetes patients that have taken AVANDIA. The news…
Boeing & The Aerospace Group: Set For Life (BA, GE, BEAV, ATI)
If you were born with a solid trust fund or if you won the lottery, you are probably set for the rest of your life. If not, you will at least hope your name…
The Slaughter House, Q2 Earnings Bleeders: Motorola (MOT) And Sprint (S)
Motorola (MOT) and Sprint (S) are already in trouble. But, recent news would indicate that things are getting worse at both companies That should show up in their Q2 numbers (or warnings). Motorola is…
Penny Stock Promoters Gone Wild II
There are enough penny stock advertisers with extraordinary claims that someone could write about them all day. Another group of favorites: Taipan Financial News. These guys offer a "backdoor" to plunder China’s IPO markets.…
The Slaughter House, Q2 Earnings Bleeders: Yahoo! (YHOO) And Amazon (AMZN)
Amazon (AMZN) is not a good company. It is a great one. Bezos has cut marketing and technology costs. He has made a smart move to get into China. The Unbox looks like it…
Goldman Sachs Backs Away From Two Steel Stocks (NUE, GNA)
After Nucor Corp. (NUE-NYSE) lowered guidance, Goldman Sachs has decided to withdraw it from the Americas Conviction Buy List. It notes that the stock appears undervalued to the $71.00 price target and it is…
DivX Signs SanDisk Partnership; Will It Matter? (DIVX, SNDK)
DivX (DIVX-NASDAQ) has announced a licensing agreement allowing SanDisk (SNDK-NASDAQ) to include DivX technology in SanDisk’s Sansa line of video-enabled products. Future SanDisk video products can now include interoperability with the DivX Stage6 video…