Cramer’s New ‘Four Horsemen of Technology’
Stock Tickers: MSFT, INTC, DELL, CSCO, GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, AMZN On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer has some names to fall back on after you have two bad tape days like this. …
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Vonage, Actually Making Another Presentation (VG)
Vonage Holdings Corporation (VG-NYSE) has disclosed that the company’s CFO, John Rego, will be speaking in New York City at the Bear Stearns 2007 Technology/Communications/Internet Conference on Monday, June 11, 2007 at 2:15 PM…
ARCAF – Arcadis Nv: A Wake-up Call for the NASDAQ
By Saul Sterman Arcadis announced on May 16, 2007 that it was delisting from the NASDAQ as of June 7th due to low volume and what Arcadis is describing as unnecessary expenses related to…
Genentech (DNA) Joins The 52-Week Low Club
Genentech (DNA) Big biopharma drops on poort clinical trial results for its drug Avastin. Down to $75.56 from 52-week high of $89.73. Verasun Energy (VSE) Rise in supply of ethanol could hurt margins. Shares…
Ford (F) Gets A Break
The new JD Power survey of initial car quality gave Ford (F) some good news. It won five of the nineteen segments, edging out Toyota (TM). According to The Associated Press: "Ford Motor Co.…
Dendreon’s $75 Million Borrowing, Almost For Free (DNDN)
Dendreon (DNDN-NASDAQ) announced this morning that it did price its $75 million in convertible senior subordinated notes due 2014 via a Rule 144A private placement. The interest rate is merely 4.75%, and here is…
Cramer Outlines Long-Term Growth in Aerospace
On today’s Wall Street Confidential video on TheStreet.com, Jim Cramer says that aerospace stocks are great buying opportunities on down market days like today and yesterday. Aerospace is tied into a long-term cycle, not…
Turkish Incursions Into Iraq Hurt US-Listed Turkish Shares (TKF, TKC)
Some military and political moves affect entire global markets and some moves are limited to certain regions. If you just look at headlines and saw "Turkish Tropps Launch Offensive Into Iraq" you would worry…
AMD (AMD) At The Rally’s End
AMD (AMD) was a fairly exciting stock for a few weeks. After bottoming just below $13 on May 8, the stock ran up and traded above $15 for a few days. At one point…
Newspaper Carnage Continues, But…. (NWS, DJ, TRB, MNI, GHS, JRN, NYT, GCI, SSP, BLC, LEE )
There has been a solid recovery in newspaper and media plays in recent weeks, for some obvious merger reasons. But the continuously deteriorating fundamentals in the sector lend a credence that the sector is…
Reasoning Behind Borders Group ‘Cut to Sell’ at Goldman Sachs (BGP)
When a bulge bracket firm issues a ‘Sell’ rating on a stock, you always have to consider the reasoning. ‘Sell’ recommendations can cause many more backlashes historically than other downgrade and ratings changes, particularly…
Prudential Turns Itself Into A Widget Firm (PRU)
In a somewhat surprising move, Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU-NYSE) has decided to jettison its institutional equity research, sales, amnd trading business known as Prudential Equity Group. This will affect equity research operations including its…
Hope For Higher DRAM Chip Prices Ahead
The article is titled "DRAM contract prices slips 5% in 1HJun, hopes for a price rebound may occur in July；Taiwan’s miCARD to offer more choice" and overshadows an industry whose MO just seems hampered…
Pre-Market Stock News (June 6, 2007)
(AAUK) Anglo American’s CEO will become a non-executive member of the board of directors at BP (BP).(ACAD) Acadia Pharmaceuticals traded up over 10% after Jim Cramer touted the stock as a speculative play for…
Starent Networks Premium IPO Pricing (STAR)
Starent Networks Corp. (STAR-NASDAQ) priced its awaited 10.5 million share IPO at $12.00 per share, above the original $9.00 to $11.00 range. Underwriters are isted as Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Thomas Weisel, and J.P.Morgan. …
Earlybird Analyst Calls (June 6, 2007)
AGN started as Buy at Jefferies.AW started as Outperform at Credit Suisse.BAY started as Overweight at JPMorgan.CACH cut to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford.CIEN started as Outperform at Piper Jaffray.CPNO started as Outperform at…
Dell (DELL) To Chase IBM (IBM) And HP (HPQ), Buy EDS?
Dell (DELL) has services revenue envy. Selling PCs and servers may be a good business, but offering IT services to big companies may be much better. Michael Dell looks at the large operations that…
Europe Markets 6/6/2007
Markets in Europe were sharply lower at 6.20 AM New York time. The FTSE was off .9% to 6,572. Barclays (BCS) was off 1.6% to 727. British Airways (BAB) was down 2% to 447.…
OPEC Sabre Rattling: Biofuel Backlash
OPEC is getting sick of developed countries working on alternative energy. Why, the cartel asks, should it invest more in oil exploration, if it is to eventually be replaced by technologies like windmills and…
Sony (SNE): the PS3 falls further behind
Based on reports out of Japan, the Sony (SNE) Playstation 3 is being outsold by rival game platform, the Nintendo Wii, by a very large margin. Research firm Enterbrain reports that Nintendo sold 251,794…