AAP raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.ALDN cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.ALY started as Outperform at Wachovia.BEBE cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.BEN cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.BHP raised to Buy at Citigroup.CPO started…
IAC/Interactive (IACI) has introduced a new version of its Ask.com search engine, Ask 3D. Aside from normal search results covering web links for a subject, the website brings back links on related subjects in…
Dropping prices on products before they ship is generally not a sign of strength. But, Sony (SNE) is cutting the retail cost of its new Blu-Ray high def DVD player from a planned $599…
AMD (AMD) believes that its market share will begin to pick up in the second half. "Sometime in 2007 you’ll see us resume a more robust market share. You’ll see us rebound for sure,"…
Markets in Europe were up slightly at 6.40 AM New York time. The FTSE was up .3% to 6,682. Barclays (BCS) was up 1.1% to 740.5. Vodafone (VOD) was up .7% to 162.8. The…
Microsoft (MSFT) currently only has about 10% of the search market in the US. Google (GOOG) has closer to 50%. Perhaps Microsoft is not going to take all of this anymore while turtled on…
Comcast (CMCSA) has been conducting a test with the Warner studio, releasing VOD versions of movies at the same time that the DVDs come out. Apparently, the tests have been a success and Warner…
Amazon (AMZN) will have to do more and more to justify its share price which is up 80% this year. So, the company’s CEO, Jeff Bezos, is going to rachet up the company’s business…
According to Reuters, Avaya (AV) will be purchased by private equity firms TPG Capital and Silver Lake for $8.2 billion Reuters writes that GE (GE) is looking at buying financial services properties in Belgium.…
Markets in Asia were up. The Nikkei rose .5% to 18,054. Izuzu Motors rose 6.6% to 645. Docomo (DCM) fell 1% to 202000. Softbank rose 3.3% to 2750. Toyota (TM) rose .9% to 7620.…
As was expected, Avaya (AV), the spawn of such once-great companies as AT&T Bell Labs and Lucent will be taken private by private equity firms TPG Capital and Silver Lake for $8.2 billion. For…
Bed Bath & Beyonds (BBBY-NASDAQ) is apparently feeling the same consumer pinch as elsewhere, it guided $0.36-0.38 EPS versus $0.39 estimates and guided same-store-sales for the quarter down to up 1.6% from a prior…
Amgen (AMGN) is paying a hefty sum to diversify its Aranesp and Epogen franchises. The company is acquiring developmental-stage Ilypsa, a biotech company based in San Francisco that focuses on kidney disease care, for…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that he wants to address the board of Citigroup (C-NYSE) because they are sitting on a goldmine: He questions the whole strategy besides Chuck Prince. …
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On today’s Stop Trading segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he was shocked that Revlimid from Celgene (CELG) was hardly noticed and he thinks it’s ready to run here. This down move in Celgene…
Jim Cramer on TheStreet.com video gave an Apple (AAPL) stock strategy going into the June 29 release date. The video is more detailed but in short he thinks you can Sell some Apple as…
Scholastic Corp. (SCHL-NASDAQ) is up more than 13% after announcing the $200 million accelerated share buyback plan after the close on Friday. This is always a tough decision, but what do you do when…
The new CEO of AT&T (T) says he is looking outside the US for acquisitions. His company has already sucked up every regional Bell except Qwest (Q) and Verizon (VZ). He would not comment…
The Blackstone Group L.P. has set its IPO terms for its 133,333,334 million limited partnership units in an initial range of $29.00 to $31.00 per unit. These are units rather than ‘shares’ because of…