Dendreon (DNDN-NASDAQ) has an interesting twist this morning because of two issues. Yesterday it announced some new study data on PROVENGE at The American Urological Association on Sunday. The company’s board has also approved…
(ASD) American Standard is reaffirming guidance.(AT) Alltel agreed to a $27.5 Billion buyout offer, or $71.50 per share.(CATT) Catapult believes it will miss its earnings estimates for the quarter.(CRM) Salesforce.com in talks for another…
AMGN reitr Neutral at Baird.CAT reiterated Neutral at Baird.CFC cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.CSE cut to Mkt Perform at FBR.HOLX raised to Buy at B of A.NILE cut to Sell at Jackson.OHB raised…
Lowe’s (LOW) earnings were nothing special, but with the housing market in trouble that is not a surprise. Revenue rose slightly in the last quarter to $12.2 billion. Net fell to $739 million from…
Pfizer’s (PFE) new CEO Jeffrey Kindler is dumping his head of research and his CFO. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company’s logic is that it needs a CFO with "more visibility and…
Clear Channel (CCU), the over-the-air radio giant, will begin offering a service that allows cellphone users to text song requests to radio stations. According to The Wall Street Journal: "Listeners also will be able…
Markets in Europe were mixed at 5.50 AM New York time. The FTSE was up .2% to 6,654. BP (BP) was up 1.1% to 588.5. Prudential (PUK) was down .5% to 775. Reuters (RTRSY)…
According to Reuters, TPG Capital and the buyout arm of Goldman Sachs will pay over $25 billion to take Alltel (AT) private. Reuters writes that the Chinese government will take a $3 billion stake…
Asia markets rose. The Nikkei was up .9% to 17,557. NTT Docomo (DCM) was up 1.9% to 213000. Sony (SNE) was up 4% to 6840. Toyota (TM) was down .3% to 7320. The Shanghai…
Salesforce.com (CRM) is not a very large company compared to Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT), but it does have a presence is one of the fastest growing segments of the software market. The company…
TPG Capital and a division of Goldman Sachs are paying $71.50 a share for telecommunications company Alltel (AT). The deal, valued at $27.5 billion is a 10% premium over the current stock price. The…
There are two problems with the game of musical chairs. The first is that someone is left without a seat after each turn. The other is that there is only one winner. The communist…
Siemens (SI), troubled by bribery scandals, has named a new CEO, Peter Loescher. He currently runs a division of Merck (MRK) and was an executive at GE (GE). Loescher’s background is primarily in running…
Everyday gas prices hit a new high record level the folks people love to blame are the oil companies (Exxon (XOM) is the main whipping boy), the Iraq war, a Bush / Cheney conspiracy…
Stock Tickers: APA, BHI, BJS, CHK, DVN, ESV, XTO, VLO After digging through the Barron’s list of "under-dividend" companies, something else came back to mind again: there are too many energy companies with tiny…
Barron’s did something very interesting this weekend: they covered companies that could be paying out much higher dividends. This is something investors should applaud as too many companies are determining that shareholders are more…
At the risk of stating the obvious, Dow Jones (DJ) needs a way out. Its shares were moving along in the low $30s until News Corp (NWS) offered $60. If the controlling Bancroft family…
by Hisham S. Ayoub, DMDBioHealth Investor.com It is a common, and expected practice, to release study results and preliminary data of major studies to doctors and members of medical associations ahead of major conferences.…
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By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist This stunning bid for online advertising firm aQuantive (AQNT) by Microsoft (MSFT) seems to stem from simply missing out on deals that competitors have made and feeling the…