Cablevision (CVC) Conundrum
The list of investors who believe that the founding Dolan family is offering too little to take Cablevision private (NYSE:CVC) is fairly long. According to Barron’s, it includes large shareholders T Rowe Price and…
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Why Daimler Wanted Out Of Chrysler
S&P auto analysts came out with a report late last week that indicated a poor US economy could derail any attempt by the Big Three automakers to fix their North American operations. That seem…
24/7 Wall St.’s Look Ahead – What to expect the week of May 14th
Another great week on Wall Street and some encouraging words from the Federal Reserve Bank that inflation appears to be under control and future Interest Rate cuts could happen in 2007. However everyone seems…
Chevron Woes: Oil Price Going Up?
Chevon (CVX) is faced with nettlesome problems in Nigeria. Warfare in the country has forced the US company to pull crews from its oil fields. According to The Wall Street Journal: "almost a third…
Ford And GM Notes From S&P: What The Market Already Knows
S&P auto analysts have made a big deal of their analysis that trouble in the US economy could hurt auto sales, and that this could undermine the turnaround that GM (GM) and Ford (F)…
Comscore Top 50 US Websites
Below are the Top 50 Websites in the US for April 2007 from Comscore. Top 50 Properties April 2007 Total U.S. – Home, Work and University Locations Unique Visitors (000) Source: comScore Media Metrix…
April Finance Site Figures From NetRatings
These number look quite differnet from the ComScore figures that 24/7 Wall St. posted earlier this week, which points to the problem that large internet companies have with the measurement services. Top 20 Online…
UIC: United Industrial Buying Back Shares
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Hot on the heels of a strong earnings report, Mid Cap Watch List member United Industrial Corporation (UIC) announced that its Board of Directors authorized a…
Fossil’s Option Cleanup: No “Formula 108″
Fossil Inc. filed a non-reliance 8-K yesterday on its financials for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, for all fiscal quarters of 2005 and the first and second fiscal quarters of 2006. The situation contains…
SEC Under The Microscope?
CFO.com’s Sarah Johnson reports that Representative Barney Frank could schedule a Financial Services Committee hearing in late June in which SEC Chairman Cox and commissioners may be on the defensive. Rep. Frank, chairman of…
This Week on StockHouse May 7 to 11
It was another week, and another spate of merger activities. This week it was Alcoa (NYSE: AA) bidding for Canadian rival Alcan (TSX: T.AL). StockHouse reporter Sean Mason checked out the buzz (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19690 )…
Friday’s Top Biotech & Medical Stocks
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com Biotechnology DENDREON CORP +10.29% NORTHFIELD LABS IN +10.25% COMBINATORX +9.56% ONYX PHARM INC +8.70% SEQUENOM INC +8.08% Diagnostic Substances ICAGEN, INC. +8.00% MONOGRAM BIOSCIENCES +5.00% HEALTHCARE TECH LTD +4.50% LEXICON…
IBD Weekly Top Ranked Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor The following list represents the top ten medical stocks ranked according to Earnings Per Share and Relative Strength by Investor’s Business Daily (5/12/07) scores out of 100 (last week’s rank, change…
DaimlerChrysler is going to set record highs with Smart car sales
This morning I saw a headline that made me more excited than watching Jesicca Alba in say – any movie she’s ever done. 12,600 people have put money down for tiny Smart car United…
The Dow Gains 111 Points, Nasdaq Adds 28
e Dow gained 111.09 points to close at 13,326.22, the Nasdaq added 28.48 points to close at 2,562.22, and the S&P 500 gained 14.38 points to close at 1,505.85. Oil gained $0.56 to close…
Monarch Activist Partners Discloses 6.1% Stake in Orbit International (ORBT)
In a 13D filing after the close on Orbit International (Nasdaq: ORBT), Monarch Activist Partners LP disclosed a 6.1% stake (280K shares) in the company. The firm said it believes that ORBT’s stock price…
The 52-Week Low Club
Furniture Brands (FBN) April sales slump. Down to $14.40 from 52-week high of $24.60. Distributed Energy (DESC) Electric power system company misses numbers. More painful that having a tooth out. Shares drop 44% in…
Overlooked Metals Stocks: Lundin (LMC)
Stock Tickers: LMC, ZEUS, AA, AL, X, MT, FCX When you look at the large metals companies such as US Steel (X-NYSE), Alcoa (AA-NYSE), Rio Tinto (RTP-NYSE), Alcan (AL-NYSE), Arcelor Mittal (MT-NYSE), Freeport McMoRan…
Cramer says Buy JMP, Sell Refiners
Jim Cramer talked about refiners and an IPO on today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC. He says he is shifting from a Buy to a Sell on the refiners because margins may have peaked. …
Foot Locker, Inc. – Why Bother?
Big drop for Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL) falling 7% today due to a Q1 guidance reduction and same-store sales slipping 5.1%. Last night in after-hours trading shares of Foot Locker were down 10% and…