CVS/Caremark Corporation (CVS) reported earnings today rose 24% on strong revenue in the first quarter. Net income after paying preferred dividends grew to $405.4 million, or 43 cents per share, from $326.1 million, or…
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (DAL) emerges from bankruptcy and a few weeks later their common shares fall flat on their face. US Airways (LCC) has been falling these past few months and after losing…
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he loves Discovery Holding Co. (DISCA) and thinks it should go private. He was very positive on this name before on one of his…
On TheStreet.com videos today, Jim Cramer noted that a recent term from Merrill Lynch on ‘Ag-Flation’ is a real risk just like China related inflation. The ethanol mandates recently have driven up costs around…
Just when you thought consumer home equity induced spending was dead due to a slowing market and tightened credit standards, a new product promises to put some juice into it. REX & Co, backed…
CSX (CSX) provides rail, intermodal and rail-to-truck transload services that are among the nation’s leading transportation companies, connecting more than 70 river, ocean and lake ports, as well as more than 200 short line…
Goldman Sachs’ strategist Abbey Joseph Cohen has boosted her targets on both the S&P 500 Index and the DJIA for 2007. She raised the S&P target from 1550 to 1600, versus 1,504-ish today. Her…
McDonald’s (MCD) same store sales rose almost 5% worldwide in April. The population is not growing at that fast a rate, so, either McDonald’s is getting the revenue from other retailer outlets, or people…
Hewlett Packard (HPQ-NYSE) has raised guidance this morning for fiscal Q2. The company "accidentally" sent an email last night and determined that it would be best to release the data this morning. The company…
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO-NASDAQ) will grace tech traders with its earnings report after the close today. First Call estimates are $0.33 EPS and $8.76 Billion revenues. Its last revenue range was $8.7 billion to…
Goldman Sachs raised estimates on AngloGold (AU), Guitar Center (GTRC), Dolby (DLB), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Assured Guaranty (AGO), Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG), Assurant (AIZ), McKesson (MCK), Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Warner Chilcott (WCRX),…
Dynegy Inc. (DYN-NYSE) reported EPS of $0.03 on stronger-than-expected weather-driven demand and higher power prices; up from -$0.01 last year and compares to $0.03 to $0.04 estimates (Reuters $0.03e and First Call $0.04e). Revenues…
(AHCI) Allied Healthcare $0.04 EPS vs $0.05e.(AKS) AK Steel reportedly getting a $40 per share bid from Arcelor Mittal; AKS up 18% pre-market.(AMZN) Amazon.com has noted that it has already received more than 1…
AAA cut to Peer Perform at Baird.AAP cut to Neutral at Baird.ALGT cut to Neutral at Prudential.ALTI started as Neutral at First Albany.CCOI cut to Sector Perform at RBC.CERN started as Hold at Sifel…
The price that News Corp (NWS) paid for Photobucket seems low at $300 million. But, it audience seems to have a nearly 100% duplication with NWS MySpace. TechCrunch says that Time Warner (TWX) will…
Markets in Europe were lower at 6.20 AM New York time. The FTSE fell .5% to 6,569. Barclays (BCS) was .2% to 734. BP (BP) was down 1.3% to 569.5. BT (BT) was up…
Sun (SUNW) had had the Java programming language around for years. It has giving the code away to try to drive adoption but even on internet websites it is not used often because it…
According to Reuters, Reuters (RTRSY) and Thomson are in talks that would offer Reuters shareholders over $17 billion for the company. It would create the world’s largest financial information supplier. Reuters writes that Carl…
Markets in Asia were down slightly with the exception of Shanghai’s Composite. The Nikkei fell .1% to 17,657. Canon (CAJ) was down .4% to 7960. NTT (NTT) was up .5% to 622000. Softbank was…
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