UST: UST Puts a Number On the Charge
Today Mid Cap Watch List and Large Cap Watch List member UST Corp. (UST) announced that it has settled a legal case: The first quarter 2007 Form 10-Q filed today with the Securities and…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
MXIM: Maxim Opts to Buy, Rather Than Build, Capacity
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
The Dow Gained 23 Points, Nasdaq Adds 7
From Street Insider The Dow gained 23.24 points to close at 13264.62, the Nasdaq added 6.69 points to close at 2,572.15, and the S&P 500 added 3.23 points to close at 1,505.62. Oil fell…
Moo+Flickr To Disrupt Getty Images and Vistaprint?
From 13D Tracker
Microsoft To Buy (Swallow) Yahoo…Again? Please, God, No.
From Internet Outsider
This Week on StockHouse April 30 to May 4
The first-quarter earnings flood was influential in pulling stock indices back and forth this week. Better-than-expected earnings and upbeat economic data have supported record highs for the Dow and the S&P500, while inflation worries…
Cramer’s Newest Laser Pick
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he’s looking at some very speculative names. His second pick is in lasers. Last week he speculated on Ionatron (IOTN) and it went up 17%…
Cramer Digs For Golden Star
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he’s looking at some very speculative names. He’s looking at Golden Star Resources (GSS-NYSE) as the way to play the CNBC challenge as a gold…
Buffett Takes Berkshire Hathaway Earnings Higher
Berkshire Hathaway just came out and posted some pretty incredible results. The company posted net earnings of $2.595 Billion, but net earnings from operations and outside of investment gains came in at $2.213 Billion. …
The 52-Week Low Clubs
Dean Foods (DF) Poor earnings and weak outlook. S&P ratings cut to boot. Drops to $32.83 down from 52-week high of $50.50. Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (CDE) The exploration and mineral properties development company…
Cramer Upping a CROCS Endorsement
Today, Cramer came on CNBC for the STOP TRADING segment and was briefly positive on Olin (OLN-NYSE) as a cheap chemical company and positive on Churchill Downs (CHDN-NASDAQ) ahead of the Kentuckt Derby. Cramer’s…
Big 5 (BGFV) not feeling so ‘Big’ today
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (BGFV) reported earnings yesterday and here are the highlights: Their first-quarter profit rose 28% Q1 earnings increased to $7.6 million, or 33 cents per share, from $5.9 million, or…
NYMEX Launching Uranium Futures: What Does It Mean For Uranium Stocks?
Stock Tickers: NMX, USU, CCJ, EMU, MOS, CF, URRE, USEG, URZ Uranium prices, and many of the underlying stocks that either mine it or explore it or are involved in the processing are way…
Starbucks Store Review in Texas
The Starbucks at the busy intersection of Westheimer and Post Oak Boulevard, is perhaps the largest Starbucks in Houston and has to be larger than 99% of all other stores. This is actually on…
Interactive Brokers Now Public & Open (IBKR)
Stock Tickers: IBKR, ETFC, AMTD, SCHW Interactive Brokers (IBKR-NASDAQ) has now opened after pricing its IPO. The IPO came public via the OpenIPO(R) format from W.R.Hambrecht, and we already posted the bidding indications from…
Starbucks Thin Growth
So, Starbuck’s (SBUX) met their number of 19 cents a share that the analyst expected, giving them 18% earning growth. Great? Make it worth paying 27 times earnings? No, let’s look closer. In Q1…
Interactive Brokers IPO Terms Set Even Higher
Interactive Brokers (IBKR-NASDAQ) priced 40 million share IPO at $30.01 per share. This is now a $1.2 Billion deal and the share count by the end of the bidding was essentially raised twice and…
Berkshire Hathaway Braces For Protesters at Annual Meeting (BRK/A, PTR)
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A-NYSE) will have a new issue to deal with at its annual meeting this weekend. It will have protesters outside calling for Berkshire Hathaway to sell its 1.1% stake in PetroChina (PTR-NYSE),…