Microsoft: Shorts Keep A Strong Bet
Shares short in Microsoft (MSFT) rose 4.3 million to 98.8 million in April. It may be that the concerns about Vista will be worth the bet. The stock was over $31 early in the…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Seeing Value in Lucent-Alcatel: Goldman Sachs Raises Ratings
Goldman Sachs is raising its rating on troubled network and telecom equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent (ALU-NYSE/ADR). The firm raised its official rating to a BUY from NEUTRAL, and shares are up more than 2% pre-market…
Pre-Market Stock News (APR 25, 2007)
(ABN) ABN AMRO gets a higher bid of roughly $98 Billion (13% higher than Barclays) from a group led by Royal Bank of Scotland.(ABC) Amerisource Bergen raised guidance after earnings.(AMZN) Amazon.com traded up more…
Earlybird Analyst Calls (APR 25, 2007)
AAP raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.AMZN raised to Hold at Citigroup; raised to Mkt Perform at Piper Jaffray.ASD raised to Overweight at Lehman.BNI cut to Neutral at Prudential.CBB cut to Mkt Perform at…
Pepsi’s Big Day
People still must like soft drinks. Pepsi (PEP) reported a 17% increase in first-quarter earnings per share to $0.65, fueled by a 9% increase in net revenue, with each of the Company’s operating divisions…
Europe Markets 4/24/2007
Markets in Europe were up at 6.20 AM New York time. The FTSE was up .5% to 6,463. Barclays (BCS) rose 1.5% to 732.5. BP (BP) was up .8% to 573, BT (BT) was…
Nasdaq Short Interest, April 2007
Below is the short interest in major Nasdaq traded stock for the period ending April 13. The numbers are compared to March 15, 2007. Largest Short Interest Siruis (SIRI) …
Sun Micro: Bring Back Scott McNealy
As least when founder and former CEO Scott McNealy ran Sun (SUNW) investors were used to a sting of bad quarters. New CEO Jonathan Schwartz has cut costs and promised he can restart grow.…
Media Digest 4/25/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Reuters
According to Reuters, three banks lead by Royal Bank of Scotland have topped Barclays (BCS) bid for ABN Amro (ABN). Reurters writes that IBM (IBM) will start selling software from MySQL, a developer of…
Asia Markets 4/25/2007
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.2% to 17,236. Canon (CAJ) rose .8% to 6710. Honda (HMC) fell 2% to 3990. NEC (NIPNY) fell 2% to 626. NTT (NTT) fell 1.8% to…
TZOO: Travelzoo Disappoints
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NutriSystem Inc. From TheStockMasters
NutriSystem Inc. (NTRI) reports Q1 07 tomorrow after the close and with shares trading $20 below the 52-week high, bargain shoppers are hoping for a solid performance.Q1 is a big quarter for NTRI and…
StreetInsider.com After-Hours Movers 04/24
Corp Executive Board (Nasdaq: EXBD) 17% LOWER; reports Q1 EPS of $0.50, 1 cent better than estimates.(0.49) Revenues were $124.5 million vs. $127.49 million consensus. Sees Q2 EPS between $0.42-0.45 vs. consensus of $0.53.…
Travelzoo Can’t Find Enough Bargains
Things must be so good in the economy that online travel discounters can’t find bargains. Travelzoo (TZOO-NASDAQ) just dropped the ball in its earnings numbers. They posted revenues of $19.7 million and posted $0.25…
Amazon: The Internet’s Fool Has His Day
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), has not been a favorite of the press or Wall St. Barron’s often complains that Amazon’s financial statement are not transparent. The company is often…
Cramer’s Ready to Eat Up Darden
Cramer kept going on his private equity "buyout candidate" for the current environment. Buying a company solely for the sake of hoping that they get acquired is a stratgey that can hurt your pocketbook…
Cramer Rides the Reading Railroad
Jim Cramer made some railroad calls this evening on MAD MONEY to play the coming gains in the sector, although he's sticking with some of his winners and these stocks are now on all-timke…