China Loves Its Pirates
China thinks that the US is being too tough on it by taking complaints about piracy of films and software to the World Trade Organzation. But according to Reuters: "Underscoring the problem, DVDs claiming…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Europe Markets 4/24/2007
Markets in Europe were lower at 6.00 AM New York time. The FTSE fell .7% to 6,432. Barclays (BCS) was down 1.8% to 719.5. BP (BP) was .1% to 758. BT (BT) was down…
Toyota As No.1: Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown
Toyota (TM) pulled ahead of GM (GM) as the world’s No.1 automaker during the first quarter of the year. The Japanese company sold 2.348 million vehicles in the quarter compared to GM’s 2.26. But,…
Media Digest 4/24/2007
According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) passed GM (GM) as the No.1 car maker in the world during Q1. Reuters writes that Apple’s (AAPL) ex-CFO has settled SEC charges. Reuters also writes that China has…
Asia Markets 4/24/2007
Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei fell a small fraction to 17,452. Canon (CAJ) rose 1.5% to 6660. Honda (HMC) fell 1.2% to 4070. NEC (NIPNY) rose 3% to 649. NTT (NTT)…
TXN: Market Excited About Texas Instruments Results, We’re Still Skeptical
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat
Capital One Reduces Guidance on Mortgage Weakness
From Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist
Monday’s Top Biotech & Medical Stocks
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com Biotechnology ALFACELL CORP +30.34% VION PHARM INC +19.64% MEDIMMUNE INC +17.83% CURIS INC +14.45% XOMA LTD +11.71% Diagnostic Substances ISTA PHARMACTLS +9.44% THRESHOLD PHARMACEUT +3.35% ASPENBIO PHARMA INC +2.71% IMMUCELL…
BioWatch Alert: Provectus Jumps 15% on 6x Volume
From BioHealth Investor
StreetInsider.com After-Hours Movers 04/23
TRANSCEND SERVICES, INC. (Nasdaq: TRCR) 17% HIGHER; Revenue for the first quarter of 2007 was $10,422,000, an increase of $2,410,000, or 30%, over first quarter 2006 revenue of $8,012,000. Earnings per share was $0.15…
Sun Capital Securities Raises Stake in Nautilus (NLS) to 6.6%
From 13D Tracker
Dan Loeb: Hedge Fund and Buyout King?
From 13D Tracker
Millenco Raises Stake in ArQule (ARQL) to 6.3%
From 13D Tracker
Target Gets Slaughtered
Target (TGT) is now saying that its same store sales for April will come in below the 2% to 4% forecast. For the second quarter, the retailer expects same store sales to be 3%…
Google Lengthens Search Lead As Ask.com Disappears
Google’s (GOOG) share of the US search market rose to almost 54% in March, according to NetRatings. Its year-over-year increase in handling queries rose almost 32%. Yahoo! (YHOO), which has a market share of…
AMD’s $1.8 Billion Voodoo Financing Announcement
What’s the best thing to do when you are in the midst of losing a price war THAT YOU STARTED? Go convince Main Street that you can win what you have been losing if…
Cramer’s Discovery (DISCA)
Jim Cramer on tonight’s Mad Money on CNBC said that Discovery Holdings (DISCA-NASDAQ) is a broadcast company that is a winner in the cable arena. This could be bought, sold, cut up into pieces,…
Cramer’s Private Equity Buyout Pick: Actuant
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer reviewed private equity firms and his feature this week is to predict which ones could be acquired. So much for Cramer not just speculating about buyout candidates…
Google: The World’s Most Valuable Brand?
Market research firm Millward Brown has come out with a list of the world’s most valuable brands.. According to Reuters, the rankings were based on publicly available financial data along with primary research, including…
GM: For The “Tell Us Something We Don’t Know” File
Bob Lutz, the world’s oldest car designer, who is also vice chaiman of General Motors (GM) today told an automotive conference in Louisville that default rates in the mortgage markets would hurt car sales…