EGL: Private Equity Madness
By Ryan Barnes of 24/7 Wall St. Second Institutional Holder of EGL Questions Buyout Motive Federated Kauffman filed suit against EGL Inc. (EAGL) on behalf of their Small Cap Fund this weekend, the second…
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GM: More Motor City Madness
General Motors (GM) has problems in the big pick-up end of its business and is looking at producing a minicar a the other end. According to Reuters, GM (GM) and Ford (F) may both…
Barron’s Alzheimer’s Article Only Scratches the Surface
Stock Tickers: WYE, NRMX, ELN, NVS, PFE, LLY, JNJ, AZN, TRGT, SNH, SRZ, BKD, ALC, HCR, ESC, MYGN, FRX, NYMX, ICGN, MEMY, EPIX, SI, ESALY, MRK, MATK This weekend, Barron’s has run its cover…
Unusual Options Activity (MAR 31, 2007)
Stock Tickers: DNDN, SIRI, XMSR, BRCD, MSFT, F, TRLG, BJS, HAL Dendreon (DNDN) saw much options activity, but that would be expected because of the FDA panel review. There were some fortunes made and…
This Week on StockHouse March 26 to 30
Fresh worries about inflation and U.S. economic growth gave markets a pause mid-week. At the same time, oil prices continued to escalate along with tensions between Britain and Iran, as the latter country continued…
Cramer’s TOP 9 CEO’s This Week
Stock Tickers: COST, KSS, FD, JCP, RL, RSH, SHLD, SKS, VFC This entire week Jim Cramer featured a list of CEO’s that Cramer feels deserve "the benefit of the doubt," even if they have…
Cramer: 2 More Great CEO’s (SHLD, RSH)
Stock Tickers: SHLD, RSHCramer also noted on MAD MONEY that he has two more retailers that he thinks their CEO’s deserve the benefit of the doubt, the end of this week’s series. He noted…
Cramer: Jones Soda Is the Next Hansen
Stock Tickers: JSDA, HANS, KO, PEPOn tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer said he wanted to find the next speculative stock that ends up with exponential growth similar to what a Hansen Natural (HNSN-NASDAQ)…
The 52-Week Low Club
Sirius (SIRI) Still concerns about merger and balance sheet. Hits low of $3.18 compared to 52-week high of $5.57. Global Payments (GPN) Electronic payment processing company lowers forecasts. Down to $30 from 52-week high…
Cramer on Ethanol
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer talked about some of his ethanol plays. As far as the crop report, Cramer thinks they aren’t focusing on the secular trends. He likes these…
As Sirius Launches Video, Stock Hits 52-Week Low
The S&P is flat for the year. Sirius (SIRI) is not. Down about 7%, it hit a 52-week low today at $3.18. The stock actually has not been that low since 2004. Sirius announced…
Chip Analysts Tripping Over Themselves To Be First
Everyone seems to be trying to call the bottom in the chip sector these days. We’ve already seen sector upgrades from Goldman and others in the past 2 weeks; today upgrades came from Stifel…
StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 03/30/2007
Dendreon (Nasdaq: DNDN) 159% HIGHER; FDA panel backs PROVENGE for prostate cancer. All American Semiconductor (NASDAQ: SEMI) 44.9% LOWER;
MLF Investments Raises Stake in La-Z-Boy (LZB) to 7%
From 13D Tracker In an amended 13D filing on La-Z-Boy Inc. (NYSE: LZB), MLF Investments disclosed a 7% stake (3.6 million shares) in the company. This is up from the 5.9% stake the firm…
Another Large eSpeed (ESPD) Holder Calls for a Sale or Other Measures to Increase Shareholder Value
From 13D Tracker In a 13D filing after the close on eSpeed Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPD), WC Capital disclosed a 6.4% stake (1.92 million shares) in the company. The firm also disclosed a letter send…
Undressing the Window Dressers
From Ticker Sense Earlier in the week we sent our subscribers a report, which was later picked up by CNBC, on end of the quarter window dressing. The report concluded that the stocks which…
The Chinese Come For Motorola
Motorola’s (MOT) problems with its huge cell phone unit are well chronicled. The hot RAZR phone is not hot any more and both unit sales and margins are dropping. Carl Icahn has bought a…
Ford’s Drying Up And Blowing Away
One of Ford’s senior executives said that is sales in the US would be off by double digits again in March. That is probably a sign that a turnaround is not around the corner.…
Other Biotech Stocks Chasing Dendreon Pre-Market
This shouldn’t be any shocker now, but the small-cap biotech stocks are getting attention this morning. Of particular interest are the ones with clinical development programs for prostate and other cancers. When you get…
iPhone Coming June 11? (AAPL)
Is June 11, 2007 the REAL release date for the Apple (AAPL-NASDAQ) iPhone via AT&T’s (T-NYSE) Cingular? CNet is reporting that June 11 is the confirmed date for this highly anticipated release. There have…