From Chad Brand at Peridot Capitalist Shares of Motorola (MOT) are getting smacked in pre-market trading after the mobile phone giant shocked Wall Street yesterday by forecasting a first quarter loss. After having failed…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We recently said that “As we have pointed out before, Intuit’s (INTU) stock price is highly seasonal. It goes up in anticipation of tax season, but…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Small Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List member Cato Corporation (CTR) reported earnings of $0.40 for the fourth quarter and $1.62 for the full…
UPWARD MOVERS:Adams Respiratory Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ARXT) +$5.20; Entered into a settlement agreement with Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. and United Research Laboratories, Inc., both wholly owned subsidiaries of Pharmaceutical Holdings Chattem (Nasdaq: CHTT) +$4.60; Reports Q1…
This morning, Doug ran an article discussing some of the inherent problems that could come out of the new video services aimed at competing against Google’s (GOOG-NASDAQ) YouTube. General Electric’s (GE-NYSE) and News Corp…
China YouTV Corp. (CYTV-OTC) is one stock that has been on a tear in recent days, yet no one really knows the company yet. CYTV shares are up threefold in the last few days…
After a little up-tick yesterday when Starbucks (SBUX) said it would add 10,000 stores over the next four years, and double revenue in five, the stock is moving back down again. At $32, it…
This is a mystery, so if you are looking for an answer, skip this section of the test and go to the next question. The Shanghai Composite hit an all-time record yesterday. It has…
Ultrapetrol (ULTR) is looking to sell $201 million in a stock offering, although it has not set the terms nor the number of shares. Lead underwriters are UBS Investment Bank and Bear Stearns; co-managers…
Biovail (BVF) downgraded from Buy to Neutral.Raytheon (RTN) downgraded from Neutral to Sell. Eaton (ETN) started as Buy.Triad Hospitals (TRI) started as Neutral (coverage universe transfer after analyst been covering the sector for 11…
(ABAX) Abaxis announces CLIA waived status for two additional medical test panels.(AMZN) Amazon.com’s partnership at Borders is being terminated.(ARWR) Arrowhead Research subsidiary Unidym to merge with Carbon Nanotechnologies for $5.4 million worth of ARWR…
ALU cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.APKT started as Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.ARO cut to Neutral at B of A.AZN cut to Underweight at JPMorgan.BBBB cut to Buy at First Albany.BBND started as Outperform…
Markets in Europe are sharply higher at 6.20 AM New York time. The FTSE is up .7% to 6,300. Barclays is up 2.3% to 729. BP is up 1.2% to 522.5. BT is up…
After a number of missteps, Motorola’s stock fell from $23 in 2001 to under $7 in 2003. The stock did not make it back to $23 until late 2005 and then peaked at just…
Several media outlets including the LA Times, are reporting that NBC (GE) and News Corp are setting up their own video distribution operation as a way to by-pass YouTube (GOOG). The new venture would…
According to Reuters, Starbucks (SBUX) is close to a settlement with the Ethiopian government over trademarking the country’s coffee beans. Reuters writes that Hutchison Whampoa Ltd narrowed its loss on better results from its…
Most markets in Asia were sharply higher. The Nikkei rose 1.5% to 17,419. Bridgestone was up 1.5% to 2410. Canon was up 1.7% to 6540. Fuji Film was up .6% to 4830. Hitachi was…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We have been saying for quite some time that the mobile phone market had peaked for the current cycle, and have been bearish on several of…
From Gannon On Ivesting I haven’t written about the sub-prime lending story on this blog, because it didn’t involve the kinds of stocks I would normally write about. Despite the recent market tumult, very…
From AAO Weblog Monday, AES Corporation issued a non-reliance 8-K covering its financials for 2006 to date and the years ended 2005, 2004, and 2003. The company is still investigating, but it will restate…