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From 13DTracker Large eSpeed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPD) holder, Chapman Capital LLC, demanded that the company’s Board of Directors retain an independent auditor, distinct from eSpeed/BGC Partners/Cantor Fitzgerald’s shared financial auditor Deloitte & Touche LLP,…
From 13D Tracker Chapman Capital, a 9.3% holder of Embarcadero Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: EMBT), demanded that Mr. Gary E Haroian immediately resign from the company’s board of directors. Robert Chapman said, "Mr. Haroian has…
From 13D Tracker In an amended 13D filing on PDL BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: PDLI), Dan Loeb’s Third Point LLC disclosed an 8.8% stake (10.1 million shares) in the company. This is up from the…
Cramer on CNBC’s MAD MONEY tonight, actually came out and reviewed Wal-Mart (WMT) as one of his segment stocks. He is taking a contrarian view on it to see the other side after having…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said the action of the Defensive Stocks makes you need to watch the drug stocks in case the Fed doesn’t actually cut rates like they should. …
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said the bulls got what they wanted as the Federal Reserve removing the "firming" bias from their statement today. The market is back according to Cramer. …
Motorola (MOT-NYSE) shares were halted for trading after the close. Its stock had closed down 0.4% at $18.74 on 36 million shares (10% above average volume) and the speculation was rampant that it was…
US Auto Parts (PRTS) Poor Q1 forecast for online auto parts company. Down to $5.46. The 52-week high is $12.61. FSI Intl (FSII) Microelectronics fabrication firm releases negative news on Q1. Down to $4.07.…
Wal-Mart (WMT-NYSE) may find itself with little choice, although there are ways it can accomplish the same end-result without the negative publicity that would come from a headline of “Layoffs!”. In fact, it can…
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer did note that this was a loosening of the bias out of the Fed today even though there was no rate cut. At the time…
Did you ever think the FDA or other industry-government regulatory and advisory boards were free from a conflict of interest? If so, guess again. Today the FDA is issuing some new guidelines that are…
As expected, the FOMC left rates unchanged today at 5 1/4%. At the last meeting, the DJIA closed at 12,621.69 on the January 31, 2007 date and right before today’s announcement the DJIA was…
Starbucks (SBUX) keeps talking about where it will be in several years. With the number of unknowns involved, it might want to play that down, but the company won’t listen. The big online coffee…
The comScore February data, Google (GOOG) gain search share in February, going from 47.5 % of the US market in January to 48.1%. The largest drop was Ask.com (IACI) which went from 5.2% to…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Over the weekend our forecast for Large Cap Watch List member Oracle’s (ORCL – Annual Report) earnings report was that “We think acquisitions will result in…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Over the weekend we made our forecast for the FedEx earnings report, saying “We think the risks lie to the downside due to consumer weakness and…
From Ticker Sense Last week we compared sector performance now versus their performance leading up to bear markets. Today we compare how the S&P 500 has performed over the last eighteen months, with the…
From Ticker Sense With the Fed rate decision coming today at 2:15 PM ET, we updated our table of how the S&P 500 has performed on the day of rate decisions as well as…
UPWARD MOVERS:Advanced Magnetics Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAG) +$3.90; Deutsche Bank Starts at Buy; $100 price target. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) +$3.23; Reports Q1 EPS of $2.40, versus the consensus of $1.88. Revenues came in at…