From 13D Tracker In a 13D filing on WCI Communities, Inc. (NYSE: WCI), SAC Capital disclosed a 9.5% stake (4 million shares). This is up from the 3.25 million shares stake the firm disclosed…
Hirsch International Corp. (NASDAQ: HRSH) 56% HIGHER; Reports 150% Increase in 2006 Net Income and Tripling of Operating Profits. Net sales increased $3.2 million to $15.2 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2006,…
From Ticker Sense Below are the eight S&P 500 stocks trading furthest below their 50-day moving averages. The blue lines in the charts represent the stocks’ 50-day moving average spread (% difference between price…
Well the reports are rampant again on Palm (PALM) being a takeover candidate with a bid as soon as Thursday. Why Thursday? Because its earnings are Thursday. This batch of rumors now reported everywhere…
As the old country Western song says "All my exs live in Texas". Now Comerica (CMA), the big commercial bank based in Detroit for many decades has decided to leave for Dallas. (The roots…
Blockbuster’s (BBI) CEO John Antioco is leaving. He has battled with the company’s big shareholder Carl Icahn about everything from his bonus to his strategy. Blockbuster is constantly under siege. First it was NetFlix…
The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease rises above five million, one of the questions that come up is who will care for the patients. As The Wall Street Journal points out, the baby…
ARAY started as Neutral at UBS.C started as Buy at AGEdwards.CKR started as Buy at Wedbush Morgan.CNI started as Outperform at CIBC.CLWR started as Buy at Pali Research.CP started as Sector Perform at CIBC.CPHD…
(ACS) Affiliated Computer Systems is up on talks being indicated for a merger by Cerberus Capital private equity; indicated up $8.00 to $59.00+.(ADBE) Adobe reports after the close ($0.29/$655.5M est.).(ALVR) Alvarion chosen by Enforta…
AMD (AMD) looks inexpensive. Very. It trades for 1.4x revenue. Intel (INTC) trades at 3.1x and Nvidia (NVDA) at 3.6x. And, AMD is down 60% over the last year while Intel is off slightly…
Earnings estimates RAISED for Ballard Power (BLDP), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Fuel Tech (FTEK), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Ultrapar (UGP), Westar Energy (WR). Earnings estimates DECREASED for Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Evergreen Energy (EEE), Evergreen…
Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V) Markets in Europe were slightly lower at 6.15 AM New York time. The FTSE is down .1% to 6,185. Barclays is up 3.6% to 701.85. BP is down 1% to 510.5. BT…
Yahoo! (YHOO) has launched a local search agent for mobile phones. According to Reuters, Yahoo! plans to "take advantage of the inherently local nature of many Web searches performed on phones." Instead of bringing…
Coated stents cost more than un-coated ones. Putting the drugs onto the coated stents must add expense. But, that means that coated stents make more money for Boston Scientific (BSX) and Johnson & Johnson…
Dell (DELL) got a dose of synchronicity today. Events that do not appear to be related at first glance may be equally difficult for the struggling PC giant. The first bit of information is…
According to Reuters, Barclays (BCS) is in exclusive merger talkes with ABN Amro about a $160 billion merger. Reuters writes that President Bush will tour Ford (F) and GM (GM) plants. Reuters reports that…
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(HBC)(PCW) Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose .9% to 17,163. Bridgestone was up 2.2% to 2375. Canon was down .2% to 6430. Fuji Film was up .8% to 4800. Hitachi was…
From Ticker Sense This morning we posted that Novell (NOVL) was up five days in a row going into today, and how it has historically gone down on the sixth day. Well, today it…
From AAO Weblog Time for a break from the drone of SAB 108 adjustments… I’ll drone instead about the internal controls report in the General Motors 10-K filed last week. The media has jumped…
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