Goldman Sachs Raised Starbucks & Cut McDonalds
Starbucks was ADDED to CONVICTION BUY LIST at Goldman Sachs. Goldman sees 3 trewnds that can stem recent weakness and take it toward the $43 target. 1) trading reversal on key events, 2) return…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Full Research Notes (MAR 16, 2007)
ALLI cut to Neutral at First Albany.BBEP cut to Hold at AGEdwards.BEN cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BKD cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BOT cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.BRL raised to Buy at…
Pre-Market Stock Notes (MAR 16, 2007)
(ANN) Ann Taylor $0.31 vs $0.29e.(CBMX) CombiMatrix was awarded US Air Force contract to advance influenza-detection system for some $800,000+.(CVS) CVS Shareholders voted in favor of the Caremark deal with more than 91% approval.(ENDP)…
Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn: Hero No More
Carlos Ghosn was the global car industry’s rock star. He turned around Nissan and then went to Europe and fixed Renault. He teamed with Kirk Kerkorian in an attempt to get GM (GM) to…
Nintendo Wii Starts to Lose Steam
February figures from research firm NPD show that the Nintendo Wii is still selling well in the US, but Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox is picking up its pace. The Wii sold 355,000 units during the…
Europe Markets 3/16/2007 Unilever Up
Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V) Markets in Europe were down modestly at 6.10 AM New York time. The FTSE was off .4% to 6,111. Barclays was down .7% to 682. BP was down 1.2% to 510.5. BT…
AMD: The Huge Price For Growth
AMD (AMD) was the 8th largest chip maker in 2006, up from 15th place in 2005, according to research firm iSuppli. Part of this is due to its purchase of ATI. AMD also took…
Hand Set Chip Companies Get Bad News
Wall St. analysts are already concerned that sales of new Motorola (MOT) phones are off to a slow start this year. Now, according to Barron’s, the research arm of Baird is writing that the…
Tobacco M&A: Where Is Phillip Morris (MO)
The company’s slogan used to be "Call for Phillip Morris". Well, tobacco mergers and acquisitions are heating up and the world’s largest company is silent. Imperial Tobacco (ITY) has already bought US cigarette company…
Media Digest 3/16/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Carlos Ghosn will give up his responsibilities for the US and will focus on overseas markets for Nissan and Renault. Nissan is doing poorly in its home market. Reuters writes that…
Asia Markets 3/16/2007 China Mobile Up
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC) Markets in Asia were mixed The Nikkei was down .7% to 16,744. Bridgestone was was down 1.9% to 2275. Canon was up .8% to 6260. Fuji Film was down 1.1% to 4700.…
Interview With Structured Products Expert Moorad Choudhry
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas Professor Moorad Choudhry is one of the industry experts when it comes to structured products, and has worked over 18 years in investment banking including experience…
Chairman Cox: Supporting SOX 404
From AAO Weblog Yesterday, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox spoke before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s First Annual Capital Markets Summit, and delivered surprising support for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Cox’s appearance was well-timed given that…
Thursday’s Top Biotech & Medical Stocks
Biotechnology MICROMET INC +16.00% NEOSE TECH INC +13.14% TRUBION PHARMACEUTIC +8.91% CYPRESS BIOSCIENCE +8.80% OBAGI MEDICAL +8.02% Diagnostic Substances TORREYPINES THERAPEU +12.83% GENE LOGIC INC +8.72% REMOTEMDX INC +6.96% RG GLBL LIFESTYLS +6.40% SYNOVICS…
The Dow Gains 26 Points, Nasdaq Gains 7
The Dow gained 26.28 points today to close at 12,159.68 the Nasdaq gained 6.96 points to close at 2,378.70, and the S&P 500 gained 5.11 points to close at 1,392.28. Cautiousness persisted on Wall…
Cramer’s SELL BLOCK All on Technology
On tonights MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer did his SELL BLOCK and dedicated the entire segment to saying to sell technology and not look at it until later in the year. He said…
Cramer’s Non-Pharma Healthcare Pick
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he has a defensive play that will cover you in a couple places. Cramer was resuming his non-pharmaceutical healthcare stock sector. He wants to review…
Another Defensive Stock From Cramer
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he has a defensive play that will cover you in a couple places. Cramer thinks that the buybacks are helping and he likes the non-paharmaceutical…
S&P Downgrades Washington Mutual & iRobot
Washington Mutual (WM) Cut to Sell from Hold (3 star to 2 star)S&P is concerned about Washington Mutual’s exposure to the subprime market; believes the company will need to add more to reserves than…
StreetInsider.com Trading Radar 03/16
CPI and Core CPI are expected at 8:30AM ET with economists looking for 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively. Industrial Production is expected at 9:15AM ET with economists looking for 0.3% Capacity Utilization is expected at…