GE Wants Wall St. To Believe It’s Worthy
GE is about to begin working the Wall St. crowd. The message: we have quality earnings. Don’t worry. No hidden earnings or balance sheet problems here. “Jeff and I can do a better job…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Could Daimler End Up Owning 20% Of GM
According to the FT, DaimlerChrysler (DCX) might take equity in GM (GM) if the large US company buys it smaller rival. 24/7 Wall St. has estimated Chrysler’s value at under $7 billion. GM’s market…
Companies That Management Can’t Fix: AMD
There are certain companies that probably cannot be turned around no matter who runs them. They tend to be in industries where macro-economic trends are against them, like the buggy whip business 150 years…
Barron’s February 28, 2007 Issue
The merger of Sirius (SIRI) and XM (XMSR) could be good for shareholders in both companies by consolidating strong programming and allowing the firms to cut costs. Nortel (NT) is doing much better. Since…
Record Margin Debt, A Low VIX, & Lower Short Selling: An Investor’s Nirvana?
Yesterday I was checking some emails from my Palm Treo phone when I noticed an email that rung a sounding bell in my head. This was an Associates Press article showing that margin debt…
HouseValues Inc. (SOLD)
From The Stock Masters HouseValues Inc. (SOLD) is down 6% today, trading at $5.50 a share just 50 cents above it’s 52-week high. Bargain shopping America? Think again, yesterday they posted a net loss…
Hollywood: Digital Dummies Finally Wise Up
The large film studios have wrestled digital piracy for more than a decade now. DVDs become easy to unlock and pirated versions of movies grew into the millions of copies, especially in markets like…
The Research Tides Turns Against Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific (BSX) investors cringe every time a new study comes on about the long-term health hazards of stents. The drum beat has helped drop the share price from over $33 two years ago…
VMWare And Microsoft Fight For The Desktop
Software firm VMWare has come up with one of the most novel PC tools to come along in years. The company make virtual-machine software which The New York Times describes as doing the following…
Memo To CareerBuild Board: Fire Your CEO
CareerBuilder.com is one of the world’s largest online job sites. It is owned by The Tribune Company (TRB), McClatchy (MNI), and Gannett (GCI). Yesterday, the company fired its advertising agency, Cramer-Krasselt, apparently because the…
Google Paints Bullseye on Microsoft; I Eat Crow
From Internet Outsider It has been obvious for some time that my theory of a year ago–that Google and Microsoft weren’t really going to go to war with each other (because Microsoft had already…
This Week on StockHouse February 19 to 23
By StockHouse Editorial Staff In an insecure world, said Danny Deadlock, you might want to check out shares of Global Options Group (OTC: BB: GLOI), a risk mitigation firm (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19341 ) with a board…
Starbucks Founder Can’t FInd His Way Home
There has been plenty of coverage of the memo from Starbucks (SBUX) founder Howard Schultz to his key staff. He laments changes made at the chain that have, to a large extent, allowed it…
Friday’s Top Biotech & Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology NEOPHARM INC +29.21% CERAGENIX PHARMACUTL +11.11% AURIGA LABORATORIES +10.34% POLYMEDIX INC +7.69% PANACOS PHARMA INC +7.28% Diagnostic Substances ASPENBIO PHARMA INC +11.78% GENELABS TECH INC +7.98% EPIX PHARMACEUTICALS +6.79% AMER…
Weekly Top Biotech & Medical Business Articles
From BioHealth Investor The following articles were the most popular at BioHealth Investor for the week of February 17 – February 23. 1. Novadel Drops After Zensana Launch Delayed by Hana Biosciences 2. Acorda…
Don’t Let Bull Market Convince You That You Are Smart
From Contrarian Edge By Vitaliy Katsenelson, CFA February 24, 2007 Lately I’ve been getting this powerful feeling that everything I touch turns to gold. Every time I buy a stock, it goes up. Did…
Analysis of USG
From David Polonitza I recently found a writeup on USG by the Texas Hedge Report. I was impressed with the detailed case set forth by the authors in making their case that USG is…
Citi’s Problems Continue For Prince
The SEC is looking into the tax treatment of Citigroup’s (C) purchase of Associates First Capital in 2000. The purchase price of the sub-prime lender was over $31 billion. The accounting for tax reserves…
The Full Week of Cramer (FEB 20-23, 2007)
We did end up having a live MAD MONEY on Friday night, even though Cramer did not have a STOP TRADING segment nor a Wall Street Confidential video on Friday. Usually that means he’s…
Cramer Changes His Stance on Sun Microsystems (SUNW)
Cramer also said on CNBC’s MAD MONEY that he has hated Sun Microsystems (SUWN-NASDAQ) for very long, but he said new management is doing the right thing. He said he saw it was turning…