Hewlett-Packard Shows A Weakness
Gartner, the research group, put out its annual report on server share worldwide. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) was No.2 in worldwide market share, but its sales fell 2.3% to $14.2 billion. Leader IBM (IBM) had an…
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Finally Starbucks Can Offer Something That McDonald’s Can’t
Over the last three months, shares in McDonald’s (MCD) are up almost 10%. Starbucks (SBUX) shares are off almost 10% over the same period. McDonald’s has been on a run with revenue and same-store…
Verizon Shares Lose Weight On High Fiber Diet
How does a company reverse a huge strategic decision that may have gone wrong? Perhaps it can’t. Criticism of Verizon’s decision to spend $23 billion to build out a fiber-to-the-home network seems to attract…
As Concern About Chrysler Sale Increase, Daimler Shares Fall
DaimlerChrylser (DCX) executives are distributing numbers on their ailing Chrysler unit to interest buyers. But the media is already reporting the companies like Nissan and Renault are not interested, the the company may have…
Media Digest 2/23/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) lost a key patent suit to Alcatel-Lucent (ALU). The court awarded the telecom equipment company over $1.5 billion. Reuters writes that H&R Block (HRB) posted a loss pulled down…
Asia Markets 2/23/2007 Softbank, Yahoo Japan Up, China Netcom Down
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC) Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei was up .4% to 18,188. Canon was up 1.2% to 6660. Fuji Film was down .6% to 5280. Hitachi was up .5% to 847.…
Thursday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology PIPEX PHARMACEUTICAL +21.70% BIODELIVERY SCI INTL +21.37% AURIGA LABORATORIES +20.83% BIONOVO INC +10.73% BIOSANTE PHARMA INC +10.05% Diagnostic Substances ASPENBIO PHARMA INC +12.62% LEXICON GENETICS I +11.05% ICAGEN, INC. +7.31%…
MicroRx: Infectious Disease Supercluster
From BioHealth Investor by Adam Rubenstein Colorado State University announced MicroRx, an entity designed to ally academia and commercial enterprise to ultimately accelerate the bench-to-bedside process. Infectious Disease is the focus of this first…
A Better Dog
From World Beta A wonderful paper scheduled for April publication in the Journal of Finance takes a new twist on the Dogs of the Dow strategy. The paper, by Boudoukh, Michaely, Rishardson, and Roberts…
Taser International (TASR) wins back investors
From The Stock Masters Yesterday, Stun Gun maker Taser International (NASDAQ:TASR) reported “a great quarter, the best in our history," Chairman Tom Smith said in a conference call with investors. Net income grew to…
Fundamental & Technical Analysis of Microsemi (MSCC)
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas In the Tech 07 conference, MSCC’s management stated that business remains robust and enjoys strong business trends across the board. From commercial aerospace, satellite to defense,…
SSCC Chart Analysis: 1.5 year, 6 month and 3 month
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas This is a 1.5 yr chart of SSCC. Do you notice a significant, or somewhat significant, move every 3 months? There are 8 instances and in…
EADS: EADS Sells the Wrong Thing
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat To be honest we didn’t even know they had one, but Airbus parent EADS has sold its small stake in Brazilian regional jet maker Embraer (ERJ)..::…
TPX: Tempur-Pedic Investor’s Distribution Removes Overhang
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Stock Market Beat Small Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List member Tempur-Pedic (TPX) issued the following news release this morning: Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE:…
PCG: PG&E Earnings Not Just Stable – They’re Growing
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Most advisors recommend some exposure to utilities for the dividend and earnings stability they tend to offer in a portfolio. However, the earnings report from Large…
FDC: First Data – First Data to Exit Official Check and Money Order Business
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Large Cap Watch List member First Data (FDC) has announced it will Exit Official Check and Money Order Business: First Data Corp. (NYSE:FDC) announced today that…
End Demand for Semiconductors
By William Tretn, CFA of Stock Market Beat A comment on a recent post ignited an important debate. Important enough, we felt, to expand upon our thoughts in a full post. reinharden Says:Your premise…
INTU: Intuit Has Some ‘Splainin To Do
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Accounting and tax software maker Intuit (INTU) announced earnings today. According to the press release: its second-quarter 2007 revenue increased 3 percent year-over-year to $763 million,…
Chip Stocks: Are They Really Cheap Relative To Growth?
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat According to a recent Forbes.com article, five Chip Stocks are Cheap Relative To Growth. The stocks of these companies are still reasonably priced relative to expectations…
Cramer Says IBM’s Palmisano Needs To Go
ON CNBC’s MAD MONEY, Cramer went over his SELL BLOCK where he reviews stocks that are usually supposed to be sold. He is singling out one name. IBM’s (IBM) Palmisano is one CEO that…