AT&T (T) announced that it will adopt the Qualcomm (QCOM) MediaFlow system for delivery of wireless video to its customers. Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) has already signed up for the system. According to The Wall…
We all know that the 2% drop in Microsoft (MSFT-NASDAQ) today is the result of Steve Ballmer trying to tell analysts to reign in their expectations for the Vista launch. There is another take…
We aren’t in the business of just bashing companies or just praising companies, because we like to call it like we see it. Salary.com (SLRY-NASDAQ) is one of these IPO’s that just didnt make…
Wilson Holdings has filed to come public via an IPO. This is not a massive IPO, because the filing lists up to $66 million raised for filing purposes, but it lists a UNIT rather…
Who will win the satellite radio wars? SIRI reports early morning on February 27 and XMSR reports on February 26 early morning. The past quarters are largely irrelevant. The guidance for 2007 and the…
APPB cut to Neutral at UBS.ALXN cut to Neutral at First Albany.AQNT cut to Neutral at Oppenheimer.AT cut to Hold at Citigroup.AVP raised to Neutral at Prudential.BFAM raised to Buy at SunTrust.BHI cut to…
(AAPL) Apple has 6 more days to reach an agreement with Cisco over the iPhone trademark.(ADM) Archer Daniels Midland priced $1.15B in notes and will repurchase more than $350M in common stock.(AMR) AMR up…
(AMR) AMR, the parent of American Airlines, has its shares up as much as 9% pre-market after Business Week noted it could be acquired in their "Inside Wall Street" for $46 to $52 by…
APPB cut to Neutral at UBS.ALXN cut to Neutral at First Albany.AT cut to Hold at Citigroup.AVP raised to Neutral at Prudential.BFAM raised to Buy at SunTrust.BKUNA started as Outperform at Wachovia.CHA raised to…
Comscore figures for January still show Yahoo! (YHOO) with a comfortable lead over Google (GOOG) with unique visitors of 129.2 million during the month. Google had 113.4 million. Yahoo!’s US revenue for 2006 was…
Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V) Markets in Europe were off slightly at 6.30 AM New York times. The FTSE was down .1% to 6,425. Barclays was down .5% to 780. BP was down .2% to 536. BT…
A story at CNNMoney yesterday detailed antitrust accusations against Dell (DELL) and Intel (INTC). The suit alleges that Intel paid Dell up to $1 billion a year from 2003 to 2006 not to use…
According to Reuters, Spanish bank BBVA is taking over Compass Banschares (CBSS) for $9.6 billion. Reuters writes that Japanese beer company Sapporo Holdings has received a merger proposal from Asahi Breweries. Sapporo was being…
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC) Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei was down .1% to 17,876. Bridgestone was up 1.2% to 2630. Canon was up 3.6% to 6550. Fuji Film was down .8% to 5280.…
From TheStockMasters Today marks a new 52-week low for iRobot Corporation (IRBT) after the stock made a comeback late last year, it just hasn’t been able to keep the momentum. Tuesday after reporting a…
From Ticker Sense ln mid-December we highlighted what the consensus commodity price forecasts for 2007 were from commodities analysts. Gold and oil were two of only three commodities that analysts expected to rise in…
From Ticker Sense We have all heard how over the last few years value stocks have outperformed growth names by a wide margin. Right? Well it turns out the answer is not so cut…
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas WMT’s customer traffic remains strong thanks to consumables, "always low" prices and improvements made in apparel, consumer electronics, private label, and branded merchandise. To improve margins,…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Although it is a member of the Stock Market Beat Small Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List, computer wholesaler Ingram Micro is the world’s…
From AAO Weblog Yesterday, software provider BEA Systems filed a nonreliance 8-K on its financial statements from fiscal 1998 through 1Q 2007. Its estimated pretax stock compensation expense to insert into that period: between…