Can Vonage (VG) Confound The Skeptics?
Vonage (VG) reported fourth quarter revenue that rose 91% to $181 million. The company’s net loss fell slightly to $65 million. Not great, but better than a satellite radio company. For the full year…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Toyota Marchs Into Europe
Toyota’s (TM) sales in Europe rose 20% in January pushing its total unit sales for the month ahead of DaimlerChrysler (DCX). TM units topped 82,000 for the first month of the year. It would…
Yahoo! Resurrection
Yahoo!’s (YHOO) stock is up 20% since the first of the year. Google’s (GOOG) is flat. Online auction company Ebay (EBAY) has seen its share rise over 10%. The stock of Baidu (BIDU), China’s…
Europe Markets 2/15/2007 DaimlerChrysler Up, Deutsche Telekom Down
Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V) Markets in Europe were down slightly at 5.25 AM New York time. The FTSE fell .3% to 6,405. Barclays was down .5% to 776.5. BP was up .4% to 536. BT was…
Amgen And Genentech: Can Clinton Do What Competition Could Not?
Over the last five years, the shares of Genentech (DNA) have risen about 275%. Shares in Amgen (AMGN) are not up as much but they have performed about as well as the Dow. Is…
Media Digest 2/15/2007
According to Reuters, DaimlerChrysler (DCX) will cut 13,000 at its Chrysler unit and may offer the business for sale. Reuters writes that revenue at Chinese search engine Baidu (BIDU) soared. Reuters writes that radio…
Asia Markets 2/15/2007 Sharp, Docomo, Softbank Up
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC) Markets in Asia rose sharply. The Nikkei was up .8% to 17,897. Bridgestone rose .8% to 2600. Canon rose .2% to 6310. Fuji Film rose 1.3% to 5320. Hitachi rose .6% to…
China’s Largest Internet Companies Remain Tiny: Baidu
Baidu (BIDU) released its fourth quarter earnings. Revenue rose 136% to $34.8 million. Net income rose to $15.7 million. According to China Internet Network Information Center, Baidu has 62% of China’s search market. Google…
Europe Music Execs Think DRM Restricts Download Numbers
According to Engadget, a recent Jupiter Research poll shows that 62% of music executives surveyed in Europe think dropping digital rights management would improve "take up" of digital music.Seventy percent felt that a system…
The Strongest Stocks Over the Past 2 Days
From Ticker Sense After two straight days of 76 basis point gains, the S&P 500 has once again made new highs. Plenty of stocks have gone up quite a bit in the past two…
Thoughts On Fortress Investment Group’s IPO
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas With record M&A deals in 06, and Jan 07 already out-pacing Jan-Feb 06’s deals, it is clearly evident that investors expect the PE boom to continue.…
On The Road(map)
From AAO Weblog Nearly two years ago, then-chief accountant Don Nicolaisen outlined a “roadmap to convergence” between United States generally accepted accounting principles and those embodied in the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued…
Wednesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology SGX PHARMACEUTICALS +25.78% HALOZYME THERAPEUTIC +11.59% FAVRILLE, INC. +10.41% INVITROGEN CORP +9.92% ARIAD PHARM INC +6.36% Diagnostic Substances ABAXIS INC +6.84% PRESSURE BIOSCIENC +5.27% AMER BIO MEDICA +4.76% IMMUNOMEDICS INC…
Funds release their holdings
David Polonitza The following funds released their Form 13F-HR with the SEC yesterday. It is always interesting to see how funds allocate their capital. Of note is Baupost Group’s large position in Mills Corp…
Stock Mastery Of The Day
From The Stock Masters The world’s No. 2 microprocessor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is now trading 50 cents away from its 52-week low an indication that Intel (INTC) is winning the battle, at…
Cramer MAD MONEY 2/14/2007
Cramer likes companies that make money outside the US It used to be all BRIC, Brazil, Russia, India and China Now, it’s ROW. The Rest of the World. Cramer like three companies. One huge…
Cramer’s STOP TRADING (FEB 14, 2007)
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer was out on Chrysler (DCX) saying that autos can win if they’ll contract and worry about profitability rather than market share. On First Solar (FSLR)…
Bloomberg Projected 3 Year Dividend Growth
From Ticker Sense Bloomberg recently released a new function that forecasts future dividend amounts for individual stocks using their own proprietary model. We screened the Russell 1000 for stocks currently yielding over 2% to…
IPO Filing: Insulet Corp, A Personal Diabetes Device
Insulet Corp has filed to come public via an IPO under the ‘PODD’ ticker on NASDAQ. No terms have been set, but it lists $86.25 million as the proposed amount to be sold as…