Does MSFT Vista Have A Large Security Hole?
The Inquirer is reporting the Microsoft (MSFT) Vista has a large security hole in its User Account Control. The problem affects whether the system can download software without storing it to the PC first.…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Media Digest 2/14/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Barron’s FT
According to Reuters, the FDA is trying to promote a culture that will allow dissenting opinions within the agency when it reviews new drugs. Reuters writes that Wall St. is skeptical about an acqusition…
Asia Markets 2/14/2007 Bridgestone, Sony, NEC Up, NTT Down
Stocks : (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(NIPNY)(DCM)SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC) Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose .7% to 17,753. Bridgestone was up 4.2% to 2580. Canon was up .3% to 6300. Fuji Film was down .8% to 5250. Hitachi…
Tradesports Contracts
From Ticker Sense Below we highlight a few key forecasts as measured by Tradesports contracts. The first one below is a contract that trades on whether the Federal Funds Rate will be at or…
Today’s Breadth
From Ticker Sense While today saw 406 S&P 500 stocks rise and only 90 fall, the index was only up 76 bps. Below is a scatter chart highlighting all days (going back to 2001)…
AMAT: Applied Materials is Trying to Get Us Drunk
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Given that our birthday is coming up, we probably deserve a shot or two of fine anejo tequila. Mike Splinter, CEO of Applied Materials, appears ready…
Bassett’s Bind
From AAO Weblog Bassett Furniture Industries filed a non-reliance 8-K yesterday on its financial statements for 2005. Specfically, the 2005 and 2004 balance sheets contained in that year’s 10-K are flawed. And it’s not…
Tuesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology ONYX PHARM INC +7.74% REGENERON PHARMACE +6.86% DYAX CORP +6.85% PROGEN INDS LTD +6.78% ILLUMINA INC +6.47% Diagnostic Substances AMER BIO MEDICA +8.62% AVALON PHARMACEUTIC +7.94% IMMUNOMEDICS INC +6.51% MONOGRAM…
Are NovaDel and Pfizer Collaborating on a Viagra Spray?
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com The Business, a British business magazine, published an article early January on rumors that Pfizer (PFE) may have contacted NovaDel Pharma (NVD) to initiate research into the development of a…
A Global Factor Approach to Asset Allocation
From World Beta For those that read my paper, "A Quant Approach to TAA", I examined the use of a single factor (momentum) in constructing a global portfolio. There are a whole host of…
Clearwire Sets Its IPO Terms
Clearwire has set the terms for its proposed IPO of 20 million shares at a price range of $23.00 to $25.00 per share, plus an additional 3 million for overallotments. The final underwriting group…
Warner Music Finally Does Something Right
Warner Music (WMG) which has been thrashed for poor earnings, announced that it would team up with Egypt mobile provider Orascom to provide music and ringtones to 60 million cell customers in markets including…
Is Yahoo! Music Management Departure A Sign Of Focus?
The two executive who lead Yahoo! Music have left the building. For good. According to ValleyWag. Wall St. has been concerned for some time that Yahoo! is in too many businesses. The music download…
Cramer’s Private Equity Trifecta Strategy
Cramer said that private equity has a ton of money tied up, with Goldman Sachs alone raising $19 Billion. Cramer said they can borrow up to 10-times and they are willing to pay big…
Cramer Says Viacom Has Fixed Its Stock
Cramer first came onto CNBC’s MAD MONEY show discussing howto tell when a broken stock is on the mend: you need to something big. Viacom (VIA) is showing this by its 250 jobcuts yesterday.…
Nice To Be Wanted: The Global Climate Blacklist (XOM)(WFS)(COP)…and more
Ceres, a group of state pension funds, has announced its climate blacklist. On the list are Wells Fargo (WFS), Exxon (XOM), Conoco (COP), TXU (TXU), Dominion Resources (DOM), Massey Energy (MEE), Consol Energy (CNX),…
Cramer Pick GSI Commerce Ticks Up on Earnings
GSI Commerce (GSIC-NASDAQ) posted $0.50 EPS and revenues at $257.2 million, versus $0.43 and $243M estimates. The stock is up 2% after the report, and traders should remember that Jim Cramer touted this one…
Applied Materials’ Mixed Numbers
Applied Materials (AMAT-NASDAQ): EPS was $0.29 and Revenues were $2.28 Billion; expectations were $0.27 & $2.35B. They posted new orders of $2.54 Billion, up 24% year over year but down 6% sequentially. Gross margin…
Cramer Thinks KB Home Could Be Bought
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Cramer discussed why the market is good today. He doesn’t care about executive pay nor about sub-prime. KB Home (KBH) in one Cramer likes that can go…
Illumina’s Double Play (Revise)
Shares in Illumina (ILMN), a company that makes chips and tools for testing genetic variations, are up 5% to $36.70 on 14 million shares. The company made two announcements. One is that it will…