Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V) Markets in Europe are up slightly at 6.05 AM New York time. The FTSE rose .2% to 6,367. Barclays is up .5% to 770. BP is down .6% to 529. BT is…
No matter how many studies the medical community does, it cannot come up with a solid opinion for or against drug coated stents. The New England Journal of Medicine is out with the latest…
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According to Reuters, a senior officer of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has left due to apparent improper payments made in connection with the sales of medical devices. Honda (HMC) will recall over 45,000 hybirds…
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHU)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC) Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .7% to 17,621. Bridgestone rose .2% to 2475. Canon fell 1.7% to 6280. Fuji Film fell 1.1% to 5290. Hitachi fell .6% to 819.…
The International Intellectual Property Alliance has filed its findings on piracy with the Office of the United States Trade Representative covering intellectual property issues in 60 countries. The letter quotes information from the MPA…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We’ve pointed out the difficulties facing the semiconductor industry many times. One of our points has been that the industry growth rate has slowed dramatically, and…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Stock Market Beat Large Cap Watch List member 3M Company (MMM) announced a large share repurchase program yesterday: 3M today announced that its Board of Directors…
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas Las Vegas Sands reported Q4 06 EPS results of $0.37 vs estimates of $0.30/2 on Feb 8th, 07. Total EBITDA came in $223 million (31%) vs.…
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology ONYX PHARM INC +96.98% LPATH INC +16.67% CYTORI THERAPEUTICS +11.42% VION PHARM INC +10.88% CARDIOVASCULAR BIOTH +9.80% Diagnostic Substances ADEZA BIOMEDICAL COR +53.12% OSTEOLOGIX INC +7.62% IMMUCELL CP +5.77% COLEY…
by Robert S. Dailey Aventis Pharma v. Amphastar Pharms., No. 03-cv-887 (C.D. Cal. 2007) In a ruling issued last Friday, Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of…
Is Alcoa (AA-NYSE) really going to be acquired? BHP Billiton (BHP-NYSE/ADR) and Rio Tinto (RTP-NYSE/ADR) are each preparing their own $40 Billion bids according to the Tuesday edition of the Times newspaper (link here). …
Cramer thinks oil isn’t going back to $40.00, but Wall Street has abandoned the sector and Main Street is embracing it. National Oilwell Varco (NOV-NYSE) is on Cramer has liked and he still likes…
Cramer started MAD MONEY on CNBC discussing why he doesn’t like chip stocks yet, but he discussed Marvell Tech (MRVL-NASDAQ), and he thinks it is one thatyou can start nibbling in Under $18.00 before…
Cramer started MAD MONEY on CNBC tonight saying that the semiconductor upgrades from J.P.Morgan and Deutsche Bank from Friday mean to Buy later in the year after corrections in inventories. They are a sell…
Standard & Poor’s Equity Research raised its rating on American Express (AXP) today to a Buy and $65.00 target. Normally this wouldn’t matter except that S&P tends to be deemed more objective than others…
Blue Nile (NILE-NASDAQ) is taking a bit of a haircut in after-hours trading because of its earnings report. It posted $0.35 EPS and $90.7 million revenues, compared to $0.31 and almost $92 million in…
From The Stock Masters It is only a week until pitchers and catchers report to spring training boys and girls. This is great news, as it means winter will soon be over and there…
Today Southwest Air (LUV-NYSE) has raised its prices by up to $10.00 each way. Sure the other airlines either have (or will have) followed the fare hike, but this further goes to show that…
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer noted Onyx Pharma (ONXX-NASDAQ) is going up on hopes Bayer will buy it on top of the good news. Home Depot’s (HD) strategy was working,…