IDCC- A Real Fortress
From Value Discipline The Street went into heat last week to celebrate the inauguration of the first NYSE listed hedge fund manager, Fortress Group (FIG.) The 67.6% rise on the intial day of trading…
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By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas This is a first in a two part series pertaining to The Oil Outlook. This week we look at the supply side issues, and join me…
Raggedy Ann and the Anti-Vaccination Movement
by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.com It was in 1796 that Edward Jenner successfully immunized a child against smallpox, and his experiment introduced the word ‘vaccination’. This event motivated a tremendous movement by doctors all over…
Q3 is Key for Thermogenesis
Thermogenesis Corp (KOOL), a developer of cord blood collection and processing units, released subpar fiscal second quarter results on Friday. While earnings increased by 19%, net profit dropped by more than $250,000. Although on…
Gilead Q4 Report: Preview of Great Things to Come
by JMHOBioTechnology Stock Blog Gilead (GILD) is a large biotech company with a portfolio of marketed products that include royalties from the blockbuster Tamiflu for treatment and prevention of influenza, as well as HIV…
Could Charles Prince Leave As Citi CEO This Week?
Word from TheStreet.com is that the largest shareholder of Citigroup, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, and perhaps some Citi board members are trying to get former B of A CFO Al de Molina to take…
Will Oil Rise As Iran Issues Grow?
Iran has spent the last day or so saying that its nuclear program is no threat to Israel and facing accusations from the US that it is supplying parts for roadside bombs. Oil prices…
Daimler Shareholder Still Wants Rid Of Chrysler (DCX)
One of DaimlerChrysler’s large shareholders is still lobbying for a spin-off of Chrysler. The investment firm, DWS, wants the disposal of the American unit to be considered along side current plans to cut 10,000…
Barron’s Digest February 12, 2007 Issue
Barron’s says that smart moves by CIT (CIT) management are positioning the company for more stock price gains. Vonage (VG) cannot offer the "triple play" of voice, TV, and broadband, which will make it…
Multiple Break-Up Values From This Week (2)
Stock Tickers: CAH, DUK, FDX, BUD, AA, HAL This week 24/7 Wall St. featured many names that fall within the realmof larger private equity screens as far as potential break-up stocks.That does not mean…
Sirius Without Stern
A great deal has been made of the $500 million deal that Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) gave Howard Stern. Since it is a five year deal, it is safe to assume that it has…
Forward P/E Distortions: The Case of Amazon
Posted on Feb 11th, 2007 with stocks: AMZN ATHR ELOS CrossProfit submits: Pursuant to a previous article here is another example, Amazon. Though one should not compare apples with oranges as there are major…
Multiple Break-Up Values From This Week
Stock Tickers: CL, NWS, TYC, C, MET, GLW, WM This week 24/7 Wall St. featured many names that fall within the realmof larger private equity screens as far as potential break-up stocks.That does not…
This Week on StockHouse February 5 to February 9
Friday, February 9, 2007 By the StockHouse editorial team The week began with a silver lining. Orko Silver (TSX: V.OK, BullBoards), a silver junior with a big land position in the Durango…
Friday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks
From BioHealth Investor Biotechnology REXAHN PHARMACEUTICL +18.18% LPATH INC +14.29% NEURALSTEM INC +8.60% CELL GENESYS INC +7.85% ORTHOLOGIC CP +7.64% Diagnostic Substances SCOLR PHARMA INC +5.71% AVIGEN INC +4.58% THRESHOLD PHARMACEUT +4.40% SONUS PHARM…
Viacom: The Beating Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Late word from the New York Post, is that Viacom (VIA) flagship MTV will sack 500 poor souls, many of them executives. That would save the media company $250 million a year, but it…
A Zune Phone, Another Bad Dream For Apple
According to TechCrunch, the odds that Microsoft (MSFT) is working on a phone version of its Zune multimedia player are high. The phone may be set up to run on a 4G network, perhaps…
Google Stubs It Toe On Old Media
Google’s (GOOG) start in radio ad sales has been inauspicious, to say the least. The company is getting the worst airtime, so-called remnant space, for its ad inventory auction process aimed at selling time…
The Week of Cramer (FEB 5 to 9, 2007)
This was an odd Cramer week, because he was in but only partially. He did his back to school tour at University of Virgina and many of his Wall Street Confidential videos were pre-recorded. …
The mini-Week of Cramer
Here is a mini-week of Cramer is here so you can see some of his top notes from the week, but there will be a full list of Cramer comments from this week posted…