Stock Tickers: C, BAC, NYX, JPM Charlie Gasparino on CNBC was reporting today is that the leadership of Citigroup (C-NYSE) by Chuck Prince is lacking, and he’ll be out in the next year if…
By Chad Brand of The Peridot Capitalist I’m a little surprised that Yahoo! (YHOO) stock is jumping more than $1 today after it reported fourth quarter numbers last night. If you look at the…
Bear Stearns downgraded Pfizer (PFE) to "peer perform". The bank seems to think that Lipitor will be eaten alive by generics and that Pfizer’s main weapon against this is cost cuts. The move may…
From Ticker Sense Yahoo! (YHOO) is currently trading up about $1.50 in the pre-market after reporting earnings last night. Below is a table of prior times in which YHOO gapped higher on an earnings…
From Ticker Sense The stocks listed below are S&P 500 names that currently have the longest winning or losing streaks in the Index. CCU has been up 10 days in a row and BUD…
From Ticker Sense A couple of days ago we highlighted how based on seasonal patterns the Technology sector could face some headwinds in the coming months, as the sector is entering a period of…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat When it comes to running semiconductor companies, we’re nothing but armchair quarterbacks. But sometimes armchair quarterbacks, with the benefit of a high-def TV and the ability…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We have said often that the future of passenger air travel lies in smaller jets flying to smaller cities. The hub and spoke model is outmoded,…
infoUSA (IUSA) is a stock that has sort of been quiet and almost forgotten on Wall Street, from an investor view anyhow. The stock is up 0.5% today at $12.13 after announcing they will…
China’s number of internet users should pass the US figure in about two years. The country’s internet population rose over 23% last year to 137 million people according to the China Internet Network Information…
Stock Tickers: SUNW, COMS, NOVL, GTW Sun Microsystems (SUNW) is trading up 6% at $6.00 at 10:00 AM EST (was up as much as 9% out of the chute) this morning. As we noted…
Updating on Triad Hospitals (TRI-NYSE): I was searching around for more research and more news on Triad on all the market talk and hopes of a LBO coming to the company. This is after…
Goldman Sachs changed estimates in the human resource and job seeking services operators: Raised estimates on Kforce (KFRC), MPS (MPS), Robert Half (RHI); Lowered estimates on Kelly (KELYA), Manpower (MAN). Goldman downgraded Yahoo! (YHOO)…
ConocoPhillips (COP) reported earnings of $3.2 billion down from $3.68 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue fell sharply from $51.3 billion to $41.5 billion. But, oil did spike to $55 a…
(ABC) Amerisourcebergen $0.65 vs $0.56e.(ACAT) Arctic Cat $0.40 EPS vs $0.33e.(ADBE) Adobe named Garrett as CFO, was with EMC.(AH) Armor Holdings won $56M in armor component pacts.(AMD) AMD traded down 4% after missing estimates…
BBV raised to Buy at J.P.Morgan.BWA raised to Buy at Citigroup.CAL cut to Underweight at J.P.Morgan.CCU cut to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.COH cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.ENR cut to Neutral at SunTrust Robinson…
McDonald’s numbers for 2006, and especially the fourth quarter, were extraordinary. In the last quarter of the year, revenue rose 11% to $5.634 billion. Income from continuing operations was up 26% to $761 million.…
Let the games begin. Not only is the SEC looking into the options backdating problems at Apple (AAPL), but The New York City Employees’ Retirement System is suing the big consumer electronics and computer…
Well, the answer is "yes" and it might not take much for the search giant to drop back to its March 2006 levels. Wall St. has hardly given the company a vote of confidence…
It can’t get any worse for satellite radio investors, but it does. Bear Stearns cut its forecast for year-end 2007 subscriber counts for Sirius (SIRI) and XM (XMSR). The bank took its forecast for…