The Shorts Beat On Telecom Dog Qwest
Qwest (Q) is to small, took sickly, to compete. It does not have the emerging high-speed infrastructure of its larger brothers AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). Nor does it have their large wireless arms.…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Short Sellers Signal Concerns About Ford (F)
Short interest in Ford Motor (F) was already extraordinarily high in December, but this month it rose over 30 million shares to sit at 175 million. The figure stands in contrast to Ford’s shares…
Barron’ Digest January 21, 2007 Issue
Symantec (SYMC) has not been able to prove that its takeover of Veritas Software was a good deal. The company missed forecasts in the last quarter and will likley come under pricing pressure from…
7 Highly Entrenched CEO’s (Part 1)
Stock Tickers: DELL, CSCO, IACI, FO, VIA, CBS, CMCSA, CMCSK, NWS This story is re-run from yesterday morning for those who missed it on RSS or already deleted. This week I composed a list…
Steve Jobs Is Replaced By Accountants
Apple (AAPL) has apparently pointed a finger at inside attorneys as the fellows who did most of the options backdating work that is now under investigation. But, the company may have run out of…
Salary.com Sets IPO Terms
Salary.com has set its IPO terms, and this is one we noted back in November. The company has set its indicated terms at 5 million shares for $8.00 to $10.00 per share. We noted…
Google Plays Video Games
It appears that Google (GOOG) will be buying AdScape Media which delivers ads so that they can be viewed within video games. Google has already announced plans for brokering ads into newspapers and radio…
Texas Instuments Minority Report
The folks at ThinkEquity believe that TI (TXN) is in for better days. They slapped an "accumulate" on the shares after carrying them as a "sell". The reason given was that TI’s analog chip…
Hot Brands: If Only They Were Dollars
Marketing firms Landor Associates and Penn Schoen & Berland have come out with their annual study of how consumers think certain major brands performed in 2006 and were likely to do in 2007. This…
HP: Mark Hurd’s Lack Of Judgement
Mark Hurd, the CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), was asked by the House Energy and Commerce Committee why he had exercised options and sold stock on the same day as he was questioned by attorneys…
NYSE Short Interest For January 2007
Below are the largest short positions and changes in short positions for stocks traded on the NYSE. The data for January is as of January 12, 2007 as compared to December 12, 2006. Largest…
7 Highly Entrenched CEO’s (Part 1)
Stock Tickers: DELL, CSCO, IACI, FO, VIA, CBS, CMCSA, CMCSK, NWS This week I composed a list of highly entrenched corporate leaders, and it is the first of a multi-part series. Because of by-laws…
Cramer “Me Gusta Chipotle!”
Chipotle’s (CMG) CEO was interviewed on tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC. The CEO said they hope to keep up with growth expectations. They are fast food that doesn’t act like fast food. They’ll add…
Cramer Talks Boring Retirement Yield Stocks
Consolidated Edison (ED) or Southern Co. (SO) are examples of these. The 4.7% income on the treasury looks good, but you pay more tax on treasury income that is only abopuit 3.1% net after…
Cramer Previews & Pegs AeroVironment IPO Ahead of Next Week
Cramer previewed AeroViroment (AVAV) that Cramer featured ahead of the actual IPO. This makes small unmanned aircraft drones that fit in backpacks. The Army uses them to spy out over the next hill. They…
Cramer on GE and Others
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Cramer noted GE (GE) down 2.4% because of no more acquisitions today actually makes the stock more valuable. He said that there was talk they’d try to…
Entrenched Corporate Leader: Brian Roberts of Comcast
Brian Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast (CMCSA) For starters, the dual class of A and B shares effectively gives Roberts control of the votes in the company, and if anything were to seriously…
Alcoa Signals Things Are Better and They Aren’t For Sale
Alcoa (AA) just fired a warning shot to any would-be acquirers. "We aren’t for sale." There has been speculation around for some time that they could fall prey to an acquirer as other metals…
Entrenched Corporate Leader: Michael Dell of Dell
Michael Dell, Chairman and Founder of Dell (DELL) Despite Wall Street speculating and even calling for the ouster of Rollins, Michael Dell has been able to keep his man. The stock’s bounce has helped…
Entrenched Corporate Leader: Norman Wesley of Fortune Brands
Norman Wesley, Chairman & CEO of Fortune Brands (FO) Norman Wesley of Fortune Brands (FO) is probably as dug in as a CEO could be without having any controlling interests. He doesn’t even own…