Stocks: (MSFT)(ORCL)(IBM)(VZ)(T)(BT)(DT) Microsoft has begun trials of a new VoIP system that will work on its server software and be intergrated into its Office suite of business software. It is probably safe to say…
Markets in Europe are narrowly mixed at 5.15 AM New York time. The FTSE is down .2% to 6,148. Barclays is down .9% to 716.5. BP is down 1.2% to 577.5 BT is up…
Stocks: (MSFT)(YHOO)(TXN)(BRCOM)(QCOM)(C) According to Reuters, the Nasdaq has launched a $5.3 billion hostile bid for the London Stock Exchange. Reuters writes that Microsoft has begun tests of its new voice over IP system. Reuters…
According to NetRatings, Yahoo! Finance remained in first place of November with 12.8 million unique visitors compared to 10.7 million for MSN Money and 10.6 million for AOL Finance. Yahoo! kept a huge advantage…
From Ticker Sense This week’s issue of Barron’s highlights the 2007 outlook for the stock market based on the observations of Wall Street strategists. Collectively, the group is looking for stocks to rise about…
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment Ideas For 3rd Q Chevron earnings of US$5.0 billion. Upstream earnings were US$3.5 billion, up US$200 million over the same period last year. CVX’s top-line growth has…
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HMC)(NTT)(NIPNY)(TM)(NEC)(CHL)(CHU)(PCW)(HBC) Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose .7% to 16,638. Biidgestone was down .2% to 2835. Canon was .5% to 6470. Daiwa Securities was up .2% to 1321. Fuji Film was…
Stocks: (PFE)(MRK)(BMY) One of the by-products of the new Democratic controlled Congress is that Big Pharma companies are scared to death. The new Speaker is saying that there should be Medicare legislation to drive…
Stocks: (TM)(GM) Toyota’s stock has run from $100 six months ago to about $122 now. But, over the last month, it is actually off slightly from $125. It makes sense for the stock to…
University professors and the press are saying that the UAW and the Big Three are on a collision course. With woker buyouts from Ford and GM and bankruptcies at large parts suppliers, the UAW…
By Jack Ciesielski A couple of non-tech firms made backdating news recently. First up: KB Homes, which announced on Friday that it had roughed out the extent of its option pricing issues. The size…
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Last week, when National Semiconductor (NSM), Xilinx (XLNX) and Broadcom (BRCM) all reduced their outlook, we noted the wireless industry connection between the companies and asked…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY show on CNBC Jim Cramer said "Out with the old and in with the new media"….In the second series of MAD MONEY he started saying Daktronics (DAKT) could win in…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY show on CNBC Jim Cramer began his show saying "Out with the old and in with the new media"…..except he thinks outdoor advertising will survive well because of the digital…
If you look at the street’s comments today, you should have already been expecting a lower revision to the company’s prior guidance like so many chip stocks came clean with last week. The problem…
DJIA 12,328.48; Up 20.99 (0.17%)NASDAQ 2,442.86; Up 5.50 (0.23%)S&P500 1,413.04; Up 3.20 (0.23%)10YR-Bond 4.5200%; Down 0.032NYSE Volume 2,217,015,000NASD Volume 1,810,293,000 a day ahead of the fed….bracing for 18…
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer discussed sub-prime loans. Cramer thinks it is still right to bet on sub-prime lenders because they know how to model them and the stocks could…
EMC entered the year at just under $14 and trades right about there now. It got all the way down it $9.50 when investors were upset about its purchase of RSA Security and it…
There is no way to summarize Wal-Mart’s year in a few sentences but it did come into 2006 at about $46 and trades for just over $46 now. For a company that trades 16…
Cramer on his daily on TheStreet.com discussed strike price expiration coming this Friday in a feature called STRIKE PRICE STRIKEOUT. This pertains to the theory (and common effect) that stocks tend to gravitate toward…