MySpace’s Legal Legions
Stocks: (NWS)(GOOG) It did not take long for large content companies to decide that News Corp’s bank account is a little too large. Universal Music Group is suing News Corp unit MySpace, the huge…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
The Blame Game Hits Yahoo!
Stocks: (GOOG)(MSFT)(YHOO)(TWX) The sun is setting on Yahoo! and management is pointing figures. A memo from one of the companies senior vices presidents claims that the company has spread its efforts too thinly, like…
Cramer Says DJ Orthopedics is a Good Crutch
Cramer was discussing the resurgence of knee braces on sports players. He noted that orthopedic companies are going after companies, which the journal also said this. He said linemen are wearing these even when…
Cramer Say’s Disney Was No Mickey Mouse; He Likes It
On tonight’s MAD MONEY show on CNBC, Cramer went over a stock gift because it went down for no reason.First he noted the NYMEX (NMX) IPO. He said it isn’t the ideal entry point,…
Market Wrap (Nov. 17, 2006)
DJIA 12,342.56; Up 36.74 (0.30%)NASDAQ 2,445.86; Down 3.20 (0.13%)S&P500 1,401.20; Up 1.44 (0.10%)10YR-Bond 4.607%; Down 0.048NYSE Volume 2,625,847,000NASD Volume 1,708,761,000This marked the 6th consecutive record close for the DJIA today. Hardly anyone bothered noting…
China Car Market: What If Everyone’s Market Share Goes Up 100%
Stocks: (GM)(F)(TM)(HMC)Toyota says that its market share in China should rise 30% next year to about 400,000 cars. Ford says its share there should double next year. It has sold 118,000 cars through October.…
Cramer Evaluates How To Trade The NYMEX IPO Today
On today’s STOP TRADING segment on CNBC at 2:45 PM EST, Jim Cramer reviewed how to trade off the NYMEX (NMX) IPO today.Cramer said the NYMEX (NMX) IPO is over-extended at +140%, but he…
The Real Market for PS3: eBay, For More than $2,000
Stock Ticker: SNEOK, we all have seen the media covering the swarms and swarms of young adults waiting in line at electronics stores around the country waiting to get their hands on the Sony…
Key Syndicate Deals for Thanksgiving Week
Stock Tickers: AER, SPR, TM, INFY, NMXWe have a couple deals to watch for next week, but since it is Thanksgiving week you can expected everything to come Monday night for Tuesday trading.Most of…
Anatomy of a Mispriced IPO: NYMEX (NMX)
Stock Tickers: NMX$120.00 was the opening print for NYMEX (NMX). While there may be cheers here from the floor, this is ludicrous and obscene as far as a mispricing. I am not referring to…
It’s That Time of Year for Intuit
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatLast month we pointed out that Intuit (INTU) tends to trade in a seasonal pattern, with the annual price peak occurring late in the calendar year. True…
Hewlett Packard (HPQ)
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatHewlett Packard (HPQ) shares were off slightly after reporting that earnings beat consensus estimates – if you are willing to view their recurrent restructuring charges as non-recurring.…
Oil Revisited
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWhen we last visited the oil patch, we found the arguments against higher oil prices lacking. It remains our view that demand for oil is rising at…
NYMEX Debuts, Watch Other Exchanges Too
NYMEX (NMX) did price its long-awaited and well above average demand IPO. It priced 6.5 million shares at $59.00. The original terms were 6 million shares at $48.00 to $52.00, and then was bumped…
GM Boasts About Asia (GM)(HMC)(F)(TM)(DX)
US car executives cannot keep bragging about how well they will do in Asia. GM is now saying it believes it can raise its share in the region from 6.5% to 10% by 2010.Those…
Pre-Market Stock News (Nov. 17, 2006)
(ADSK) Autodesk revenues $457M vs $457.25M(e); guides inline; subscription revenues up 50%; stock rose 5%.(AME) Ametek gets positive radiation detection article from Business Week.(AMED) Amedisys 3M share secondary priced at $41.50.(ANN) Ann Taylor $0.54…
Select Analyst Calls (Nov. 17, 2006)
AAP raised to Buy at Oppenheimer.ADBE cut to Neutral at Oppenheimer.ADSK reitr Buy at Jeffeires.ALOG started as Hold at Jefferies.APSG started as Hold at Jefferies.AQR started as Buy at ThinkEquity.BOBJ cut to Hold at…
VoIP Comes Of Age (VG)(CMCSA)(TMS)(TWX)(EBAY)
The ViOP bandwagon is getting fairly full. After early service like Ebay’s Skype and Vonage signed on millions of customers, the cable companies (especially Comcast and Time Warner) found the ViOP was a good…
Ghosn And Nissan Get Blackballed (DCX)(F)(GM)
Carlos Ghosn, the sell-proclaimed greatest car executive in history, is finding that linking up with a US partner for his Nissan/Renault combine has proved more difficult than he thought. Of course, Nissan is not…
While Ford’s Sales Double In China, Will It Be Around To Enjoy It
Stocks: (F)(GM)(TM)(HMC)Ford is boasting that it will double sales in China, over and over again. But, the No. 2 car company in the US only sells about 100,000 cars in the big Asian nation.…