Detroit Ostrich Farm: Hallucinations At Buick
Stocks: (GM)(TM)(HMC)Someone put LSD into the drinking water at GM. The big car maker’s Buick unit announced that it believes that it can get up to 40% of its new customers for the Enclave…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
Media Digest 11/13/2006 Reuters, Wall Street Journal, New York Times
Stocks: (CCU)(IBM)(C)(GCI)(TRB)(NYT)(TM)(SUNW)According to Reuters, bids for Clear Channel are due today and two private equities firms are likely to bid on the largest radio network in the USReuters writes that IBM is joining Citigroup…
Asia Markets 11/13/2006 Yahoo Japan, China Netcom Up
Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were down.The Nikkei was off .6% to 16,022. Bridgestone was down 1% to 2460. Canon was down 1.8% to 6150. Fuji Film was down 2% to 4440. Hitachi was up…
Dubai Dumps Chrysler (DCX)
It is never good news when one of your largest and smartest shareholders decides to sell and tell the news media about it before they begin.Dubai International Capital said that it may sell some…
The Big 20 Financial Websites Jockey For Wampum (Part II): Yahoo!Finance Dominates
Stocks: (YHOO)(GOOG)(TWX)(MSFT)(TSCM)(GCI)ComScores ratings of the financial news sites show that the three large internet portals (AOL, Yahoo! and MSN) dominate the category, but web research firm NetRatings may give a better analysis of factors…
Pfizer Breaks Some More Rules (PFE)(TEVA)
Every time Wall St. turns around, Pfizer has something new, and not necessarily good, going on. The turmoil at the company cost the CEO his job. The company is now going through a restructuring…
KKR: No Vivendi, How About Comcast? (CMCSA)(V)
The large private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis approached French entertainment and telecom company Vivendi with a proposal to take it private. The number on the table was over $50 billion. The deal did not…
TI Goes Down Market (TXN)(NOK)
The shares in Texas Instruments have hit a down draft over the last several days. The shares hit $30.19 in November 7 intraday trading. Three days later, they hit $28.38.TI did announce that it…
Regan Partners Discloses 7.8% Stake in EDGAR Online (EDGR)
From 13D TrackerIn a 13D filing on EDGAR Online, Inc. (NASDAQ: EDGR) Regan Partners/Basil P. Regan disclosed a 7.8% stake (2 million shares) in the company.Regan said it intends to enter into discussions with…
The Monday Edition- Historical Fed Insights & Conflicting Recissionary Data
By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasLast week I talked about a 1986 mid-cycle like slowdown, today I look at more history to help us dissect the Fed and markets.Historical Fed Insights &…
That’s the Way it Was
From Value DisciplineYears ago, that was the sign-off for Walter Cronkite on CBS News. Back then television and broadcasting were in their heyday.My purpose is not to reminisce, but rather to find today’s parallels…
Highway Holdings (HIHO) announces another dividend
From Microcap SpeculatorHighway Holdings (HIHO) (articles) declared a semi-annual dividend of $.20, payable on December 8, 2006 to shareholders of record on November 28, 2006. The company also paid a $.20 dividend in August.Even…
Weekend Edition: Cramer Keeps Backing MasterCard (MA)
Cramer said there are some other stocks that can make you 50% gains while the rest of your stocks languish. Cramer believes that mastrerCard (MA) is another potential situation like that. It came public…
Weekend Edition: Microsoft Zune Finds An Apple iPod Killer
Count on Microsoft to be as clever as the devil. The new Zune business model will turn Apple on its ear. Microsoft will give Universal Music a cut of the sales price of each…
Weekend Edition: Merck Calls The Ambulance Squad
Things have gotten so bad at Merck that they are renting ambulances for victims of the company’s Vioxx drug and MRK sharesholders.Merck disclosed yesterday that it was in a dispute over $5.58 billion in…
Weekend Edition: Telecom Goes To The Movies
(VZ)(T)(FTE)(GOOG)It is not enough that companies like Verizon and AT&T are cutting deals with studios, TV networks, and even YouTube to get programming for their fiber-to-the-home IPTV initiatives. The deals may end up being…
Weekend Edition: Cheap Oil Takes On New Meaning
Big oil has figured our a new way to get prices up. Don’t invest in projects that will increase oil production.According to a new study from The Internation Energy Agency, oil company investments in…
Stem Cell Research & Cloning Get Some Potential Fresh Air
Stock Tickers: STEM, GERN, ASTM, VIAC, KOOL, CCELThere are some fresh developments that can affect the prices of stocks that would benefit from additional uses and additional applications for stem cell research, and these…
Weekend Edition: Google And Achilles
(GOOG)(MSFT)(YHOO)When Achilles mother, Thetis, dipped the child into the river Styx, she held him by his heel. It was at that one spot, which did not get wet, that he was vulnerable.The assumption, which…
Toyota Kicks Ass And Take Names: 20% Market Share In The US?
Toyota’s stock hit an all-time high in trading in Tokyo overnight.Small wonder. The largest Japanese car company watched its operating profits rise 44% in the most recently announced quarter. Toyota said that sales in…