Blackstone (BX) is making a bid for miner Rio Tinto (RTP), at least according to The Telegraph. Rio has a market cap of over $150 billion, and will probably be sold at…
According to Reuters, the former head of UnitedHealth gave up $400 million in stock options to settle chages with the SEC and the company. Reuters writes that the head of Rio Tinto…
When you think of one CEO that went from hope to hype to outright disappointment in technology, the top name that comes to mind after 2006 and then after 2007 is Hector…
Douglas A. McIntyre AMD (AMD) told investors and the media that one of its key chip projects is being delayed. The new flagship Barcelona chip will not be ready for use in servers until next…
Douglas A. McIntyre MBIA (MBI) Downgrade by Moody’s. Falls to $25.84 from 52-week high of $76.02. Genentech (DNA) FDA rejects key drug. Drops to $65.54 from 52-week high of $89.73. AMD (AMD) More analyst concerns.…
The Dubai International Capital fund has $15 billion to invest. Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s state-owned investment company, just put $2 billion into a new investment vehicle in China. According to the IHT "the…
W Holding (WHI) Listing issues. Recently came out of SEC investigation. Drops to $.75 from 52-week high of $6.70. Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH) Weak earning outlook. Down to $36.65 from 52-week high of…
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) is gracing us on the new list of 52-week lows this morning, and we have featured this one negatively in the 24/7 Wall St. "10 Stocks Under $10"…
AMD (AMD) is making another 52-week low today, trading down to $9.44. Concerns that Dell (DELL) may not be committed to using as many of the company’s chips as they did in…
Below is the first batch of 52-week lows today: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) hits the 52-week lows. I guess Dell being weak and them losing their position there isn’t pleasing anyone. Maybe…
Looking around the wreckage of some of the big cap companies it is not hard to find a few CEOs who probably need to go back to business school. Wall St. would…
The people at research firm iSuppli had unkind things to say about AMD (AMD). The company reported that Intel (INTC) outperformed the overall semiconductor growth rate of 4.1% this year. Expectations are…
American Technology Research analyst Doug Freedman downgraded AMD (AMD) to “neutral” from “buy” and lowered his price target to $11.00 from $17.00 according to Forbes. But, a number of other analysts are…
Douglas A. McIntyre AMD (AMD) Downgrade. Prospects seen as dim for next few months. Drops to $9.80 from 52-week high of $23. Motorola (MOT) Verizon Wireless opening its system? No other news. Falls to $14.87…
In the current credit environment, there are several fairly big companies that could get in enough trouble that it would wipe out the common shareholders. The ones in the financial industry like…
