Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) has announced a new gimmick tying the coming tax checks with the high gas prices. The company said that new and current customers can stretch their tax…
Douglas A. McIntyre The bets that companies will default on their debts is rising. Financials which own junk bonds or have financed junk deals will be on the hook. One S&P executive told Bloomberg “The…
Douglas A. McIntyre "The current financial crisis is the most serious since the second world war, and perhaps since the Great Depression."–The London Observer, March 23, 2008 Many investors find it hard to believe that…
Wall St. has gone from hating financial firms with bad balance sheets to hating all companies with big pools of debt. With the crisis which has evolved over the last few day,…
Virgin Mobile (NYSE VM) Quaterly loss takes shares down. Falls to $1.90 from 52-week high of $15.69. Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) Market still believes that company has severe balance sheet problems. Sells…
DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) has hundreds of channels and can offer high-definition programming, but, because satellite signals do not work two-way, getting into the "on demand" business has been impossible. That has given…
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) raised another tranche of junk debt, about $1 billion. That will sit on top of the $19 billion which the company, controlled by billionaire Paul Allen, already has. Just…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to NASDAQ figures on short selling on February 29, share sold short in tech companies dropped sharply, an indication that investors are not willing to bet that stocks in the companies…
According to Reuters, central banks are uniting to ease the credit crisis. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) got EU approval to buy DoubleClick and its shares rose. Reuters reports that Caterpillar (CAT)…
These are not the only analyst calls affecting shares this morning, but these are the first ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.…
The Big Six cable companies will team up to sell advertising, targeted by geography and subscriber behavior. It is the fondest hope of television which has seen much of the ability to…
It should come as no surprise that companies which has taken on too much debt over the last three years will start to fail and have to file for Chapter 11. Some…
Douglas A. McIntyre The short interest for stocks traded on the Nasdaq as of February 15 shows that investors made very big bets against telecom and technology stocks. The numbers compare to those on January…
Most stocks trading under $10 probably traded much higher at one point or another. Trading below that price point is usually not a badge of honor. But, inexpensive stocks often make huge…
Rising short interest in tech stocks traded on Nasdaq shows the extent to which investors are willing to bet against the sector. The figures compare shares sold short as of January 31…
