Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) issued and sold $75 million in 6.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 in a private placement on December 10, 2007, and in a filing today investors were given…
The theater which is congressional politics would have missed an entire act if the porcine members who are re-elected for their ability to bring home the bacon to their districts had not…
A number of politicians and other patriots were worried that the US military awarding of a contract to build tankers may not have been good for US industry. The contract went to…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) announced that it has moved into full construction of Phase One of the Sherbino Wind Farm, a 150 megawatt renewable wind energy project that is roughly 30 miles…
According to Reuters, Fed chief Bernanke said the Fed was ready to help the economy if necessary. Reuters writes that financial results at Deutsche Telekom (DT) met expectations for 2007. Reuters writes…
The new CEO of Siemens (NYSE: SI) is not a very nice fellow. Depending on which press account is accurate, he is gutting the telecom equipment part his company by cutting between…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short interest in companies traded on the NYSE increased for a number of financial firms based on positions as of February 15. The data compares to numbers on January 31 Shares sold…
According to Reuters, Societe Generale filed its financial information and confirmed its huge trading loss. Reuters writes that the sale of 3Com (COMS) has come apart because a piece of the company…
Short interest in financial stocks generally fell in NYSE figures for January 31. Numbers compare to January 15. Shares sold short in Countrywide (NYSE: CFC) fell 52.7 million to 114.2 million. Shares…
Toyota (TM) reported a 7.5% increase in profits for the last quarter of 2007. By itself that is an achievement for any car company. The big Japanese firm did indicate that the…
2008 is turning out to be a wacky year. If you are new to trading and investing this is far from the norm. Statistics vary depending on what day of the week…
Short interest on January 15 showed bets against financial shares listed on the NYSE climbed when compared to December 31 numbers. Shares short in Countrywide Financial (CFC) rose 32.5 million to 166.9…
Below is a list of Dow Jones Industrial Average components that are actually down the least on an ugly day. There has been news on most of these or if not there…
According to Reuters, BHP Billiton (BHP) is lining up more bank financing in its bid to buy Rio Tinto (RTP). Reuters writes that the GE (GE) jet engine backlog in China has…
General Electric (NYSE: GE) has just posted earnings with EPS up 17% to $0.68, in-line with $0.68 First call estimates. Revenues were up 18% with organic revenue growth of 10% to $48.6…
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