This Week’s Top Active Stock News Stories (June 22, 2007)
Stock Tickers: WB, GE, SMH, TYC, BRK/A, BX, SBUX, KFT, SIRI, XMSR, CAKE, BAM Most stories come out, affect a stock or a sector, and then cease to matter. We have numerous…
Stock Tickers: WB, GE, SMH, TYC, BRK/A, BX, SBUX, KFT, SIRI, XMSR, CAKE, BAM Most stories come out, affect a stock or a sector, and then cease to matter. We have numerous…
Stock Tickers: AA, AIG, AXP, BA, C, CAT, DD, DIS, GE, GM, HD, HON, HPQ, IBK, JNJ, JPM, KO, MCD, MMM, MRK, MO, MRK, PFE, PG, T, UTX, VZ, WMT, XOM As…
According to Reuters, the IPO for Blackstone priced at the high end of its range, raising $4.13 billion. Reuters writes that GE (GE) and Pearson (PSO) have dropped their potential bid for…
Today was a bit of an oddball day in true media. It was all over the media after the New York Post, a News Corp. (NWS-NYSE) company, reported that General Electric (GE-NYSE)…
The NYSE released short interest in stocks traded on the exchange. The figures are as of June 15 and are compared to the comparable numbers at of May 15. Largest Shares Short…
General Electric Co. (GE-NYSE) is actually putting in new multi-year highs today. All of a sudden, mega-caps are back. This is just a couple months after more than a few ‘overly-hyperactive activists’…
(ALTH) Allos Therapeutics trading down 20% after its Phase III study of Efaproxyn failed to meet primary endpoint of improvement in overall survival.(BAY) Bayer raised guidance on Schering integration.(BMY) Bristol-Myers: FDA Grants…
Stock Tickers: TYC, COV, COV-WI, TEL, TEL-WI, GE Tyco International Ltd. (TYC-NYSE) hosts its analyst meetings on Tuesday, June 19, to showcase its new spin-off companies. Late last week we saw trading…
eBay (EBAY) is in the news twice this morning. First off, Business Week is citing that the online auctioneer’s PayPal unit is becoming more and more like a bank and noted that…
If you were born with a solid trust fund or if you won the lottery, you are probably set for the rest of your life. If not, you will at least hope…
We reviewed various short selling trends and noticed that most sectors were mixed to up as the April to May reached record levels. But reviewing the 28 Dow Jones Industrial Average components…
Tonight on MAD MONEY Cramer, gave his targets for individual components. Last night he gave the first six price targets which you can see here. Caterpillar (CAT) is still one that people…
General Electric (GE-NYSE) has confirmed that it is selling its plastics unit to Saudi Basic Industries Corporation ("SABIC"). The proceeds will be valued at $11.6 Billion in cash plus the assumption of…
(ASD) American Standard is reaffirming guidance.(AT) Alltel agreed to a $27.5 Billion buyout offer, or $71.50 per share.(CATT) Catapult believes it will miss its earnings estimates for the quarter.(CRM) Salesforce.com in talks…
This is an edited version of the first story to run an expanded list. Last month we all found out that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway decided to take a ride on the…