The New York Times has a new writer, at least for a day. Warren Buffett has written an op-ed piece for the paper titled "Buy American. I Am." to shore up some…
According to Reuters, policy makers around the world are trying to deal with the fact that the economy is moving into a deep recession. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) exceeded forecasts and…
NIKE, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) reported quarterly revenue rose 17% to $5.4 billion, although currency changes increased growth by 7%. Net income fell 10% to $510.5 million, as earnings per shareh fell 8%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) has decided to jump on the stock buyback bandwagon this morning. The footwear and sports apparel and equipment maker has just announced it would repurchase up to $5…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are more of Warren Buffett’s and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings as of June 30, 2008: Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) 4,181,000 shares Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) 5,636,600 shares Iron Mountain…
Crocs (CROX) Crocs may actually be moving into the stage where its price and market cap are so low that it could become a takeover target. After announcing awful quarterly numbers and…
These are among the top analyst Downgrades or negative analyst calls affecting shares this Monday morning in pre-market trading: Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) Downgraded to Underperform at Jefferies. Fidelity National (NYSE: FIS)…
These are only some of the early bird analyst calls that we have seen in early Monday pre-market trading, but these are some of the more active stock names: American International Group…
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) posted its quarterly and fiscal earnings, with a fiscal gain of 14% in revenues, a 28% EPS gain, and a future orders gain of 11%. For the quarter,…
Douglas A. McIntyre What sort of would it be if you could only bet on sporting events by the results only? Who knows how much the bets were on the actual match going into sudden…
Douglas A. McIntyre Goldman Sachs has noted that an analyst named Brad Cragin has left the firm, and his former targets and ratings in specialty apparel names are no longer in effect. These are some…
After today’s close, we saw which stocks Warren Buffett held in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) as of March 31, 2008. Buffett’s filing cut off date is longer as he has…
There were four separate filings today showing that co-founder and Chairman Philip Knight of Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE) filed to sell shares. The trade dates were listed as April 8, 2008. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) is one of the ubiquitous brands of today’s world. As long as it keeps doing what it is doing now and as long as it keeps its endorsements…
Douglas A. McIntyre After today’s close of trading, we’ll get to see the earnings report out of Nike (NYSE: NKE). First Call has estimates at $0.81 EPS and $4.36 Billion in revenues. Next quarter is…
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