The board at BEA Systems (BEAS) is sitting on a $17 offer from Oracle (ORCL). BEAS has not traded above $17 in over four years and was sitting at about $14 before…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Microsoft’s (MSFT) strong quarter and forecast sent shares up over 10%. Reuters writes that Oracle (ORCL) has turned down BEA Systems’ (BEAS) proposal that the company be sold at…
BEA Systems (BEAS) want portential buyer Oracle (ORCL), which has offered $17 a share, to know that the company is worth $21. Why is it worth so much? Because Goldman Sachs and…
Douglas A. McIntyre Below are the short positions for major companies traded on the Nasdaq as of October 15. The figures compare to numbers on September 28, 2007 Traders bet big on Sun’s turnaround, dropping…
BEA Systems (BEAS) has a firm $17 a share offer from Oracle (ORCL). The company thinks it could get more, and, so did the market. The stock moved above $18 on news…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, shares in Amazon (AMZN) dropped on concerns about margins in it latest earnings. Reuters writes that RIM (RIMM) will start to market its Blackberry in China. Reuters reports that…
The New York Times was good enough to run a list of the world’s 20 most valuable companies ranked by market cap in 1989, 1999, and 2007. Japan owned the list in…
Carl Icahn has done a lot for shared holders at close to a dozen companies over the last year or so. He continues to put pressure on Motorola (MOT) to increase its…
Below is the short interest for selected stocks traded on the Nasdaq. The figures are as of September 28 and compare to numbers as of September 14, 2007. Largest Short Positions Company …
This was a long and crazy week for stock traders, but the Bond weasels got Monday off and only had a four-day work week. Thursday was the mystery tank day when the…
BEA Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) is already trading north of the $17.00 cash buyout offer from Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL). Almost 30 million shares have already traded hands, and there is more than 30 minutes…
Douglas A. McIntyre Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) has delivered a letter to the Board of Directors of BEA Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAS) on October 9 whereby Oracle proposed to acquire BEA for $17.00 per share in cash. …
Douglas A. McIntyre Short interest in several large Nasdaq traded companies fell sharply in September. The figures are calculated as of September 14 and are compared to numbers from August 15, 2007. Short interest in…
Forbes has released its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. We really wanted to see the corporate impact of the wealthy. What is interesting is to compare how these companies tied to…
According to Retuers, Alan Greenspan says that housing price will fall much further due to oversupply. Reuters writes that the UAW and GM (GM) will begin bagaining again on Friday. Reuters reports…
