(ABT) Abbott Labs $0.69 EPS vs $0.68 estimate; guidance looks soft.(ASD) American Standard $0.84 EPS net, but $1.05 before items; estimates were $1.08. Spin-off/sale remains on track. (BLK) Blackrock $1.80 EPS vs…
Not a good quarter for Pfizer (PFE). Second quarter revenue fell 6% to $11.1 billion. Net income was down 48% to $1.3 billion.The loss of U.S. exclusivity for Zoloft and Norvasc hurt…
Douglas A. McIntyre MONDAYMattel (NYSE:MAT)Novellus (NASDAQ:NVLS)Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG/ADR)W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW)TUESDAYJohnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)Merrill Lynch (NYSE:MER)Novartis (NYSE:NVS/ADR)Pharmaceutical Product Development (NASDAQ:PPDI)SLM Corp. (NYSE:SLR)State Street (NYSE:STT)Coca Cola (NYSE:KO)Wells fargo (NYSE:WFC)Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO)WEDNESDAYAbbott Labs (NYSE:ABT)Altria (NYSE:MO)Alliance Data…
As you will see, the short interest changes in medical and drug stocks of the active NYSE-listed names was a bit of a mixed bag. GlaxoSmithkline (GSK) saw the lagest increase, but…
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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 Dow…
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 By…
According to Reuters, Home Depot (HD) weighed a cut in its credit rating against its decision to buy-back $22.5 billion in shares.Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) acquired sports site Rivals.com.Reuters reports that…
Coley Pharmaceuticals (COLY) is yet another small-cap biopharma one-trick pony that fell apart like a cheap clock. Pfizer (PFE) had been conducting trials of a lung cancer drug licensed from Coley, and…
Douglas A. McIntyre Shares of microcap biotech Coley Pharmaceutical Group (COLY-NASDAQ) saw shares get pounded late on Wednesday afternoon. Right before 2:00 PM EST, the company announced that its partner Pfizer (PFE-NYSE) had discontinued and…
Stock Tickers: MRK, PFE, JNJ, GSK, SGP, LLY, WYE, NVS, NVOOn tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said he keeps getting asked about Big Pharma drug stocks. He’d rather focus on…
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This weekend we have the mother of all future cancer treatment conferences: ASCO, or The American Society of Clinical Oncology. Cancer stocks in the last few weeks have been seeing a muted…
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…
Some sectors showed mixed results in the short selling, but the Big Pharma and medical instruments and related companies saw an increased activity in short selling in May versus April. Below is…
