According to Reuters, Cadbury is looking at buying Hershey. Reuters writes that banks being sued by Clear Channel (CCU) have asked for a delay of a Texas trial. Reuters reports that share…
These are ten of the top calls we are seeing that could impact shares early this Thursday morning: Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) started as Market Perform at Morgan Keegan. Allegheny Tech…
Most companies on Nasdaq did fairly well with the shorts in the period which ended on March 31 compared to March 14. The two tremendous exceptions were Level 3 (LVLT) where short…
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) has been trying to get investors in Take-Two Interactive NASDAQ:(TTWO) to view its takeover bid of $26 a share as the best deal in town. TTWO is making…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short interest for number of tech stocks listed on Nasdaq rose on March 14 compared to figures from February . Shares short in Microsoft (MSFT) spiked up 7.4 million to 123.1 million.…
According to Reuters, Oppenheimer cut is earnings forecasts for Merrill Lynch (MER) and UBS (UBS) a day after cutting Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC). Reuters reports that the Meriwether hedge…
If you have ever seen a video game company go on the defensive in staying independent or by demanding much more money, you are seeing it over at Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Goldman Sachs is making an aggressive call on Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) in the video game sector this morning. The brokerage firm has added Goldman Sachs to its CONVICTION BUY LIST. …
Douglas A. McIntyre Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is not going to wait any longer for Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) to put off the larger company’s $26 a share offer. Take-Two claims it is looking for a…
According to Reuters, Paulson will try to tighten rules at the state and federal levels to tighten mortgage standards. Reuters writes that Carlyle Capital was unable to reach a deal with it…
According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs says the Fed may make an emergency rate cut. Reuters writes that Nokia (NOK) is likely to sell down now that information from chip company Texas Instruments…
According to Reuters, weak confidence and rising prices are fuelin stagflation fears. Reuters writes that the long fight between Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) over a takeover will help Google (GOOG).’ Reuters…
Accordig to Reuters, Alan Greenspan says that the US economic growth is zero and that the oil boom will go on "forever." Reuters writes that the National Association for Business Economics survey…
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) has disclosed that it made a $26 all-cash offer for smaller video game publisher Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO). The total value of the deal is about $2 billion. It…
Douglas A. McIntyre NPD released its monthly video game data showing that December video game spending increased 30.9% from December 2006. What is interesting is that software sales of game titles were up 36%, while…
