According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs (GS) will buy $1.5 billlion in assets from ABN. Reuters reports that Ford’s (F) new plans will not change because of the fall in gas prices. Reuters…
Intel (INTC) says sales of its new "Atom" chips are off to a good start, although it is unclear what that means. The product line was created for a new generation of…
If you think the long-gone uptick rule or naked shorting was important for financial stocks, you might wonder what was going on in technology stocks with short sellers. In the major NASDAQ…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning: Alaska Air (ALK) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. AMR Corp. (AMR) Raised to Overweight at…
Reports have been increasing that the new Apple (AAPL) 3G iPhone is having trouble connecting to 3G networks and is plagued by dropped calls. Since a number of consumers waiting for the…
Motorola (MOT) kept its lead in US market share by holding 25.8% of the country’s cellular phone business. That was hardly the big story. Research-In-Motion (RIMM), maker of the Blackberry, was the…
Apple (AAPL) says customers have already downloaded 60 million software applications for its iPhone. That number seems phenomenal, but from a revenue standpoint it is not. According to The Wall Street Journal,"…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters reports that UPS (UPS) is trying to buy Dutch rival TNT Reuters writes that credit unions are being hit by mortgage market problems. Reuters reports that GATX (GMT) is offering over…
Usually rumors on new technology items create buzz or create hype for shareholders, but they can also create unrealistic expectations that ultimately hurt the stock. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been under…
Douglas A. McIntyre After Wal-Mart (WMT) announced its outstanding June numbers, Wall St. said the company was actually “recession proof”. Consumers, beat down by high gas and commodities prices, could turn to Wal-Mart to get…
Apple (APPL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse Dell (DELL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. EMC (EMC) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse
The big theory after Wal-Mart (WMT) announced its June same-store sales was that the company was recession-proof. People were going from higher-priced retailers to Wal-Mart to save money because the economy was…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning: American International Group (AIG) Raised to Buy at UBS. Anglogold (AU) Raised to Outperform at…
At the end of 2005, shares in Sirius (SIRI) were $7.87. At the end of 2006, they had fallen to $3.90. They now trade at $1.46. Seeing the stock price being cut…
In an editorial in The Wall Street Journal, UCLA law professor Lynn A. Stout argues that activist investors like Carl Icahn "rob average investors of better returns." She writes that "They push…
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