The short interest for stocks traded on the Nasdaq as of February 15 shows that investors made very big bets against telecom and technology stocks. The numbers compare to those on January…
According to Reuters, Siemens (SI) will cut over 6,000 jobs in its telecom equipment business. Reuters writes that MBIA (MBI) is moving to help bring stability to the credit markets. Reuters reports…
Industry-wide price wars are like the old Western range wars. They don’t happen often but when they do they are violent and have sudden onsets. A new home-phone program from T-Mobile is…
These are not the only analyst calls today, but these are the top ten calls that 247WallSt.com is looking at this morning: AT&T (NYSE: T) downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Credit…
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has been the cock of the walk, but that has changed. Yesterday, the shares hit a 52-week low at $35.19. The large run-up in Verizon’s stock last year was…
"For want of a nail, the kingdom was lost." After a highly successful roll-out of its fiber-to-the-home broadband and TV product, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has run into a snag. It cannot get…
These are the new combined holdings (alphabetically A-G) from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) for the period ended December 31, 2007: American Express (NYSE: AXP) 151.6 million shares for a value…
Revenue at Comcast (CMCSA) grew 14% in the fourth quarter to over $8 billion and operating income was up 20% to almost $1.5 billion. EPS came in a $.20, up 54%. Analysts…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is in talks with News Corp (NWS) about an M&A deal but analysts say it is unlikely to work. Reuters writes that Paulson thinks the US economy…
Rising short interest in tech stocks traded on Nasdaq shows the extent to which investors are willing to bet against the sector. The figures compare shares sold short as of January 31…
Below are some of the key general calls we are looking at in early pre-market trading: Anglogold (NYSE: AU) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS. Cephalon (NASDAQ: CEPH) downgraded to Underperform…
Nasdaq short interest on January 15 shows that investors were willing to make big bets against tech share prices. The numbers are compared to statistics on December 31. Short interest in Level…
Firestone. American Motors. Texaco. Pan Am. Worldcom. At one point or another these large American companies were at the top of their industries. Pan Am was the leading global airline for decades.…
The big US companies with the weakest prospects have sold off by as much as 50% over the few months. But, because some of them have powerful brands, large customer bases, and…
Sprint’s (S) shares are now down by more than half from their 52-week high, trading at $9.35 compared to $23.42. The company’s market cap has fallen to under $27 billion, less than…
