There is an interesting report out of Nikkei Net Interactive in Japan, which notes that US-based private equity giant Carlyle is buying a majority stake in a joint venture that produces LCD…
Douglas A. McIntyre Alliance Data Systems (ADS) was informed by Blackstone that conditions likely won’t be satisfied to complete the merger; stock trading down close to 40%.American Express (AXP) reports earnings today with estimates at…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said that after IBM (NYSE: IBM) raised its numbers that was just the excuse to rally tech as it was and oversold. he noted,…
It’s official. Fidelity’s Magellan Fund (FMAGX) is being re-opened for new investors. This fund at one point in 1997 became so large that the fund closed itself to new funds and outside…
These are not the only top analyst calls impacting share prices this morning, but these are the main calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Friday morning: Allstate (ALL)…
McDermott (NYSE:MDR) realigned its its B&W into 4 units, mostly aspects of nuclear but it also is focusing on cleaner coal and carbon capture. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is going greener than green with…
Every month, 24/7 Wall St. peruses through the NYSE, AMEX, and the NASDAQ. One key area we look at of course is technology. Below is a summary of some of the key…
Air France KLM SA (NYSE:AKH/ADR) shares traded up roughly 7% Thursday after beating earnings from price hikes and fuel hedging. After United Rentals (NYSE:URI) said it was suing Cerberus on the broken…
Akamai (AKAM) started as Neutral at B of A.Corning (GLW) started as Sector Perform at RBC.Dollar Tree (DLTR) raised to Overweight at Lehman.Exxon Mobil (XOM) raised to Buy at UBS.McAfee (MFE) raised…
According to Reuters, profits rose at Sony (SNE) driven by camera sales. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) held a day with analysts and the press to show off its new technology and…
Corning Inc. (NYSE:GLW) is feeling the wrath of a sloppy earnings report today. The earnings report for the quarter was fin as it posted $0.38 EPS on a 9.5% revenue gain to…
Douglas A. McIntyre GigaOm pointed out yesterday that Verizon (VZ) now has about 1.1 million FiOS fiber-to-the-home customers being delivered voice, broadband and TV. The telecom is adding 2,600 customers a day. For those in…
On today’s video from TheStreet.com, Cramer said there is definitive value on the land that has been optioned by homebuilders. All of those options from the last 3 years were bad, but…
Fiber was supposed to be Verizon’s (VZ) panacea. Spend $23 billion and lay down 80,000 miles of wire to 18 million homes. But, as Fortune points out fiber has one very significant…
Stock Tickers: RIMM, AMZN, NVDA, GLW, GOOG, LVLT, CROX, UA, CIEN On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer said you don’t need to worry about next week: You need a roadmap for…