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Investing
October Short Interest For NYSE Stocks
Following is the short interest in stocks of major companies traded on the NYSE. Figures are as of October 15 and compare to numbers on September 28, 2007. Most of the large…
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Housing
Home & Lending Stocks Continue To Implode (FNM, FRE, C, WM, SOV, HD, LEN, CTX)
After reviewing the 52-week lows today, it was almost the same old trend we have been seeing day in and day out…. Lenders… Banks… Homes… and Consumer…What is obvious is that the…
3:12am ET
Media
Media Digest 10/10/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, economists cut forecasts for US growth for the third month in a row. Reuters writes that IBM (IBM) and Second Life will work on ways to eventually let people…
10:17am ET
Investing
NYSE Month End Short For September Month’s End
Below are the major changes in short interest in NYSE listed companies comparing the figures on September 28 with those on September 14. Largest Short Positions Company …
12:27pm ET
Retail
Online Retailers Hit 52-Week Highs As Same-Store Sales Collapse
Online retailer Amazon (AMZN) hit a 52-week high last week. So did Priceline (PCLN), Expedia (EXPE), and eBay (EBAY). Even Overstock (OSTK) made the list. On the 52-week low side of the…
8:16am ET
Investing
Biggest Losers In The Third Quarter Lead By Countrywide (CFC) And Circuit City (CC)
No one would be surprised to see mortgage lender Countrywide (CFC) of the list of biggest losers for the third quarter The company’s shares were down 48% to $19. The fall of…
4:13am ET
Investing
September NYSE Short Interest: Housing And Retail Under Pressure
The September short interest for NYSE stocks is out, and a number of big names in mortgages, retail ,and housing say bets against them move up. The figures compare shares short on…
5:03am ET
Investing
Deal For Sallie Mae Begins To Unravel
Private equity firms J. C. Flowers & Company and Friedman Fleischer & Lowe were going to buy Sallie Mae, the student loan organization, for $25 billion. When credit problems started to hit…
6:55am ET
Retail
Lowe’s Needs More Stores
A recent survey showed that home improvement customers like Lowe’s (LOW) better than Home Depot (HD) when it comes to including product selection and customer service, according to the Dow Jones News…
8:39am ET
Retail
Home Depot: Another Way To Kill The Share Price
Home Depot (HD) say that under the terms of its share buy-back, it brought in about 299 million at $37 a share. That totals 14.6% of the outstanding. Usually, this would be…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:46am ET
Investing
Home Depot Still Plans To Buy Back Shares
Home Depot (HD) got much less for its wholesale outfit than it had hoped and it had to guarantee part of the buyers’ debts. The company still plans to buy-back 550 million…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:14am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/29/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Isuzu and GM (GM) will increase their cooperation in South America to improve their share in the truck market. Reuters writes that Knight Capital (NITE) may have to refund…
7:32pm ET
Investing
Home Depot Cuts Price Of Supply Unit And Guarantees Some Debt
For Home Depot (HD), it is the worst of all worlds. After getting private equity interests to agree to buy the company’s wholesales unit, Home Depot Supply, for $10.3 billion, the deal…
Douglas A. McIntyre 11:17am ET
Investing
Home Depot Should Keep Its Supply Operation
Home Depot (HD) seems desperate to get rid of its HD Supply unit which handles wholesaling of its products to builders. The deal was set for private equity interests Bain Capital, Carlyle…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:06am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/24/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, several Asian banks disclosed that they had exposure to US sub-prime mortgages. Reuters writes that Monster (MNST) took five days to disclose the theft of personal data on 1.3…