According to Reuters, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) has bought control of Marmon Industries for $4.5 billion. Reuters writes that US retail sales were up a disappointing 3.6% for the holidays. Reuters reports that…
According to Reuters India’s Tata is about to close a deal to buy Jaguar and Rover from Ford (F). Reuters writes that the IMF says that the subprime mortgage problem will slow…
Early this week we are running a list of stocks that have been in a turnaround plan, yet the stocks and the businesses haven’t turned around. Could these be the stocks to…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will take $49 billion of SIVs onto its balance sheet. Reuters writes that Nissan and Chrysler may begin to partner in building new cars Reuters reports that…
Merck (MRK) is not going to do as well as Wall St. had hoped next year. It guided to $3.28 to $3.38 earnings per share. A Reuters poll puts the number at…
Douglas A. McIntyre Allscripts (MDRX) traded down 25% after missing earnings estimates and after lower guidance for 2007 and 2008. American Tower (AMT) replacing Alltel (AT) in S&P. ARM Holdings plc (ARMHY) trading down about…
It has been a bloody and bitter fight. Merck’s (MRK) pain killer Vioxx has been alleged to cause heart problems and worse. The drug hit the market in 1999 and was pulled…
Douglas A. McIntyre The markets haven’t fallen apart after yesterday’s 360 point dive on the DJIA, but we are still trading a tad lower today. Now that Cisco Systems is showing you can’t just automatically…
GTx, Inc. (NASDAQ: GTXI) is seeing shares trade sharply higher on a collaboration pact with Merck (NYSE: MRK). The biotech and drug giant pact is for research and development and a strategic…
Douglas A. McIntyre With the markets down so much today on the financial stock fallout after the Citi downgrade/concern and with oil stocks listing lower after the Exxon miss, we wanted to show a brief…
Merck (MRK) announced third-quarter 2007 earnings per share of $0.75, excluding restructuring charges, and third-quarter reported EPS of $0.70. Worldwide sales were $6.1 billion for the quarter, an increase of 12 percent…
Douglas A. McIntyre Astoday is the 20th anniversary of the 1987 stock market crash, 24/7 WallSt. wanted to go back in time to review how the individual DJIAcomponents held up around the time and how…
Merck’s (MRK) has won almost every liability case it has faced over side-effects of its pain killer Vioxx. It has gotten to the point where plaintiff’s attorneys don’t want to risk their…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Nokia (NOK) said the the ITC has begin an investigation into Qualcomm (QCOM) trade practives and patent infringements. Reuters writes that Boeing (BA) is estimating that China will need…
We are frequently asked about how certain basket picks perform compared to the overall market. It has been years since anyone has claimed their stocks should gain regardless of the market because…
