Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is playing the low interest rate game by swapping old expensive debt for new cheaper debt. This has been done before by Mel Karmazin and friends,…
Jon C. Ogg Standard Chartered pays a New York bank regulator $340 million to settle money laundering charges that involved Iran. (Reuters) The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) names BBC General Director Mark Thompson…
The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date and we have compared these levels to the prior July 13 settlement date. It seems that there were some big…
Short sellers backed away from their gambles on old tech firms as they increased their positions in new Web 2.0 companies. For the period that ended July 31, short sellers cut their…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following on softness in European markets and a mixed close in the Asian markets. There has been little data for investors to…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) hit a new 52-week high today. Make that a multi-year high of $2.50 per share. The question is whether or not the satellite radio monopoly…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning on a report from Europe that German chancellor Angela Merkel now backs bond buying by the European Central Bank.Even a larger-than-expected drop…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is so far managing to avoid any soft patches in the economy. Some headlines arising from today’s earnings report may be shocking, such as “Sirius…
Jon C. Ogg The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning most likely due to the lack of bad news on the Eurozone’s financial troubles (more coverage here). Asian markets got a chance…
Chrysler Group LLC is profitable again and the report may be creating some envy for Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM). While Chrysler was in perhaps the…
The short interest data is out from the July 13 settlement date and we have compared these levels to the prior June 29 settlement date. It seems that there were some big…
The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors continue to hope for more central bank stimulation in weakening global economy. These investors are probably right that something will…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) cut to Hold at Brean Murray Carret. BroadSoft,…
Moody’s cuts Italy’s rating by two notches and indicates the cuts may not be finished. (Reuters) Treasury Secretary Geithner pressed UK regulators on Libor in 2008. (Reuters) A hack of Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:…
The short interest data is out from the June 29 settlement date. It seems that there were some big changes with some key cult stocks and actively traded stocks seeing big changes…
