Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) has not been without its problems. But there seems to be a saving grace here with strong unit sales. The Palm Centro has now reached its 2-millionth unit…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Merrill Lynch (MER) said that it would sell $8.5 billion in stock and take large write-downs. Reuters report that KKR says the market slump is a good time to…
Wireless and broadband sales drove a strong quarterly performance for Verizon (VZ) EPS rose to $.66 from $.58 in the same period a year ago. The company added 1.5 million new wireless…
Since 2006, 24/7 Wall St. has scrutinized public companies on a regular basis, focusing on those with poor management and has suggested which big company CEOs needed to be replaced. Hector Ruiz…
According to Reuters, Apple (AAPL) missed Wall St. expectations, sending the stock down by 10%. Reuters reports that American Express (AXP) profits fell on credit losses.
Most Wall St. observers now think that the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) will go through. The FCC, pushed by some members of Congress and the…
The market took big dips in 2001 and 1987. One was due to a national catastrophe and another was focused on Wall St.’s impression that the market had run too far, too…
Also-ran multimedia company Real Networks (RNWK) and Viacom (VIA) are going to take another run at Apple (AAPL) iTunes. They have a music download service call Rhapsody. One of the reasons it…
According to Reuters, Rhapsody, a music service owned by Real Networks (RNWK) and Viacom (VIA) will make a push against Apple (AAPL) iTunes by embracing the iPod as its player. Reuters writes…
We have been running through many companies to determine which dividends appear safe. Investors chase high dividend stocks with stable earnings when they are concerned about where to put their money. We…
According to Reuters, M&A activity is down sharply. Reuters writes that Anheuser-Busch (BUD) turned down an offer from InBeve. Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has realigned its senion management Reuters reports that…
Turning around Sprint (S), which has been getting harder, may be moving into the "impossible" column. The company recently showed up in the MSN Money customer satisfaction survey as one of the…
Verizon (VZ) is going to make its FiOS fiber-to-the-home product deliver even faster broadband speeds. It is hard to imagine that their customers will even know. The new product will run at…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Paulson will push for more market and financial regulations. Reuters writes the Anheuser-Busch (BUD) board will meet on the InBev offer. Reuters reports that the GAO was critical of…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on early this Monday morning: AGCO Corp. (NYSE: AG) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia. AT&T (NYSE: T) & Verizon…
