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…
Credit Suisse is bullish on Motorola (MOT). It believes that the RAZR2 will do well and that the company could pick up market share beginning in Q4. The call seems to carry…
Douglas A. McIntyre GM (GM) says it will sell a million cars in China this year. According to Reuters, the Chinese market will buy 8.5 million new cars this year, putting GM’s share at 12%.…
Douglas A. McIntyre A Federal appeals court opened the door for Broadcom (BRCM) to press antitrust legal action against its larger rival Qualcomm (QCOM). The move is another set-back for Qualcomm which is in disputes…
Douglas A. McIntyre Lenders should "review to determine the full extent of their authority to identify borrowers at risk of default" and find a way to keep the borrower in a home, the regulatory bodies…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Europe were off slightly at 6.10 AM New York time. The FTSE fell .3% to 6,359. HSBC (HBC) fell .9% 890. Tesco was off 1.4% 430.75. The Daxx dropped .4%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Patients who swtich from Pfizer’s (PFE) monster selling drug cholesterol pill Lipitor to Merck’s (MRK) Zocor, now available in generic form are more likely to have a heart attack or die. According…
AMD (AMD) lost it chief sales and marketing officer two weeks ago. Yesterday, its senior vice president of world-wide sales hit the bricks. AMD shares have moved up recently on several positive…
Douglas A. McIntyre CostCo (COST) same-store sales rose only 2% during the last month. Comparable sales for the four-week retail-reporting month of August, the 16-week fourth quarter and the 52-week fiscal year 2007 are as…
Douglas A. McIntyre Microsoft (MSFT) launches its Silverlight rich media development software this week. It will compete directly with Adobe (ADBE) Flash. The Flash player sits on over 700 million PCs and a number of…
According to Reuters, Mattel (MAT) recalled another 800,000 toys made in China due to high levels of lead paint. Reuters writes that Intel (INTC) will respond to regulator’s questions about its joint…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.6% to 16,156. Japan Tobacco fell 2.1% to 615000. KDDI fell 2.4% to 842000. NEC (NIPNY) rose 1.4% to 560. Sony (SNE) rose 2.3%…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Japanese government is nervous about Google (GOOG). Trade officials in the country worry that, with their hardware advantage lost to companies in Korea, Taiwan, and China, it will also end up…
Boeing (BA) says it. There will always be a market for airplanes in China. Not matter what happens. Even it military hard liners move in. Even if the overheated economy collapse under…
Douglas A. McIntyre After reports last week that drug-coated stents posed little risk to heart patients, a new survey shows that "patients given drug-coated stents after an acute heart attack are nearly five times more…