During the period that Ebay’s (EBAY) Skype VoIP operations were down, traffic to the skype.com website surged according to Alexa.com. Not that it did the visitors any good. Skype was off-line for…
Douglas A. McIntyre Below are the top 10 US newspaper websites based on Nielsen NetRatings figures for July. Several are owned by public companies including The New York Times (NYT), Gannett (GCI), Washington Post (WPO),…
The story of the week was the meltdown in the markets as various sources cited the credit crunch for selling that, at times took the major North American indices down 10%. Professional…
Douglas A. McIntyre Sony (SNE) has been hoping that the lagging sales of PS3 wold be helped by the release of some major video game titles. "Grand Theft Auto" from Take Two (TTWO) has been…
There have been a couple of media articles about shares of Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) rising because progress of the Whole Foods (WFMI) buyout of Wild Oats (OATS) is a signal that…
Douglas A. McIntyre Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) had a filing after Friday’s close showing shareholder selling stock. Upon seeing the mere name Clearwire you’d instantly think the company itself was selling more shares or taking on…
GM (GM) CEO Rick Wagoner says that the big car company is OK despite the tough stock market and problems in the mortgage sector. According to Reuters, "GM’s exposure to the subprime…
Douglas A. McIntyre Sentinel Management Group, a futures commission merchant, filed for Chapter 11. The fund has too many redemption requests and its portfolio had dropped sharply in value. The fund may now be able…
Douglas A. McIntyre Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) reports earnings on Tuesday, and it traded up with the broader market today. Shares closed up 2.3% at $61.18. First Call is expecting EPS to be $0.80 on revenues…
Next Tuesday we have earnings from Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) and First Call has EPS at $0.25 and revenues at $4.3 Billion. The following quarter is expected to have $0.41 EPS on $5.2…
Douglas A. McIntyre Accuray (ARAY) Radiosurgery company has quarterly loss. Down to $12.90 from 52-week high of $31.09. Home Solutions (HSOA) Problems with credit facility. Down to $2.85 from 52-week high of $8.24. Tarragon (TARR)…
Douglas A. McIntyre On today’s STOP TRADING on CNBC Jim Cramer said investors can now focus on what is cheap again and he was positive on Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) with it to go back to $95.00. …
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) posts earnings after the close on Tuesday, August 21, and First Call estimates are $0.62 EPS on $3.17 Billion in revenues. The following quarter is looking like estimates are $0.65…
Douglas A. McIntyre Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) reports earnings on Monday and First Call estimates put earnings at $0.61 EPS on revenues of $14.1 Billion. Estimates for the following quarter are $0.47 EPS on revenues of…
We confirmed that Reuters (NASDAQ:RTRSY) has apparently given a $1 Billion IT outsourcing pact to Fujitsu Services to launch a standardized IT platform across its global operations. Reuters wants to save $1…
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