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Investing
IPO Filing: 3PAR
A fairly recent IPO filing has come from 3PAR Inc., although the company has an identity crisis as it isn’t sure if it wants to list on NASDAQ or on the NYSE. …
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Douglas A. McIntyre 12:24am ET
Apps & Software
Google + Sun >OR= Microsoft; And 2 + 2 = 2.624356 (SUNW, GOOG, MSFT, VMW)
The second tier, albeit with ambition, StarOffice(TM) office suite software package from Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW) has finally made a name partner for the download universe. Enter Google (NASDAQ:GOOG). The StarOffice suite is…
6:14pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Broadcom (BRCOM) Injunction Could Cost Qualcomm (QCOM) $2.4 Billion
As 24/7 Wall St. reported this morning, Broadcom’s (BRCM) efforts to get an injunction against Qualcomm (QCOM) marketing chips with BRCM intellectual property could have effect of shutting down parts of QCOM’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:36pm ET
Media
Cramer’s Immune Growth Pick In A Crummy Market (GRMN, UA, CROX, NVT, TRMB, SIRF)
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer wanted to look at what actually works in a major credit crunch. His situation that worked back in 1990 in food, drug, and soft…
5:12pm ET
Technology
Getty Images Stock Hits Multi-Year Lows (GYI)
We have covered Getty Images (NYSE:GYI) about how they are a business at risk, how they are going to lose market share, how their margins are going to compress almost routinely into…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:26pm ET
Investing
Sirius (SIRI) Beams Up New Devices, Tries Solving iPod Envy
From Silicon Alley Insider Just returned from Sirius’ (SIRI) gadget showcase at their Midtown headquarters. The most interesting device they showed off is the new Stiletto 2, an Apple (AAPL) iPod-sized gadget…
4:15pm ET
Media
Taking Charter (CHTR) Private
Billionaire Paul Allen disclosed that he was looking that the possibility of taking Charter Communications (CHTR) private or "a recapitalization or restructuring designed to reduce Charter’s leverage", according to The Wall Street…
4:07pm ET
Health and Healthcare
Amgen Moves From Biotech to Big Pharma, With More Baggage
Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) did what Wall Street thought it would in its after-the-bell conference call. The biotech giant announced layoffs to the tune 12% to 14% of its workforce, which translates to…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:33pm ET
Economy
The VIX Crosses Above 30….An Omen, Or Closer To An Extreme
DJIA 12,861.47; -167.45 (-1.29%)S&P500 1,406.70; -19.84 (-1.39%)NASDAQ 2,458.83; -40.29 (-1.61%)10YR- Bond 4.706%; -0.026%NYSE Volume 3,365,515,000NASD…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:20pm ET
Investing
Countrywide (CFC) Merrill Rating: Credit Where Credit Is Due
Merrill put a "sell" on Countrywide Financial (CFC) which looked late in the game. For shareholders who got into the stock earlier in the year, the rating could have come much earlier.…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:59pm ET
Retail
Wal-Mart Flirts With 52-Week Lows; Will Lee Scott Consider His Future? (WMT)
Retail behemoth Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has graced us today with a dubious 52-week low. If this gets under and closes under $43.48, then Wal-Mart stock will be riding a true 52-week low. On…
Douglas A. McIntyre 1:30pm ET
Apps & Software
Salesforce.Com Set For Earnings (CRM)
After today’s close, we’ll get the awaited earnings relase from Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM). First Call pegs estimates at $0.01 EPS and $173.6 million in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.02 EPS and $188.3…
Douglas A. McIntyre 12:33pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Maybe Warren Buffett Is The Buyer of Last Resort in Financials (BRK-A, WFC, BAC, USB)
Yesterday evening’s FED FILINGS shows some interesting increases in holdings in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A). He boosted holdings in his financial stocks, and it is helping the stocks today. Keep in…
10:20am ET
Investing
Countrywide Financial (CFC) Shrugs Off Merrill “Sell”
The market ignored Merrill’s "sell" call on Countrywide (CFC) today. Merrill had rated the mortgage company as a "buy" since 2005. The stock was off only 1.4% at 11.15 AM New York…
Douglas A. McIntyre 9:25am ET
Investing
IPO Filing: Value Financial Services, A Pawn Operation (VFSI)
Value Financial Services, Inc., a pawn shop operator, has filed to come public via an IPO under the NASDAQ ticker "VFSI." The pawn operator lists JMP Securities and Ferris Baker Watts as…
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