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Douglas A. McIntyre Merrill Lynch downgraded Countrywide Financial (CFC) to a "sell" today. It has had a "buy" on the stock since April 2005, according to Bloomberg. And, investors always thought analysts earned money to…
Douglas A. McIntyre GigaOm has suggested that Google (GOOG) may look at buying online tools company Adobe (ADBE). While the big search company would get the large Acrobat and Photoshop, the key to a buy-out…
E*Trade Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:ETFC) released the industry metric that Wall Street looks at to see how its overall trading revenues are going. Its DARTs (daily average revenue trades) rose a whopping 20.8%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Broadcom (BRCM) is arguing in federal court that Qualcomm (QCOM) should be prohibited from selling a number of its chips because they infringe on BRCM patents. According to Reuters: "Broadcom was seeking…
(AMAT) Applied Materials trading down 3% after yesterday’s earnings.(CSC) CSC said it is part of a large government pact that will result in close to $900 million to CSC.(DE) Deere $2.37 EPS…
ABR cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.AXA cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.CEN cut to Neutral at UBS.CNO started as Mkt Perform at FBR.CPLA started as Buy at Citigroup.DGX started as Neutral…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wal-Mart’s (WMT) quarterly numbers were awful and they sent the company’s shares to a new 52-week low of $43.52. The 52-week high is $52.15. The weakest part of the retail chain is…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Inquirer is reporting that the new AMD (AMD) multi-core Barcelona chip is shipping late. The chip was scheduled to go to market in mid-August, and it has apparently not shown up,…
Facebook has built an application that runs on the Apple (AAPL) iPhone. TechCrunch believes that it is the best application yet for the handset. The new product is a win for both…
Dell (DELL) has moved to sell its PCs through retail outlets like Wal-Mart (WMT) Now, it wants to help retailers run their businesses. The computer company has married itself up with the…
Yahoo! (YHOO) is hoping that a new technology called Smart Ads will makes its display advertising more attractive to marketers. The product allows an advertiser to give a broad array of creative…
Douglas A. McIntyre DirecTV (DTV) is setting up a partnership with Current Group to sell broadband that is delivered over powerlines. The product uses the existing wiring from the utilities to send a high speed…
According to Reuters, Nestle increased its share buyback to $21 billion after reporting a strong first half. Reuters writes that SAP (SAP) and Dell (DELL) will create products that help retailers run…
Markets in Asia were down sharply. The Nikkei fell 2.2% to 16,476. Sony (SNE) fell 2.6% to 5520. Toyota (TM) fell 3% to 6850. The Hang Seng fell 2.8% to 21,397. China…