AMD (AMD) hope to this day that its new Barcelona quad-core chip will get it back in the game of taking server chip market share from Intel (INTC). The four cores allow…
The head of Sears (SHLD), Ed Lampert, may be a good hedge fund manager, but he is an awful retailer. (He has appointed another poor soul, Aylwin Lewis to be CEO and…
Douglas A. McIntyre (BEAS) BEA Systems trading up 6% pre-market on 3 upgrades: Raised to Buy at B of A; raised to Buy at UBS; raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.(BX) Blackstone earned posted revenues…
Blackstone’s (BX) earnings tripled and the stock is up almost 10% in the pre-market. Net income hit $774 million up from $224 million a year ago. The earnings were more than a…
Douglas A. McIntyre AMB cut to Sell at Citigroup.ARW raised to Buy at Citigroup.ARUN started as Neutral at JPMorgan.AVT raised to Buy at Citigroup.BEAS raised to Buy at B of A.BMC raised to Buy at…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Europe were up at 6.30 AM The FTSE rose 1.8% to 6,147. GSK (GSK) was down 1% to 1263. Vodafone was up 3.1% to 156.3.2% The DAXX rose rose .8%…
Douglas A. McIntyre One very popular video game is only available on the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox. Halo, a violent space game, has sold 15 million units of its first two versions, according to The New…
According to Reuters, Asian central banks put $5.1 billion into the credit markets on Monday to calm fears. Reuters writes that Motorola (MOT) won $394 million worth of contracts to supply telecom…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia were modestly higher. The Nikkei rose .2% to 16,800. NEC (NIPNY) was down 1.4% to 550. NTT (NTT) was up 1.4% to 503000. The Hang Seng was up .3%…
Douglas A. McIntyre A list of the most actively traded stocks last week turns up two companies with shares in fairly sharp declines. Not Bear Stears (BSC) or Goldman Sachs (GS), but Apple (AAPL) and…
Douglas A. McIntyre The press gave extensive coverage to the fact that GM’s (GM) Buick division tied Toyota’s (TM) Lexus group in the latest JD Power 2007 Vehicle Dependability Survey. The next spot on the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple (AAPL) has created several "widgets" which will make it easy for iTunes users to show what they have bought, what they listen to, and what they think of their music. TechCrunch…
Douglas A. McIntyre Bloomberg is reporting that $8 billion Global Alpha hedge fund is down 26% this year and 40% since July 31. The fall is going to cost Goldman Sachs (GS) a lot of…
Douglas A. McIntyre The prevailing wisdom is that oil prices will move down. They have already dropped from over $78 to $72, and most observers think that is only the beginning. Troubled financial markets and…
Douglas A. McIntyre ALU AMGN ANN BBW BECN CC CKEC DNA FINL HAUP HILL HLYS INSP MAQ NAPS NTES NWY OPWV PMI RVI TRAC TI TMA TRB VECO WYE 52-week lows are always an interesting…
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