A report at TechCrunch indicates that Amazon (AMZN) will launch on online payment service to compete with Ebay (EBAY) PayPal and Google (GOOG) Checkout. TechCrunch writes users will be "redirected to Amazon’s…
Reports circulating on Wall St. indicate that Apple (AAPL) may introduce new versions of its iPhone. TheStreet.com reports that "RBC analyst Mike Abramsky issued a note Tuesday that attempted to draw a…
The upcoming partial IPO of VMware (NYSE:VMW) from EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC) has been one of great interest, which almost goes without saying. Terms are now set and the IPO roadshow has begun. …
July sales for Ford (F) could not have been much worse. Total vehicles sold in the the US fell 19% to 195,245. Truck sales were off 11% to 135,157. Car sales plunged…
Douglas A. McIntyre Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) posted earnings after yesterday’s close. Profits came in at an all-time high on high oil prices. The refiner’s net income was over $2.2 Billion with an EPS report…
Douglas A. McIntyre American Home Mortgage Corp. (NYSE:AHM) shares traded over 30 million shares yesterday after being halted for a day and a half. It is likely that the sub-Saharan tribal residents know of the…
Douglas A. McIntyre NAVTEQ Corp. (NYSE:NVT) is seeing its shares trade up over 10% on strong orders that exceeded estimates and guidance that equally exceeded estimates. This puts shares within striking distance of highs. Sector…
Blackstone Group, L.P. is seeing its shares, well units, trading up almost 2% pre-market on a day when DJIA futures have traded down over 100 points. The catalyst was the end of…
Douglas A. McIntyre (BSC) BearStearns trading lower on other reports of a hedge fund write-off.(BWLD) Buffalo Wild Wings trading down 11% after earnings and guidance failed to keep up with recent performance.(BX) Blackstone trading up…
Douglas A. McIntyre AAPL raised to Buy at Citigroup.ACMR cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.AG raised to Outperform at Bear Stearns.AHG raised to Neutral at Oppenheimer.ARM raised to Buy at UBS.ATNI raised to Buy at…
Douglas A. McIntyre Verizon (VA) has set a deal with Columbia Records to allow its wireless users to download songs from band AD/DC for a modest fee. No PC is necessary. And, consumers can’t buy…
Bear Stearns (BSC) trades at $121 now, down from almost $173 earlier this year. And, it will be below $100 by Labor Day. The disintegration of two of its funds with large…
Douglas A. McIntyre The press and the business community clearly want large US car companies Ford (F) and GM (GM) to prevail in their struggles to reshape themselves as smaller, profitable companies. They are icons…
According To Reuters, News Corp (NWS) agreed to buy Dow Jones (DJ) for $5.6 billion Reuters reports Sanofi-Aventis profits were hit by cometition from generics. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bear…
Markets in Asia were off sharply. The Nikkei fell 2.2% to 16,871.Sony (SNE) fell 2.9% to 6130. Toyota (TM) fell 1.4% to 7100. The Hang Seng was off 2.7% to 22,568. China…