The MTV unit of Viacom (VIA), which makes up most of the revenue in its Media Networks operation, is in trouble. And, it has been coming on for some time. For the first six months of 2007, operating...
Mel Karmazin is 62 or 63 years old. Sirius (SIRI), where he is the CEO, pays him fairly well. His base salary in the last proxy was $1,250,000, and his bonus for the year was $2,200,000. Mr. Karmazin...
Marvel Entertainment (MVL), the home of Captain America (RIP) and X-Men, beat Wall St. expectations and its shares are up almost 20% to $27.80. For Q3 2007, Marvel reported that net income rose to...
Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH) priced offering of 4 million common shares at $20.50 per share after market close yesterday. The proceeds to the homebuilder from the $82 million offering will...
Source: ThinkstockThe home building industry may have been left for dead after the mortgage debacle and recession of 2008, but it continues to help lead markets higher and heal a very anemic economy....
MTV, a division of Viacom (VIA) is teaming up with RealNetworks (RNWK), the music distribution company, to compete with the Apple (AAPL) iTunes product. The new offering will have the MTV marketing...
The Food and Drug Administration approval of the first generic versions of osteoporosis drug Boniva won’t be the end of Roche Holding AG (OTC: RHHBY) for its marketing of Boniva in the United...
Source: Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls.Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill...
Mel Karmazin, CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), has added to his position of company stock.  In a show of force to show that he doesn’t want further share erosion or that...
XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: XTLB) is an Israeli biotech player that most traders have not heard of.  By the looks of the trading today, it doesn’t look like shareholders will get to hear...
This morning, MTC Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTCT) has confirmed its buyout news from late Friday night where MTC Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTCT) has signed a definitive merger agreement to be...
MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) managed the ultimate surprise… it made money after almost 3 straight years of quarterly losses.  The private mortgage insurance company reported a second quarter...
It was just a while ago that Millipore Corp. (NYSE: MIL) exploded upwards and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) saw a significant drop.  The reason was a “merger agreement” being cited,...