First Warner walked away from Toshiba’s HD DVD format in favor of Sony’s (SNE) Blu-ray technology. Now Paramount is doing the same thing. According to the FT "Paramount, which is...
Platinum Equity has announced that the private equity firm has now completed the acquisition of Covad Communications Group, Inc. (AMEX: DVW) in a merger with a total value of approximately $470...
Dova Pharmaceuticals has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its initial public offering (IPO).
The music industry never saw the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPod coming. The iPod was an expensive toy when it was introduced in 2001. There was no reason to think it would do well. Digital multimedia...
After today’s close, we are expecting the earnings report of of biotech giant Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA).  First Call estimates are for $0.88 EPS on $3.36 billion in revenue.  Today is going to...
By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist After years of trailing Netflix (NFLX), movie rental giant Blockbuster (BBI) has finally realized that it might have a competitive advantage over its main rival;...
Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) has announced that the biotech giant has authorized the extension of its current stock repurchase program through June 30, 2009 and it amended the current repurchase...
Genentech (NYSE: DNA) just announced its earnings were $0.69 EPS on $2.96 billion for the last quarter, and First Call had estimates pegged at $0.67 EPS on revenues of $2.97 Billion.  The...
Dova Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: DOVA) shares dropped on Monday following a critical update from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on one of its subsidiaries. Essentially the agency...
From a note to clients by analyst Tom Forte.
Offshore driller Cal Dive International Inc. (NYSE:DVR) reported third quarter earnings after markets closed yesterday. The company announced EPS of $0.44 on revenue of $278.7 million. Analysts had...
As we have been expecting, Covad Communications Group Inc., (AMEX:DVW) announced that it has obtained all of the required regulatory approvals for it to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity...
Yesterday we gave a straddle and strangle options trading volatility strategy for options traders to play around the unemployment report and around the notion of DJIA 11,000. The market just missed...