Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) and Eli Lilly & Co. (NYSE: LLY) are in the news on the diabetes front.  The companies have announced that the European Commission has now approved its...
The National Funeral Directors Association must be sending “thank you” cards to Eli Lilly (LLY) and it partner Amylin (AMLN). Together, the companies developed and market diabetes drug Byetta....
LIN TV Corp. (NYSE:TVL) has announced the launch of its own dedicated LIN TV Channels on YouTube, giving Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) another hosted "Old Media" feather in its cap. This partnership...
JDS Uniphase (JDSU-NASDAQ) just reported earnings: non-GAAP EPS was $0.06 (but was -$0.07 on GAAP) on revenues of $361.7 million; versus estimates of $0.10 and $346.5 million.  The company’s...
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Mathematics and statistics were almost certainly created to support spurious thinking, although the school systems later developed other uses for them.The headlines across the business media belted...
Americans have certain rights. Among them are to own a car and have a square meal everyday. Most, but not all citizens enjoy those things. Now, Nintendo wants to add to that list that everyone in the...
Richard Fuld, who pocketed $484 million in compensation between 2000 and 2008 when Lehman Brothers collapsed,  must be a masochist or a narcissist.  Why else would the former Wall Street CEO...
Smith International, Inc. (NYSE: SII) has just filed a mixed securities shelf registration statement.  This will allow the oil and gas services company to sell debt, common stock, and units for...
It has to gall corporate leviathans Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) that Nintendo trumps them in the video game console business. The modest Japanese company did it again in the last quarter. The...
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. (AMEX: MCZ) has been a dismal video game-related stock which never really get off of the ground.  Its annual sales have also not shown any growth even when the sector was...
Most large corporations amplify the distrust that the common man has for them by making misstatements from time to time. It is Wal-Mart’s (WMT) turn in the gauntlet of public opinion. The...
From Investment Intellligencer Smart Investors Are Quietly Loading Up on These “Dividend Legends” (Sponsored) If you want your portfolio to pay you cash like clockwork, it’s time to...
LSI Corp. (LSI) is a great case study of how low valuations can go for a company with favorable long-term trends, but also a lot of fires in the kitchen.  LSI’s merger with Agere Systems...