Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has just posted earnings of $0.38 non-GAAP EPS on revenues of $9.83 Billion.  First Call had estimates of $0.38 EPS and $9.79 billion in revenues. Net earnings...
Merrill may have to write off another $15 billion for Q4. If the Fed and Treasury want to do something for banks, mortgage companies, and investment houses, they can stop lending them money. In some...
PHENOMIX CORP. submitted an IPO filing last Friday. The filing shows for a sale of up to $86,250,000 in securities, although this number is merely for filing purposes.  The underwriting group is...
Alan Greenspan has frightened away the specter of economic "bubbles." He spoke and the economy must obey. According to Reuters, the former Fed head said "he does not expect another...
Oppenheimer says that Merrill Lynch (MER) lost $5.8 billion in the second quarter. The analysis also says Merrill will cut is dividend. According to MarketWatch, Oppenheimer analyst Meredith Whitney...
The recall of 440,000 holiday mugs further tarnishes the reputation of Starbucks, which is resisting the unionization of its workers.
Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster revisits the firm's prediction that Amazon will acquire Target. There are three good reasons for Amazon to do so according to Munster.
The brokers at Merrill Lynch (MER) are tired of the lack of respect that they have had over the last several years. Stan O’Neal,  the former CEO, treated them and their chief like dirt....
After Citigroup (C) and Merrill Lynch (MER) have announced their earnings, Wall St. will probably see what it expected. The estimates for write-offs, lay-offs, and new capital infusions are already...
Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) has issued its loss for the quarter at -$12.57 EPS for Q4, -$10.73 EPS for all of 2007.  The total loss in dollars was listed as $8.6 Billion for the quarter. The net...
Millions of pounds of toxic materials are released into the nation’s waters every year, legally. Industries that need to dispose of toxic wastewater may do so by obtaining a NPDES –...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Employment Situation Summary Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 180,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.4 percent, the...
While it’s unlikely that any of us will be the first person to set foot on Mars, most of us snap photos with our cellphone cameras daily. We have NASA to thank for that, and for a variety of other...
Both Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com are in a race to get humans into space, perhaps as far away as Mars.