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From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:13 am ET
Research Recap submits:
As if Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang didn’t have enough to worry about, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has now overtaken Yahoo (NYSE: YHOO) as the most-visited website property, according to comScore.
April saw Google Sites ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:11 am ET
Daniel Gschwend submits:
The previous months have been a challenging time for mining stock investors, at least for these who invest in the junior sector. Since the credit crisis stroke, junior stocks suffered a great deal. ... ( more)
From Blogging Stocks - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:10 am ET
Filed under: Deals, Internet, Viacom (VIA), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS)So the big news on Thursday was CBS' (NYSE: CBS) hefty $1.8 billion purchase of CNET (NASDAQ: CNET). Douglas McIntyre already explained why this was such ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:09 am ET
Tyler Savery submits: You have to read between the lines to see it, but it seems even more
clear now than it ever has. Sirius (SIRI) and XM (XMSR) are not going to give up
spectrum to ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:07 am ET
Julia Boorstin submits: CBS Corp. (CBS) CEO Les Moonves is serious about making his company an online powerhouse. Yesterday, CBS announced it's buying CNET Networks for $1.8 billion dollars, paying $11.50 a share, a 45 ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:06 am ET
Stocks discussed in the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program, Thursday May 15.
Banco Santander (SAN)
Even though Chile’s economy is cooling off, it is still hotter than that of the U.S., ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:02 am ET
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is strapping on its hard hat.
The private equity giant will announce Friday that it will create a new fund to invest in infrastructure projects. As DealBook previously reported, Kohlberg Kravis has hired ... ( more)
From Alphaville - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:01 am ET
Markets live chat transcript for the chat ending at 12:08 on 16 May 2008. Participants in this chat were: Paul Murphy (PM) Neil Hume (NH) PM:Hello welcome to Markets LivePM:Daily stock chat here ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:00 am ET
Dana Gardner submits:The future of online advertising
captures the headlines and attention when the likes of Microsoft (MSFT) courts
the likes of Yahoo! (YHOO) and Wall Street still has a hard time figuring out
how much Google (GOOG) ... ( more)
From Blogging Stocks - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 6:00 am ET
Filed under: Earnings reports, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Blockbuster Inc 'A' (BBI), Circuit City Stores (CC)Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) announced first-quarter earnings on Thursday, and while it beat the market's expectations, I can't say I'm terribly excited. ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:58 am ET
Chris Krasowski submits: Technology and Energy sectors made the biggest gains leading the Nasdaq
(up 1.5%) and the S&P (up 1%) Thursday as the May Options
expiration window winds to a close. Oil prices, still the brightest
mark ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:56 am ET
Mike Huckman submits: This is gonna be a crazy couple of days. At 9
pm last night the American Society of Clinical Oncology put nearly 5,000 studies on its website all at once.
Although
ASCO says it's ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:53 am ET
Vikram Saxena submits:The spike in the price of crude in May is having the anticipated
effect of arousing the Congress in this election year. Earlier this week,
Congress passed a bill with veto-proof margins to suspend intakes ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:48 am ET
Toucalit Benton submits:
Masco (MAS) is a very interesting stock that I would have normally characterized as speculative only a few weeks ago. Why? Because MAS has strong ties to the housing sector and all companies ... ( more)
From Blogging Stocks - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:47 am ET
Filed under: U.S. Steel (X), Nucor Corp (NUE), OptionsNucor (NYSE: NUE) closed at $81.44 Thursday. NUE is a manufacturer and marketer of steel products. NUE overall option implied volatility of 42 is near its 26-week ... ( more)
From Alphaville - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:43 am ET
The following table relates to a discussion being planned for Markets Live, FT Alphaville's daily markets chat. It is from a fascinating Morgan Stanley report comparing the Great Dot Comedy with Mining Mania in ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:40 am ET
Ant & Sons submits: On Thursday, EMC Corp. (EMC) was dramatically higher by 5.22%, or $0.87, to $17.55. On top of Wednesday’s gains, that’s a 9.5% run over two days. One explanation could be that ... ( more)
From Alphaville - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:40 am ET
Are we witnessing the end of the crisis?
Over at the WSJ's Marketbeat blog, David Gaffen reports that the VIX - the Chicago Board Options Volatility Index - was on Wednesday down at its lowest point ... ( more)
From Blogging Stocks - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:40 am ET
Filed under: OptionsCelgene (NASDAQ: CELG), a biopharmaceutical company with a market cap of $$26 billion, was up $1.51 to $60.80 in pre-open trading.
Cowen says "ECOG Revlimid Study-Interesting Post Hoc Analysis Shows Promising Survival rates ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:39 am ET
Kevin Maney submits: Citigroup Analyst Mark Mahaney is getting a lot of attention for predicting that Amazon.com's Kindle ebook reader will be a smash, iPod-like hit -- based on looking at the reviews on Amazon.com. ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:38 am ET
Donald Johnson submits:
Texas Instruments (TXN) looks very under valued to one independent securities analyst and fairly valued to most others who give the stock hold or neutral ratings.
Technically, the stock looks pretty strong, and ... ( more)
From Blogging Stocks - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:35 am ET
Filed under: Forecasts, Annual meetings, Economic data, Oil, RecessionRefineries in the US are producing more diesel fuel and less gasoline. The reason is simple and logical. They make more money on diesel.
According to The ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:34 am ET
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Brad Zigler
Things have piled up on my desk over the past couple of days. I guess
that makes up for the lack of clutter on the airport baggage carousel.
My bag has, ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:30 am ET
John J. Phillips IV submits:In the newspapers, the Financial
Times wrote overnight that Energias de Portugal [EDP.PO] plans to pursue an IPO for up to 25% its
renewable energy unit. According to the Financial
Times Deutschland Deutsche Bahn ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 5:26 am ET
Mark Krieger submits:
Imperial Sugar (IPSU) recently reported second quarter revenues of $145 million, resulting in a $15.5 million loss (see conference call transcript). The loss was attributed to softer refined sugar prices, but ... ( more)
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