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- Was Ken Lewis Silenced, Threatened By Bernanke and Paulson?
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Bank of America's BAC Ken Lewis' testimony sheds some light on the gory details of last year's crisis management. From the WSJ (sub. req.): Mr. Lewis, testifying under oath before New York's attorney general in February, told prosecutors that he believed Messrs. Paulson and...
- External links 2009-04-24
- McDonald's Cuts Prices...In China
- Kirk Shinkle submits: McDonald's MCD shares have managed to buck the rest of the market's woes of late, but as the global economic slowdown continues even fast-food giants are being forced to make some tough and instructive choices. Dow Jones reports: by Kirk Shinkle
- External links 2009-02-06
- Avon Stock Jumps on Pretty Earnings
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Avon Products AVP shares jumped nearly 9 percent in late trading yesterday after the beauty company announced an 80 percent gain in first-quarter earnings. Lower costs helped offset slumping revenue, which fell 9 percent from a year ago. That doesn't mean Avon will buck the terrible retail...
- External links 2009-02-04
- Is GM's Worker Buyout Offer Insulting?
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Should General Motors GM workers be annoyed at the latest buyout offer from the struggling automaker? The latest offer is offer $20,000 and a voucher for a free car worth $25,000. Some folks aren't happy. There are good reasons why: It's worse than last year, when GM...
- External links 2009-02-04
- Smartphone Wars Heat Up: Dell to Challenge Apple, RIM
- Kirk Shinkle submits: The WSJ is reporting Dell DELL has built prototypes using Google's GOOG Android operating system and Microsoft MSFT Windows Mobile, with two versions including sliding keyboard and touch screens. Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu says in a note that the WSJ story is consistent with his...
- External links 2009-02-02
- Will CV Therapeutics Get a Higher Price from Astellas?
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Tokyo-based pharma company Astellas Pharma offered $1 billion in cash or $16 a share for CV Therapeutics CVTX, which makes small molecule cardiovascular drugs including angina treatment Ranexa. The deal is a 41 percent premium to CVTX's closing price, and shares promptly jumped today in expectation of...
- External links 2009-01-27
- Apple Earnings Shine, But Mum on Jobs' Health
- Kirk Shinkle submits: On Friday, I was sitting around a table with six people. Four of them had iPhones, and the remaining holdouts myself included weren't even thinking about upgrading to anything else (not a Blackberry, not a Palm Pre). We obviously weren't alone, as Apple AAPL posts another blowout...
- External links 2009-01-22
- Why it Matters That a Saudi Prince was Burned By Citigroup
- Kirk Shinkle submits: The fate of oil-rich billionaires doesn't often elicit much sympathy among everyday investors but the waning fortunes of foreign buyers of U.S. assets are worth watching closely. That's because foreign demand for American assets is waning as problems at U.S. banks continue to tarnish America's long history...
- External links 2009-01-22
- CF's Terra Industries Takeover: Win-Win
- Kirk Shinkle submits: It was well below freezing in Sioux City, Iowa Friday but a lot of portfolios in the hometown of fertilizer maker Terra Industries TRA were scorching after Deerfield, Ill.-based rival CF Industries CF made an unsolicited $2.1 billion all-stock bid for the company that could kick off...
- External links 2009-01-18
- Best Buy Bounces on Circuit City Closure
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Shares of Best Buy BBY are up almost 9 percent this afternoon after its closest rival, Circuit City, said it would liquidate all of its 567 U.S. stores. There's not much good news in the story, especially for Circuit City's more than 30,000 employees, but once some...
- External links 2009-01-16
- McDonald's Stays Ahead in China with Price Cuts
- Kirk Shinkle submits: McDonald's MCD shares have managed to buck the rest of the market's woes of late, but as the global economic slowdown continues even fast-food giants are being forced to make some tough and instructive choices. Dow Jones reports: by Kirk Shinkle
- External links 2009-02-09
- Consumer Woes Bust Blackberry Boom
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Shares of Research in Motion RIMM fell 17 percent yesterday morning after the smartphone maker lowered forecasts for earnings and profit margins despite relatively healthy sales. Formerly expecting earnings midway between 83-91 cents a share with gross margins of 40 percent - 41 percent, the Waterloo, Ontario-based...
- External links 2009-02-12
- Westport Innovations: A 'Green' Stock Worth a Look
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Yesterday, Westport Innovations WPRT posted a loss for the quarter, but revenue jumped 61 percent. The loss was a bit wider than expected, and today its shares are down almost 11 percent on the Nasdaq. The release is here. So why take a look at the admittedly...
- External links 2009-02-12
- 3 Reasons Why Mahaney Thinks Amazon Can Go Higher
- Kirk Shinkle submits: At least somebody is getting a V-shaped recovery. Back in early November, Citi analyst Mark Mahaney downgraded Amazon AMZN which made some sense at the time since its shares were slumping and the company was slashing guidance. He downgraded at $52, and by Nov. 20...
- External links 2009-04-20
- Brighter Future for Green Stocks?
- Kirk Shinkle submits: It has been an undoubtedly tough year for almost all green stocks, but a few recent stories show a more solid foundation for the industry is starting to take root in the U.S. The broad future of green investing got a bit more secure today...
- External links 2009-04-19
- Buffett's Bank Buys Beat Back Downgrade
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway saw its long-term credit rating cut to Aa2 from top-rated Aaa by Moody's, which cited the troubled economy and the "severe decline in equity markets" for the move as Berkshire's investments in the likes of Wells Fargo and American Express fell hard, the...
- External links 2009-04-09
- Cisco Flips Out
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Somebody was going to buy Pure Digital, maker of the hugely popular Flip Video camera, which has become one of the most exciting consumer gadgets of the past few years. The surprise here is the buyer. Cisco Systems CSCO is paying $590 million in...
- External links 2009-03-19
- Can Biofuels Bottom?
- Kirk Shinkle submits: In the universe of absolutely battered "green" stocks (See: For Green Energy Investors, a Particularly Tough Ride), biofuels have been among the worst. Falling prices and oversupply led to an industry-wide slump as ethanol prices sank along with other fuels, while being squeezed at the same time...
- External links 2009-03-08
- Financial Services: New Challenges for Investors
- Kirk Shinkle submits: Andrew Lo, hedge fund manager and director of MIT's Laboratory for Financial Engineering, is a long-time student of investor behavior, especially the sort that belies the notion that markets move with cool efficiency. Particularly today, he sees animal spirits lurching about in some worrisome ways that could...
- External links 2009-03-03
- First Solar's Earnings Stumble
- Kirk Shinkle submits: First Solar FSLR, the thin-film solar panel maker considered by many to be the best name in solar stocks, can't escape the realities of the economy and credit markets. That's the message this morning after the Tempe, Ariz.-based company's earnings report, which included some generally healthy guidance...
- External links 2009-02-25
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