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- Intel Posts Profit, But Sees Consumer Weakness
- As the markets continue to experience volatility, investors had some good news from Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) as the company released its third quarter earnings report Tuesday see conference call transcript. Profit increased to $2.1 billion which is a 12% increase from the same quarter a year ago. Perhaps more importantly,...
- External links 2008-10-16
- Unemployment at 6.7% and Rising: Chemical Cos Hit Hard
- With unemployment in the United States already at 6.7%, Dow Chemical (NYSE: DOW) has released a statement saying they are going to cut 5,000 full-time jobs and send 6,000 contractors packing. Merry Christmas. As part of a program to reduce costs, Dow is permanently closing 20 of its plants and...
- External links 2008-12-09
- The Great American Ponzi Scheme (Part I)
- Mortgage banking, for the last ten years or so, has been the biggest Ponzi scheme ever conceived and it has all been legal. Builders, developers, and bankers have been perpetrating what amounts to outright fraud on the American consumer. Don't get me wrong, it is the greed of those consumers...
- External links 2008-12-24
- The Great American Ponzi Scheme (Part II)
- (Continued from The Great American Ponzi Scheme: Part I) The government didn't step in to regulate these credit default swaps because a boom in all these industries makes people happy - happy enough to re-elect those in office, happy enough to pay more taxes. By the way, because the...
- External links 2008-12-26
- Logitech: Companies Are Even Cutting Back on Mice These Days
- You know things are going from bad to worse when companies are even cutting back on mice, but that's just what's happening. The Swiss based Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI), maker of computer mice and other peripherals, has announced that it will be reducing its workforce of 9000 employees by about 5%...
- External links 2009-01-08
- Recession Hits Alcoa; Raw Material Demand Substantially Reduced
- With the stock looking to fall below its current $10 per share level, after reaching above $44 as recently as May of 2008,aluminum giant Alcoa (NYSE:AA) has certainly seen better days. CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said "The aluminum industry is caught in a perfect storm," when describing the company's current misfortunes...
- External links 2009-01-14
- The New York Times Is Dead: Long Live the New York Times
- The iconic newspaper the New York Times NYT, is facing an expiring credit line of $400 million dollars in May. To you and me, that's like your credit card companies, mortgage bank, and car loan companies all saying they want us to repay the full loans in the next three...
- External links 2009-01-21
- Google Realizes Its Future Doesn't Include Print Media
- Google GOOG is making an about face. After a recent bid to begin selling print ads along with its online advertising, it has announced that it is leaving the print business to focus on its core strengths. We are generally in favor of companies trying new things and experimenting with...
- External links 2009-01-22
- Oil Prices Poised for a Big Rise by Year End
- We've seen the price of crude oil and the price of gasoline fall dramatically in the last year, but some very big bets are being made that the price is going to go back up substantially this year. While these plans could backfire, they are being made by those who...
- External links 2009-01-29
- Recession, Commodities and the Automakers
- In a major recession, production slows. That means that factories are making fewer cars, fewer computers, fewer factory machines, and fewer of just about everything else as well. With less production, the need for raw materials drops as well. This is the reason why we see things like falling oil...
- External links 2008-12-04
- Borders Cancels Sale Plans; Stock Teeters at Dangerous Low
- Borders Book Stores BGP posted a third quarter loss of $0.64 per share against analysts’ expectations of a much smaller loss of $0.50 per share see conference call transcript. The results also showed a third quarter revenue decline of 9.4%. While the report did contain bad news, it had some...
- External links 2008-11-28
- Circuit City Doesn't Have Enough Cash to Declare Bankruptcy
- Who's Next was the title of a classic rock album from The Who, of course, back in the days of vinyl records, but today when that phrase is mentioned, it's more likely to be referring to the list of troubled companies on the verge of bankruptcy. Big box retailer...
- External links 2008-10-22
- Yahoo Vying for America?s Biggest Loser?
- Yahoo, Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) may be wishing that it had played more nicely with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) when Microsoft offered $33 per share in May. At the time, Yahoo rejected the bid saying that Microsoft was undervaluing the company. Since then, the market has voted for a value of under...
- External links 2008-10-23
- Verizon: Bucking Trends and Following Others
- Lately, we're used to seeing bad news when companies report earnings, but Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is bucking the trend. Verizon reported 3rd quarter earnings growth of 31% versus the same quarter last year. Verizon shares were up sharply in early trading after the news was released on Monday morning. The...
- External links 2008-10-29
- Will There Be Another Bailout for Chrysler?
- Chrysler is once again standing on the curb in Washington, D.C. begging for another handout. Taxpayers bailed the company out once back in the 1970's to the tune of 1.5 billion dollars of 1970's money. Now, Chrysler, in a joint effort with General Motors GM, is asking for another...
- External links 2008-10-30
- Ship Finance Limited: Hit Too Hard?
- While volatility is still expected, the market in general looks as though it has found its bottom for the current cycle at least. Of course, with the US government now reporting a shrinking GDP and even formal measures indicating a full blown recession, further downside is certainly possible. But even...
- External links 2008-11-04
- Will Yahoo Get a Second Chance?
- We recently wrote about Yahoo’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) troubled stock price and questioned some of their business decisions. Now Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has walked away from a plan to show its ads on Yahoo’s search pages. This would have meant more revenue for Yahoo and would have been a needed shot...
- External links 2008-11-06
- McDonald's: Safety in Gold - or in Golden Arches?
- As people look for safe investment havens during the recession, many are looking at gold. Others, however, might do well to look for the golden arches that are the familiar trademark of McDonald’s MCD restaurants. The omnipresent fast food chain reported same store sales for October were up 8.2% over...
- External links 2008-11-12
- Homebuilder Confidence Hits Record Low: What This Means for Investors
- The National Association of Homebuilders released their survey asking homebuilders for their level of confidence in a near term recovery of the housing market. As you might imagine, the results were not good. In fact, the survey which has been conducted regularly since 1985 reflected the lowest level of confidence...
- External links 2008-11-20
- Tough Road Ahead for Starwood Hotels
- Starwood Hotels and Resorts (NYSE: HOT) reported that their fourth quarter profit fell 46% and was impacted by charges associated with reducing staff and writedowns in value of two real estate ventures. Starwood Hotels operate under several recognized brand names including the Sheraton and tend to be higher-end hotels. With...
- External links 2009-01-30
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