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Avici Systems: Serving internet service providers
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Earnings reports, Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Nortel Networks (NT), Alcatel-LucentADS (ALU), Technical Analysis, Juniper Networks (JNPR), Stocks to BuyWhether it's in the carrier-class router business, or their upcoming network software specialty, there is a North Billerica, Massachusetts outfit that is in there pitching. The company provides IP... |
Panera Bread Company: A temporary rut
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Hilary On Stocks, Stocks to BuyThe past several months have not been kind to Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA). The stock was trading near $70 last fall after several years of steady growth, then it started dropping early in October, made up some of that lost ground, and then... |
Excellent or Meh? News Corp embiggens
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Launches, Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, News Corp'B' (NWS)Making movies based on long-running television shows is nothing new. Hollywood has cashed in big-time on the Charlie's Angels, Mission: Impossible and Muppets franchises, for example. With The Simpsons Movie however, 20th Century Fox -- a division of News Corp (NYSE:... |
Chrysler offers lifetime auto warranties -- others soon to follow?
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Products and services, Competitive strategy, Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM)In what was probably a very statistically calculated marketing move, the Chrysler Group has one-upped most of the auto industry by announcing that it will be offering lifetime repairs for the powertrain sections of its cars and trucks... |
iCrossing: The next aQuantive?
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Coca-Cola (KO), General Motors (GM), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), aQuantive Inc (AQNT)With Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) mega deal to buy aQuantive (NASDAQ: AQNT), the digital agency space has been scorching hot. So, it should be no surprise that we are seeing some big fundings.The latest is a... |
Pixar Ratatouille extends Disney magic
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Good news, Consumer experience, Internet, Rants and raves, Competitive strategy, Google (GOOG), Market matters, Walt Disney (DIS), Entrepreneurs, DJIA
Yesterday I half-heartedly went to see the Pixar / Disney (NYSE: DIS) movie "Ratatouille" with my 11-year-old son. To my great surprise it was fantastic. The story, quality of animation... |
Wal-Mart's Seiyu unit to post first-half loss?
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Earnings reports, Bad news, Wal-Mart (WMT)Just like its loss in 2006, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s (NYSE: WMT) Japanese Seiyu unit (53% owned by the retailer) is being seen as having a loss in the first six months of 2007 on the back of lagging sales. Instead of posting a... |
Quest Diagnostics: Contributing to better healthcare decisions
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Earnings reports, Aetna Inc (AET), CIGNA Corp (CI), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyDiagnostic medical tests guide physicians through the process of diagnosing diseases and measuring the progress of recovery. The leading U. S. provider of diagnostic testing services is a Lyndhurst, New Jersey outfit that performs personal health... |
Sara Lee recall: Bread may contain metal
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Bad news, Products and services, Consumer experience, Wal-Mart (WMT), Sara Lee Corp (SLE)Whole wheat flour, water, corn syrup, metal shards? Consumer products giant Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) has announced a voluntary recall for whole wheat bread sold in the deep South that may contain metal pieces.The suspect loaves... |
Market highlights for next week: Verizon, Starbucks to report
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Earnings reports, Conventions and conferences, Annual meetings, Starbucks (SBUX), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Whole Foods Market (WFMI), Monster Worldwide (MNST), Procter and Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), Eastman Kodak (EK), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA)Monday July 30
Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ) to... |
Deb Shops checks out of Nasdaq
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Private equity, Lehman Br Holdings (LEH), Bear Stearns Cos (BSC)Despite all the gloomy talk about private equity, we are still seeing deals. For example, today Deb Shops (NASDAQ: DEBS) announced that it is selling out for $27.25 or $395 million. The buyer is Lee Equity Partners and the... |
Media World: Rupert Murdoch will win the Bartiromo-Burnett battle
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Management, General Electric (GE), Marketing and advertising, Employees, Citigroup Inc. (C), News Corp'B' (NWS), Dow Jones and Co (DJ), Media WorldThe reported tiff between CNBC's Money Honey Maria Bartiromo and upstart Erin Burnett, whom the New York Post dubbed the "Street Sweetie,'' is mana from heaven for News... |
Wal-Mart prepping sub-$300 'back to school' PC for sale?
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Products and services, Launches, Microsoft (MSFT), Dell (DELL), Wal-Mart (WMT)I wrote on Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ: DELL) position as computer maker in search of a new image a few days ago, as its brand nameplate with the desktop PC segment is being left behind by other fast-moving competitors. With... |
Pepsi will change the Aquafina water label -- a first, small step
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Products and services, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Marketing and advertisingPepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) has decided to change the label on its Aquafina bottled water. From now on it will say "Public Water Source," meaning, basically, tap water -- filtered tap water, but tap water nonetheless. I not only... |
Burger King and the saga of the 'trademark' chips
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Products and services, Launches, Industry, Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Wal-Mart (WMT), Marketing and advertising, McDonald's (MCD), Walgreen Co (WAG), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Yum Brands (YUM), Wendy's Intl (WEN), Burger King Hldgs (BKC)Burger King (NYSE: BKC) has licensed its brand name for a line of chips to Inventure Group... |
Cramer...holding out on Exxon; but a positive market close?
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Analyst reports, Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron Corp (CVX)The first thing that Cramer noted was his buddy and cohort Doug Kass of TheStreet.com, a perma-bear, said he thinks we'll close up on the markets today. That's his call according to Cramer. ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is one he'd buy... |
Oil prices surge into the weekend
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Major movement, Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron Corp (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Commodities, OilIt was a strong day for oil prices today, with crude jumping $2.07 to close the day at $77.02 following today's news that the economy is growing faster than expected.The irony of the... |
Archer-Daniels-Midland Q4 earnings preview
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst reports, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)It has been a pretty rocky earnings season so far, and on Monday morning, it will be Archer-Daniels-Midland's (NYSE: ADM) turn to step up to the plate. The company will be reporting its fiscal fourth quarter earnings Monday before the market opens, and... |
Google's legal counsel pays SEC fine; what about other Google employees?
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Rumors, Management, Google (GOOG)It's hard to find a nick in Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shining armor these days, sans the great quarter it just had. Although many media pundits shunned Google after its recent earnings were announced (dropping the stock more than $35 overnight), the Internet search leader... |
McMillan's technical look ahead
added on July 28th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Indices, Newsletters, S and P 500, DJIA"Several factors came together this week to produce a very nasty decline," notes technical expert Larry McMillan. In his Options Strategist Hotline, the advisor notes, "The over-riding technical factor, in my opinion, was the breaking of the 1535 level on S&P 500."
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