It takes all kinds to make a world. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research may not be very bright, but he is intrepid. According to an account in Barron's, the analyst thinks Google's (GOOG) revenue will drop for each of the next two years. "He sees the company posting revenues of $15.71 billion this year, $15.23 billion next year and $14.57 billion in 2010, with profits of $19.44 a share th...
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General Motors Inc. is sort of the anti-Ross Perot, the company that informs you that no matter what the circumstance, it still needs a boatload of money just to make getting up in the morning worth it. The automotive giant (ish) asked for $18 billion in federal loans, one-and-a-half times the size of what it asked for a few weeks ago, amid a 41% decline in auto sales in November. But the thin...
Closing Bell: Markets bounce after yesterday's sell-off; BA, F, GE, DOW all up, GS down
Filed under: After the bell, General Electric (GE), Ford Motor (F), Market matters, Boeing Co (BA), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Dow Chemical (DOW)Equities managed a comeback after yesterday's huge sell-off. Today was on little economic data, but "less bad" data from companies helped as well as overseas markets stabilizing before U.S. traders woke up this morning. We also did not see the continued...
GM (GM) distributed its turnaround plan to Congress. It was almost exactly what the market expected, but it fudges one key issue, which is what happens to the company's finances if it loses a great deal more market share. According to the firm, "GM is seeking a term bridge loan facility from the Federal government of $12 billion to cover operating requirements under a baseline forecast of 12 mi...
Excel Maritime (EXM) Bad period for shipping business. Falls to $3.25 from 52-week high of $60.99. Xenoport (XNPT) New drug fails in study. Drops to $17.90 from 52-week high of $66.34. Sierra Wireless (SWIR) Will be buying Wavecom. Wall St. hates deal. Falls to $5,42 from 52-week high of $21.18. Palm (PALM) Smartphone also-ran revised quarter down. Falls to $1.14 from 52-week high of $8.94. Dou...
Hedge funds have had a lousy year, losing an average of 10.8%. But two hedge funds -- big winners in 2007 -- kept making money this year as well. Meanwhile, those two winners mask an awful lot of losers who will probably find their way into oblivion. The winners for 2008 (at least through September) are run by James Simons (a math genius whose money-making techniques elude explanation) and John...
Picking out a CEO to go in technology right now might seem as though the argument could be almost any of them if you count share price only. That is doubly true if you look at just DRAM and flash memory makers. But the one stand out company which could use a new CEO is SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK). Dr. Eli Harari is a co-founder of the company, and he sits as Chairman, CEO, and as a member of ...
Filed under: Delta Air Lines (DAL)Delta may still be ready when you are, but in 2009 they're not going to be as big. Citing the global recession, Delta (NYSE: DAL) announced that it will cut an additional 6-8% of capacity in 2009. The move will result in an up to 10% reduction in domestic capacity, when one includes the impact of previously-announced operational cuts. Delta also said it will el...
