The recession officially began this past January, NBER tells us. With that out of the way, we can now focus on the burning question: When will it end?There are many clues for pondering the timing of the business cycle. Calling the turning point in advance is never easy, and in fact it's quite a bit harder these days. The magnitude of the economic and financial ills is to blame. In a perfect sto...
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Shares of Marvell Technology Group are likely to attract attention late in the wake of the communication chipmaker's quarterly results.
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 Joh...
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 ...
The Carlyle Group appears to have lost interest in buying Neuberger Berman, Lehman Brothers‘ asset management unit. And it is unclear whether anyone else is interested besides two private equity firms, Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman. Carlyle, the private equity firm that helped instigate the current round of bidding for Neuberger, has decided not to [...]
Options traders have descended on the smart phone sector Tuesday, with heavy activity in Research in Motion, Nokia and Palm, following poor earnings by the latter, and news of an introduction of Nokia’s entrée into this market. Research in Motion’s options were the most actively traded. The stock was getting hit, down 7.5% after Palm reported less-than-stellar results for its most r...
David Peltier, manager of the Dividend Stock Adviser portfolio, looks at GE's and Dow Chemical's declarations of stable dividends. Can they be trusted?
Yahoo: Cowen Has Serious Doubts On Miller-Led Bid; Raising $30 Billion Would be “Extremely Difficult”
Tue, Dec 2, 3:12 PM ET
Cowen’s Jim Friedland this afternoon has weighed in on the WSJ report that former AOL exec Jonathan Miller is trying to raise cash for a bid for Yahoo, and finds the proposition to be something of a long shot. In a brief research note, he raises two key issues: Capital: He says it would be “extremely difficult” to raise the $28 billion to $31 billion that would be needed to cl...
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...
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