Stocks in the U.S. finished on the upside Tuesday, as General Electric narrowed its earnings forecast and the Big Three automakers returned to Capitol Hill hoping to secure a bailout.
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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...
Today’s tickers: RIMM, BP, NXY, MMM, USB, WFC, GS & GE RIMM – Research in Motion – Terrible results from fellow-handset maker, Palm clouded the prospects for RIMM as well as the mobile phone industry sending shares of the Canadian manufacturer of the Blackberry device 7% lower to $37.02. The company recently faced delays in shipping its novel Blackberry Storm, but news tha...
As we enter the final month of 2008, it’s time to start thinking about what will be hot in 2009. To start that off, I want to revisit this post I made on SeekingAlpha in late September of 2008 — a little more than two months ago — regarding preserving your wealth in our current economic downturn. Here’s a reassessment of that view: 1. My macroeconomic view remains unchan...
Semiconductor companies are planning sharp production cuts for both Q4 2008 and Q1 2009, according to a report today by Craig Berger, chip analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey. He says that PC chip firms are seeing “significant production weakness,” as are communications IC producers - and that semiconductor companies are adjusting their own output accordingly. Here’s a rundown...
UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) has made some rather bold predictions for 2009. What is interesting here is that these projections are not the projections of old showing continued growth nor showing continued goals total dominance. But the possible surprise here is that this depends upon the state of just how bad things get in the economy and also upon several factors which might now be ou...
Filed under: Forecasts, Recession, Financial CrisisA journalism professor of yours truly, Jon Sandberg, who also served in key positions for several Connecticut governors, had an interesting technique that he frequently deployed in seminars. A student would pose a question and Sandberg would say, "That's a good question. Is it acceptable and ethical to publish information that you know would sh...
Research in Motion (RIMM) – Terrible results from fellow-handset maker, Palm clouded the prospects for RIMM as well as the mobile phone industry sending shares of the Canadian manufacturer of the Blackberry device 7% lower to $37.02. The company recently faced delays in shipping its novel Blackberry Storm, but news that Palm recorded revenues of $190 million from sales of its seven-year o...
J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster today trimmed his profit forecasts for Research In Motion (RIMM) to reflect his view that “consumer and enterprise sales will be slower than originally forecast, owing to a global economic downturn.” Nonetheless, he says the stock is still too cheap, and repeats his Overweight rating. Coster still sees the company posting results for the fiscal third ...