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Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Surges on Potential Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) BuyoutWant to see what buyout speculation can do to a stock in real-time? We have just such an opportunity this afternoon, as reports are rolling in that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ: sentiment, chart, options) is in advanced talks to acquire Electronic Data Systems (EDS: sentiment, chart, options) for %2412 billion to %2413 billion, according to reports on The Wall Street Journal...(Read More)
Unavailable Apple (AAPL) iPhones Spark 3G Speculation
I am starting to see that old familiar hype when it comes to Apple (AAPL: sentiment, chart, options) once again...(Read More)
Blogger Sentiment Takes a Bearish Shift
Time to check back in on blogger sentiment as we head into the new trading week...(Read More)
Can AT&T Benefit from Research in Motion's New Phone?
I just finished writing Options Update focusing on Research in Motion Limited (RIMM: sentiment, chart, options) and decided I would take a look at AT&T (T) - a natural move, right? Well, I made this leap because I found in my research that AT&T will have an exclusive relationship with RIMM for the new Bold...(Read More)
U.S. Airways and United Airlines Preparing for Merger?
Now that Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Northwest Airlines (NWA) have officially announced their tie-up, the urge to merge is sweeping the rest of the airline sector...(Read More)
JA Solar's Profit Soars While the Stock Slumps
JA Solar Holdings (JASO: sentiment, chart, options) is down more than 5% at midday, despite a forecast-beating first-quarter earnings report...(Read More)
American International Group Slides on Goldman Sachs Downgrade
Dow component American International Group (AIG: sentiment, chart, options) is continuing its slide down the charts today following a Goldman Sachs downgrade from "buy" to "neutral." Goldman noted that "market concerns over continued balance sheet pressures and the dilutive nature of capital raises will likely pressure share price performance." Additionally, Goldman slashed its earnings outlook on AIG as far out as 2012...(Read More)
Federal Reserve Member Says Inflation Should Moderate by 2010
Speaking at Harper College in Illinois, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans stated that the outlook for the U.S. economy is still relatively uncertain...(Read More)
XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) Reports Wider-than-Expected Earnings Loss
XM Satellite Radio Holdings (XMSR: sentiment, chart, options) this morning reported a first-quarter loss of %24129.3 million, or 42 cents per share, wider than the loss of %24122.4 million, or 40 cents per share, it posted in the period a year earlier...(Read More)
Who's Buying Yahoo? RiskMetrics Group Has an Idea, and It Isn't Pretty
I think we may finally have an answer to this week's million-dollar question: "Who is buying Yahoo?" According to Chris Young, director of M&A research at RiskMetrics Group, "Unsubstantiated market rumors have run rampant in recent days that unnamed activist funds are accumulating Yahoo shares, with a view to doing precisely what unsatisfied vanilla investors will not do -- lead an opposition campaign at Yahoo's upcoming annual meeting." Young made the remarks in an article over at MarketWatch.After plunging more than 10% immediately following the company's rejection of Microsoft's (MSFT: sentiment, chart, options) increased bid of %2433 per share, Yahoo! (YHOO: sentiment, chart, options) shares have reclaimed about 6% of that decline...(Read More)
