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Somehow the people who run Southeastern Asset Management got it into their heads that Sun Microsystems (JAVA) is a good investment. Southeastern now owns $1 billion of Sun stock. According to the The...
Today marks the break-up for IAC/Interactive, which trades asunder the IACI and IACID tickers after the August 11, 2008 record date.  IAC/Interactive is going to begin trading on a post-split basis...
We noticed a huge surge in activity over at Volume Spike this morning in shares of VeriFone Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PAY). You can thank the company finally giving a positive outlook and its cleaned-up...
Circuit City Stores, Inc. (NYSE: CC – News) has appointed director James A. Marcum as vice chairman of the company. In this new position, Marcum is expected to play a key role in leading the...
Twenty-seven of the Dow components are down. And, three are playing defense in an brutal market: Coca-Cola (KO), GE (GE), and Caterpillar (CAT). Each of these is up a modest amount. With the DJIA off...
Twenty-seven of the Dow components are down. And, three are playing defense in an brutal market: Coca-Cola (KO), GE (GE), and Caterpillar (CAT). Each of these is up a modest amount. With the DJIA off...
We have been running through many companies to determine which dividends appear safe.  Investors chase high dividend stocks with stable earnings when they are concerned about where to put their...
Chances are that if you weren’t short selling all day, this was another ugly summer day that made you want to panic. Covering the market wasn’t any more fun either.  But imagine that there were...
It used to be that DEFENSIVE STOCKS were the way to go during periods of uncertainty and during times of market sell-offs.  But now that isn’t even working out.  After we looked at our first line...
There were some interesting and somewhat expected comments out of the new CEO of Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), Glenn Murphy.  He was speaking today at the Piper Jaffray 28th Annual Consumer Conference....
There are the 24/7 Wall St. odds that several companies will have to file for Chapter 11 between now and the end of the year. These will become a permanent part of the website and the list will be...
Capital Senior Living Corp. (NYSE:CSU) has announced that a Special Committee of its Board of Directors has engaged Banc of America Securities, part of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), as its financial...
On Tuesday, May 20, 2008, we’ll see earnings out of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) and we’ll get to see just how the "recessed" client base is as far as shopping on a relative basis.  Since...
If there has ever been a battered and tattered tech stock, UTStarcom Inc. is the epitome of that.  Almost miraculously, the company has raised guidance and shares are soaring.  The company has put...
Federal-Mogul Corporation (OTCBB: FEMO) has recently exited from bankruptcy, and has traded OTC on the Bulletin Board since.  Today, the company has announced that it will leave the OTC market and...