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Ambac Financial Group Inc. (ABK) is primarily a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides financial guarantees and financial services to clients in both the public and private sectors worldwide. marketwatch.com
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:ABK) gained 5.41% to $0.546 on over 12.49 million shares. The volumes were low today at 12.49 million shares as compared to its daily average volume of 16.49 million shares.
Over the past 52-weeks, the stock traded within the range of $0.40-$3.39.
Cisco's stock to plunge by nearly 10 percent
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8/29/2010 10:58:00 AM
When Chambers becomes cautious about the economic recovery, investors react -- as they did Thursday, causing Cisco's stock to plunge by nearly 10 percent.
Chambers gave a fairly rosy quarterly report for the networking giant: The company had a $1.9 billion profit for its fourth quarter, a 79 percent increase over the same period a year earlier. Earnings were 33 cents a share, or 43 cents a share excluding certain charges. For fiscal year 2010, Cisco had sales of $40 billion, an 11 percent increase from the previous year.
"The reason the stock has fallen is more because of John Chambers' tone than anything else," Wu said.
Cisco's revenue came in a bit under analysts' expectations -- the company reported $10.84 billion in quarterly sales, just under the $10.88 billion estimate of analysts -- and its forecast for the quarter of 18 to 20 percent was conservative. But, Wu said, "those weren't really material. What people are concerned about is tone."
Chambers gave a fairly rosy quarterly report for the networking giant: The company had a $1.9 billion profit for its fourth quarter, a 79 percent increase over the same period a year earlier. Earnings were 33 cents a share, or 43 cents a share excluding certain charges. For fiscal year 2010, Cisco had sales of $40 billion, an 11 percent increase from the previous year.
"The reason the stock has fallen is more because of John Chambers' tone than anything else," Wu said.
Cisco's revenue came in a bit under analysts' expectations -- the company reported $10.84 billion in quarterly sales, just under the $10.88 billion estimate of analysts -- and its forecast for the quarter of 18 to 20 percent was conservative. But, Wu said, "those weren't really material. What people are concerned about is tone."
Reuters: Bank of America's (BAC.N) stock will rise
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8/02/2010 10:20:00 AM
(Reuters) - Bank of America's (BAC.N) stock has potential upside after dropping since April after it said it planned to cut its reliance on fees and charges, Barron's business weekly said on Sunday.
It noted Wall Street has cooled on the No. 1 U.S. bank ranked by assets and deposits since its shares peaked at $19.50. It was at $14 last week -- a bigger drop than shares of chief rivals, Citigroup (C.N), JPMorgan (JPM.N) and Wells Fargo (WFC.N).
"There's a lot of upside in Bank of America," Barron's quoted Sanford Bernstein analyst John McDonald as saying. via reuters
Bank of America news:
Bank of America's $100 Million in grants could help small businesses
Bank of America announced that it will offer borrowers $10 million in grants to non-profit organizations that help small businesses in rural communities. The news came as many small business are turning to private lenders to for some much needed capital. Many of these small businesses are paying astronomical rates (as much as 36%) to get the cash they need to purchase inventory or meet their monthly payroll. During such times when credit is scarce, cash can come at a very high cost. This move by B of A can lead to as much as $100 million in low-cost capital for small business microloans.
David Darnell, Bank of America's Global Commercial Banking President , said " Helping strengthen small businesses and new start-up companies stimulates job creation and is critical to our nation's economic recovery. Bank of America is empowering these entrepreneurs by directing private sector capital to unlock exponentially greater amounts of federal dollars for their businesses."
Bank of America home loans have seen a increase when it comes to the HAMP numbers that were released for June 2010. The Obama government mortgage program or Making Home Affordable program reports that Bank of America increased permanent mortgage modifications to 72,000 since March of 2009 which is when to program began.
It noted Wall Street has cooled on the No. 1 U.S. bank ranked by assets and deposits since its shares peaked at $19.50. It was at $14 last week -- a bigger drop than shares of chief rivals, Citigroup (C.N), JPMorgan (JPM.N) and Wells Fargo (WFC.N).
"There's a lot of upside in Bank of America," Barron's quoted Sanford Bernstein analyst John McDonald as saying. via reuters
Bank of America news:
Bank of America's $100 Million in grants could help small businesses
Bank of America announced that it will offer borrowers $10 million in grants to non-profit organizations that help small businesses in rural communities. The news came as many small business are turning to private lenders to for some much needed capital. Many of these small businesses are paying astronomical rates (as much as 36%) to get the cash they need to purchase inventory or meet their monthly payroll. During such times when credit is scarce, cash can come at a very high cost. This move by B of A can lead to as much as $100 million in low-cost capital for small business microloans.
David Darnell, Bank of America's Global Commercial Banking President , said " Helping strengthen small businesses and new start-up companies stimulates job creation and is critical to our nation's economic recovery. Bank of America is empowering these entrepreneurs by directing private sector capital to unlock exponentially greater amounts of federal dollars for their businesses."
Bank of America home loans have seen a increase when it comes to the HAMP numbers that were released for June 2010. The Obama government mortgage program or Making Home Affordable program reports that Bank of America increased permanent mortgage modifications to 72,000 since March of 2009 which is when to program began.
Stock Value Investing Watch: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES (NASDAQ:AMD)
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8/02/2010 10:04:00 AM
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) reported the fall of 3.73% to close at $7.49 whereas total traded volume stood at 35.89 million shares. Its price to earnings ratio arrived at 4.68.
AMD reported second quarter earnings of 12 cents a share (excluding the impact of GlobalFoundries), beating the Analysts Consensus Estimate of 6 cents. The company is seemingly being benefited by the surge in information technology spending. The foundry business of AMD was included in the financial statements by means of equity method, still the leverage ratio remains high.
The inventory to sales ratio is consistent showing efficient management. Computing Solutions generated $1.21 billion, up 4.5% sequentially and up 30.9% from the year-ago quarter. The notebook and graphic chip segments growing by double digits were major contributors in the growth of revenue.
During the quarter, AMD repurchased $206 million principal amount of its 6% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015, for a total value of $200 million. AMD expects that its third quarter revenues will grow sequentially 5 to 10% as it is witnessing a strong demand for the notebook chipset. The increased marketing has led to an increase in the operating expenses to $630 million up by $30 Million.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a global semiconductor company. The Company designs and sells microprocessors, chipsets and graphics processors. It offers x86 microprocessors, for the commercial and consumer markets, embedded microprocessors for commercial, commercial client and consumer markets and chipsets for desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), professional workstations and servers. The Company operates in three business segments: the Computing Solutions segment, which includes microprocessors, chipsets and embedded processors and related revenue; the Graphics segment, which includes graphics, video and multimedia products and related revenue, as well as revenue received in connection with the development and sale of game console systems that incorporate its graphics technology, and the Foundry segment, which includes operating results attributable to front end wafer manufacturing operations and related activities.
AMD reported second quarter earnings of 12 cents a share (excluding the impact of GlobalFoundries), beating the Analysts Consensus Estimate of 6 cents. The company is seemingly being benefited by the surge in information technology spending. The foundry business of AMD was included in the financial statements by means of equity method, still the leverage ratio remains high.
The inventory to sales ratio is consistent showing efficient management. Computing Solutions generated $1.21 billion, up 4.5% sequentially and up 30.9% from the year-ago quarter. The notebook and graphic chip segments growing by double digits were major contributors in the growth of revenue.
During the quarter, AMD repurchased $206 million principal amount of its 6% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015, for a total value of $200 million. AMD expects that its third quarter revenues will grow sequentially 5 to 10% as it is witnessing a strong demand for the notebook chipset. The increased marketing has led to an increase in the operating expenses to $630 million up by $30 Million.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is a global semiconductor company. The Company designs and sells microprocessors, chipsets and graphics processors. It offers x86 microprocessors, for the commercial and consumer markets, embedded microprocessors for commercial, commercial client and consumer markets and chipsets for desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), professional workstations and servers. The Company operates in three business segments: the Computing Solutions segment, which includes microprocessors, chipsets and embedded processors and related revenue; the Graphics segment, which includes graphics, video and multimedia products and related revenue, as well as revenue received in connection with the development and sale of game console systems that incorporate its graphics technology, and the Foundry segment, which includes operating results attributable to front end wafer manufacturing operations and related activities.
SIRI To Report Q2 Results: The Number That Matters
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8/02/2010 09:54:00 AM
by Dennis “Cos” Costa
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source: satelliteradioplayground.com
On Wednesday, August 4th 2010 at 8:00 a.m. ET, Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will be conducting a conference call to discuss the company’s second quarter 2010 financial and operating results. Investors and analysts have been waiting for this call with much anticipation since the company preannounced on July 7th that they had added over 583K net subscribers in the second quarter. In the same press release, the company raised its guidance for full-year 2010 to more than 1.1M subscribers, while maintaining its guidance to achieve over $100M in free cash flow.
This news of such a large addition in subscribers was achieved with only modest, but stable, vehicle sales being reported in the same quarter. It also was announced after the company had already raised subscriber guidance on May 17th to over 750K, from 500K for the full year. It goes without saying that all eyes will be focused on how the company was able to achieve such dramatic numbers in a relatively flat vehicle sales environment. It will also be of interest to hear what impact these additional subscribers will have on important company metrics in both the short and longer term.
While these subscriber growth numbers appear positive, the company’s stock price is hovering around $1.oo per share and it’s a “banner” for investor confusion at this price. After almost a year of debate and concern over the company maintaining its listing on NASDAQ, having hundreds of pages written debating the pros and cons of a reverse split, surviving two of the company’s automotive partners washing through bankruptcy, and Sirus XM regaining entry into the Russell indexes, the company’s equity continues to frustrate investors. It turns out that all of these regulatory, indexing, and partner uncertainties, have had little to do with the equity price appreciation over the past months.
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source: satelliteradioplayground.com
On Wednesday, August 4th 2010 at 8:00 a.m. ET, Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) will be conducting a conference call to discuss the company’s second quarter 2010 financial and operating results. Investors and analysts have been waiting for this call with much anticipation since the company preannounced on July 7th that they had added over 583K net subscribers in the second quarter. In the same press release, the company raised its guidance for full-year 2010 to more than 1.1M subscribers, while maintaining its guidance to achieve over $100M in free cash flow.
This news of such a large addition in subscribers was achieved with only modest, but stable, vehicle sales being reported in the same quarter. It also was announced after the company had already raised subscriber guidance on May 17th to over 750K, from 500K for the full year. It goes without saying that all eyes will be focused on how the company was able to achieve such dramatic numbers in a relatively flat vehicle sales environment. It will also be of interest to hear what impact these additional subscribers will have on important company metrics in both the short and longer term.
While these subscriber growth numbers appear positive, the company’s stock price is hovering around $1.oo per share and it’s a “banner” for investor confusion at this price. After almost a year of debate and concern over the company maintaining its listing on NASDAQ, having hundreds of pages written debating the pros and cons of a reverse split, surviving two of the company’s automotive partners washing through bankruptcy, and Sirus XM regaining entry into the Russell indexes, the company’s equity continues to frustrate investors. It turns out that all of these regulatory, indexing, and partner uncertainties, have had little to do with the equity price appreciation over the past months.
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