Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Making Commercial Sense of Isis Pharmaceuticals' Cholesterol Drug Mipomersen

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Isis Pharmaceuticals (ISIS-$10.31) sold development and marketing rights of its flagship antisense drug mipomersen to Genzyme in January ...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Bearish on China Sunergy

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With its domestic market becoming even more crowded with silicon, solar cell, and module makers, China Sunergy (CSUN-$3.91) is looking abro...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Anchors Away for Crude Carriers' Common Stock?

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Crude Carriers (CRU-$16.30) is using all of its approximately $254 million in proceeds from its recent IPO to immediately purchase one 2006...
Friday, March 19, 2010

No Fun in Sun at Solarfun Power Holdings

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Solarfun Power Holdings’ (SOLF-$6.54) finance officer Gareth Kung stressed on the fourth-quarter earnings call that 50 percent of shipment...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Chesapeake Energy's "Clean and Green" Campaign Fails to Convince Critics

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If environmentalists have their way, the flame in Chesapeake Energy ’s (CHK-$23.79) “green” logo would be snuffed out. Critics howl that the...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Burger King Launching New Assault on Breakfast

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Burger King (BKC-$19.60) has yet to win any of the breakfast sandwich battles – whether they be against McDonald’s or Dunkin Donuts. Manage...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Novartis Crazy to Buy Vanda Pharma?

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Shares of Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA-$11.80) rallied 15 percent in the last two days after rumors resurfaced that partner Novartis AG might...
Monday, March 08, 2010

Hey Burger King, Where's Herb?

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Comparable same store sales at Burger King (BKC-$17.90) operations in North America (more than 7,500 stores) declined three percent versus ...
Friday, March 05, 2010

First Solar Forgets an Understanding Is NO Signed Deal

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Chief executive Rob Gillette confidently predicted on the fourth-quarter 2009 earning call that demand for larger-scale utility projects, p...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Are Hot Dogs From Kraft Foods and Sara Lee Choking Risk For Kids?

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A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), published in the February 22 online issue of Pediatrics , takes a clo...

First Solar Turns To New World for Solar Growth

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In 2009, First Solar (FSLR-$105.90) generated almost 65 percent of its $2.06 billion in sales from German photovoltaic (PV) projects, from ...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Avoiding Cannibals at Johnson & Johnson

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As patients with auto-immune disorders cycle through anti-TNF therapies and the failure pools increase, there is ample room for Johnson ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Petrohawk Energy Promises Free Cash Flow By 2012

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Petrohawk Energy (HK-$22.16) is nursing a mighty hangover after awaking from a 2 ½-year buying binge — $5 billion spent on acquiring leaseh...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Revlimid Keeps Celgene Healthy

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Celgene (CELG-$60.11) chief executive Sol Barer predicts Revlimid will win regulatory approval as front-line treatment for newly diagnosed...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Southwest Airlines "Cop Out" in Kevin Smith Feud

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Before backpedaling in a tweeted apology, Southwest Airlines (LUV-$12.29) insisted in a public retort that airline employees removed movie ...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Petrohawk Energy's Gas Reserve Valuations in Dispute

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Petrohawk Energy’s (HK-$22.78) experienced significant growth in production and reserves in 2009, chairman and chief executive officer Floy...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Will Petro-Canada Acquisition Sink Suncor Energy?

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Suncor Energy (SU-$30.05) is a long way from achieving the significant synergies envisioned from its all-stock C$19.63 billion acquisition ...
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Sunday, February 07, 2010

Murphy Oil Spudding For Ethanol Prospects

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Despite significantly weaker margins realized in 2009, Murphy Oil (MUR-$50.75) intends to add a combined 80 new gas stations to its networ...
Wednesday, February 03, 2010

McMoran Exploration: What's in Davy Jones' Locker?

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Positive drilling results at its Davy Jones prospect could be a boom for McMoran Exploration (MMR-$16.80). The Gulf Coast energy company ha...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Saving Trump Entertainment Resorts from the Trumps

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Ivanka Trump and her father “The Donald” have allied with bondholders of bankrupt Trump Entertainment Resorts (TRMPQ-$0.08) , to compete wi...
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