FeedPosted Mar 14th 2011 11:00AM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Products and Services, Apple Inc (AAPL), eBay (EBAY), Best Buy (BBY), RadioShack Corp (RSH)
Would you buy a used Apple (AAPL) iPad? It seems that the market for used electronics is booming. Much of it is resold to developing countries. But even here in the U.S. consumers are dumping their old iPads and buying the new iPad2, the Financial Times reports.
That sets up a huge secondary market. The big beneficiaries are eBay (EBAY) and the Apple Store. On eBay, for example, sales jumped from 3,300 to 7,700 in a week with prices dropping from $531 to $484 in just one week. If buyers had done some research they could have bought the same unit from the Apple Store for $399, according to the FT.
Continue reading Would You Buy a Used iPad?
Posted Jan 27th 2011 1:00PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Family Dollar Stores (FDO), Research in Motion (RIMM), Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF), RadioShack Corp (RSH), Analyst Initiations, Goodyear Tire and Rubber (GT)
Analyst upgrades:
- Netflix (NFLX) upgraded to Buy from Underperform at BofA/Merrill.
- Rockwell (ROK) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.
- Chico's (CHS) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR Capital.
- Ann Taylor (ANN) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
- Meredith (MDP) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.
- CarMax (KMX) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital.
- Family Dollar (FDO) upgraded to Outperform from Sector Perform at RBC Capital.
- Siliconware Precision (SPIL) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Macquarie.
- Amedisys (AMED) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies.
- TRW Automotive(TRW) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman.
- Magna (MGA) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: NFLX, CHS,TRW, CWTR, VTAL, ESRX...
Posted Jan 25th 2011 12:00PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Adobe Systems (ADBE), RadioShack Corp (RSH), Dow Chemical (DOW), Analyst Initiations, Goodyear Tire and Rubber (GT)
Analyst Upgrades
- Xilinx (XLNX) to buy from hold at Auriga.
- Orion Energy (OESX) to buy from neutral at Roth Capital.
- Goodyear Tire (GT) to buy from fair value at CRT Capital.
- RadioShack (RSH) to neutral from underperform at Wedbush.
- Novo Nordisk (NVO) to buy from neutral at Goldman.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: ADBE, CE, CISG, DOW, ELN, GT, NSC, NVO, RSH, XLNX ...
Posted Jan 24th 2011 2:00PM by Tom Taulli (RSS feed)
Filed under: RadioShack Corp (RSH)

It's not a great way to start the year for RadioShack (
RSN) as it
announced it will have a weak fiscal fourth-quarter. In Monday morning trading, the shares were off nearly 12% to $15.52.
There was also something else that concerned investors: RadioShack's CEO, Julian Day, plans to retire on May 16th, which is when the company will have its annual shareholder meeting. The CFO, Jim Gooch, will be the replacement.
Continue reading Radioshack Sees Weak Q4 Earnings
Posted Nov 11th 2010 12:00PM by Eric Buscemi (RSS feed)
Filed under: Analyst Reports, Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Alcoa Inc (AA), RadioShack Corp (RSH), Analyst Initiations, JetBlue Airways (JBLU), AOL (AOL)
Analyst Upgrades
- Intel (INTC) was upgraded to overweight from equal weight and Autodesk (ADSK) to equal weight from underweight at Morgan Stanley.
- Citigroup upgraded Blackrock (BLK) to buy from hold.
- 99c Only Stores (NDN) was upgraded to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank.
- PetSmart (PETM) was upgraded to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.
- Piper Jaffray upgraded Ruth's Hospitality (RUTH) and Morton's Restaurant (MRT) to overweight from neutral.
- BioMed Realty (BMR) was upgraded to market perform from underperform at FBR Capital.
- Wells Fargo upgraded Piedmont (PDM) to market perform from underperform.
Continue reading Analyst Calls: AA, AOL, BLK, CSCO, GOOG, INTC, JBL, JBLU, YHOO ...
Posted Jul 20th 2010 4:20PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: International Business Machines (IBM), RadioShack Corp (RSH), Texas Instruments (TXN)

Stocks initially had a hard time finding real direction today. Stocks started out weak with top-line revenue concerns but then rallied with materials. Even Canada's raising its overnight interest rates did not materialize any "rate hike fears" for the immediate horizon.
Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 10,229.96 +75.53 (0.74%)
S&P 500 1,083.48 +12.23 (1.14%)
Nasdaq 2,222.49 +24.26 (1.10%)
Continue reading Closing Bell: Materials Lead Market Higher (IBM, TXN, MTG, MNKD, RSH, SCCO)
Posted Jul 13th 2010 4:20PM by Jon Ogg (RSS feed)
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Alcoa Inc (AA), RadioShack Corp (RSH), MBIA Inc (MBI)

Today was one of those days where the news was tied to more hope and a decent start to earnings season than over any great breaking global news. A barely-decent 10-Year Treasury auction was not showing anything rotten, and it seems that the corporate credit markets are starting to open back up. News on deficits being another $1 trillion held nothing back for stock gains. Can you believe it, six straight days of gains in stocks? Cramer coming back after a holiday and saying that the bottom of the market has been seen for the year may have also gotten some comfort back in the game from retail investors.
Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:
Dow 10,363.02 +146.75 (1.44%)
S&P 500 1,095.28 +16.53 (1.53%)
Nasdaq 2,242.03 +43.67 (1.99%)
Top Analyst Calls Continue reading Closing Bell: Almost 700 DJIA Points in 6 Trading Days (ADCT, TEL, AA, AAPL, MBI, RSH, TLT)
Posted Jul 2nd 2010 5:30PM by Wade Hansen (RSS feed)
Filed under: Private Equity, Best Buy (BBY), RadioShack Corp (RSH)

You may be interested in buying an HDMI cable or a cell phone from RadioShack (
RSH), but it looks like a few private equity companies and one competitor may be interested in buying the entire company. According to dealReporter, RadioShack had set a July 1 deadline for non-binding indications of interest from any company that was looking at buying the company.
Analysts are speculating that the same private equity companies that were mentioned in a June 1
New York Post article -- Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Bain Capital and TPG -- might still be interested in the consumer electronic retailer. That same article also mentioned that Best Buy Co., Inc. (
BBY) may be interested in clearing the competitive landscape by acquiring RadioShack.
Continue reading Radio Shack: Takeover or Acquisition Target
Posted Jun 1st 2010 12:00PM by Mark Fightmaster (RSS feed)
Filed under: Rumors, Private Equity, Best Buy (BBY), RadioShack Corp (RSH)
Several takeover rumors cropped up this morning. One of those is that RadioShack (RSH) is in the sights of many possible suitors. Those suitors include Blackstone Group (BX), Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Bain Capital, TPG, and potentially Best Buy (BBY).
These rumors had the shares trading higher this morning, which is really a continuation of RSH's longer-term trend. Since March 2009, RSH has trekked steadily higher, overtaking the 10-month moving average in the process. That said, the stock is stuck just below the $23 level.
Continue reading Is RadioShack Ready for a Takeover?
Posted Mar 26th 2010 5:40PM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Deals, Rumors, Best Buy (BBY), RadioShack Corp (RSH)

Beleaguered retailer RadioShack Corporation (
RSH) may be looking for a strong buyer, possibly to the tune of a $3 billion pricetag. CEO Julian Day, who arrived in 2006 and even admitted almost three years ago that he could not understand how his company remains open for business (
like that humor?), has not generated a comeback for the iconic American brand. It's hard to see how Radio Shack manages to compete with leading consumer electronics retailer
Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) or mega-retailer Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT), but to this day the chain is still operating.
Continue reading Radio Shack Looking to Sell Company? Or, Merge with Best Buy?
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