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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Affymax, Jefferies and Others Heating Up in Google Searches]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/affymax-jefferies-cypress-bioscience-in-google-searches/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/affymax-jefferies-cypress-bioscience-in-google-searches/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/affymax-jefferies-cypress-bioscience-in-google-searches/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2010/06/google-trends-logo.jpg" />It appears that the Chinese yuan, drug makers and investment banks caught the attention of traders Tuesday -- at least, that's what they're searching for.</p>
<p>If you want to know what stocks traders are interested in right now at this very second, you need look no further than what's hot in Google.</p>
<p>Here's what's hot today.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/affymax-jefferies-cypress-bioscience-in-google-searches/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Affymax, Jefferies and Others Heating Up in Google Searches</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/affymax-jefferies-cypress-bioscience-in-google-searches/">Affymax, Jefferies and Others Heating Up in Google Searches</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/affymax-jefferies-cypress-bioscience-in-google-searches/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19526071/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/06/22/affymax-jefferies-cypress-bioscience-in-google-searches/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>affy</category><category>affymax</category><category>Biovail</category><category>BVF</category><category>chinese yuan</category><category>cyb</category><category>CYPB</category><category>Cypress Biosciences</category><category>google</category><category>inthenews</category><category>jef</category><category>jefferies group</category><category>Valeant</category><category>vrx</category><category>WisdomTree Dreyfus</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wade Hansen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biovail's short selling lawsuit dismissed]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/24/biovails-short-selling-lawsuit-dismissed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/24/biovails-short-selling-lawsuit-dismissed/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/24/biovails-short-selling-lawsuit-dismissed/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a></p><img width="256" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="97" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2009/08/biovail_logo4.jpg" alt="" />Judge Donald S. Goldman of the Superior Court of New Jersey dismissed <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys">Biovail's</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys">BVF</a>) lawsuit against SAC Capital Advisors last week, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/business/21sac.html">saying that he lacked jurisdiction</a>.<br /><br />The lawsuit, originally filed in 2006, accuses SAC of colluding with analysts and other firms to produce misleading research designed to drive down the company's share price -- allowing the firm to profit from its large short position in the company's stock<br /><br />Goldman wrote that he had not evaluated the merit of Biovail's claims, but did say that the company had failed to show that it was entitled to damages, even if its allegations were true. Another judge who had dismissed another Biovail-related lawsuit said that the company's <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/">history of securities fraud and run-ins with regulators</a> gave the case a "tainted origin".<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/24/biovails-short-selling-lawsuit-dismissed/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Biovail's short selling lawsuit dismissed</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/24/biovails-short-selling-lawsuit-dismissed/">Biovail's short selling lawsuit dismissed</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/24/biovails-short-selling-lawsuit-dismissed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19138567/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/08/24/biovails-short-selling-lawsuit-dismissed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Biovail</category><category>BVF</category><category>inthenews</category><category>SAC Capital</category><category>SacCapital</category><category>Short Selling</category><category>ShortSelling</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zac Bissonnette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biovail settles lawsuit with Wall Street analyst]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/24/biovail-settles-lawsuit-with-wall-street-analyst/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/24/biovail-settles-lawsuit-with-wall-street-analyst/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/24/biovail-settles-lawsuit-with-wall-street-analyst/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a></p><img height="91" alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/12/biovail_logo4.jpg" width="242" align="right" vspace="4" />Investors who realize that skepticism and alternative viewpoints are healthy for markets could find no worse of a company than <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">Biovail Corporation</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">BVF</a>).<br /><br />Biovail decided it didn't like Bank of America analyst Jerry Treppel because he had the gall to downgrade the company's stock. The two parties ended up locked in litigation with Biovail claiming that Treppel had defamed then-chairman Eugene Melnyk. Treppel claimed that Biovail had tried to ruin his reputation.<br /><br />Yesterday Biovail <a href="http://money.aol.com/news/articles/qp/pr/_a/biovail-announces-litigation-settlement/rfid169835313?channel=pf">announced</a> that it had settled all litigation with the former analyst. Of course, terms of the settlement were not disclosed but Biovail did add that they would not be material to the company's results.<br /><br />Even without knowing the terms of the settlement, Mr. Treppel has certainly won the moral victory here. Back in March the company paid a <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/03/24/biovail-settles-charges-with-sec/">$10 million fine</a> as part of a settlement with the SEC related to accounting fraud. For an encore, the company pled guilty to involvement in a <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/">kickback and conspiracy scheme</a>.<br /><br />With this litigation out of the way, Biovail will be able to get back to what it does best: producing lackluster results that make shareholders wish they'd never heard of Biovail.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/24/biovail-settles-lawsuit-with-wall-street-analyst/">Biovail settles lawsuit with Wall Street analyst</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/biovail-announces-litigation-settlement/story.aspx?guid={73F407EA-4238-461A-8F88-1851FCDF5139}&amp;dist=msr_8>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/24/biovail-settles-lawsuit-with-wall-street-analyst/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1410432/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/12/24/biovail-settles-lawsuit-with-wall-street-analyst/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Biovail</category><category>BVF</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zac Bissonnette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst calls: RBC, BDK, KR, LEN, KR, CPB, MTL, LM, PIR, AAPL, AVP ...]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/25/analyst-calls-rbc-bdk-kr-len-kr-cpb-mtl-lm-pir-aapl-a/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/25/analyst-calls-rbc-bdk-kr-len-kr-cpb-mtl-lm-pir-aapl-a/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/25/analyst-calls-rbc-bdk-kr-len-kr-cpb-mtl-lm-pir-aapl-a/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-reports/" rel="tag">Analyst Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-upgrades-and-downgrades/" rel="tag">Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/aapl/" rel="tag">Apple Inc (AAPL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/mot/" rel="tag">Motorola (MOT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/avp/" rel="tag">Avon Products (AVP)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bdk/" rel="tag">Black and Decker (BDK)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/cpb/" rel="tag">Campbell Soup (CPB)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/kr/" rel="tag">Kroger Co (KR)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/lmt/" rel="tag">Lockheed Martin (LMT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/anf/" rel="tag">Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-initiations/" rel="tag">Analyst Initiations</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bx/" rel="tag">Blackstone Group L.P (BX)</a></p><strong><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/11/fly-logo-(aol).gif" /></a>Analyst upgrades: </strong><br />
<ul>
    <li>Baird upgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/regal-beloit-corporation/rbc/nys">Regal-Beloit</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/regal-beloit-corporation/rbc/nys">RBC</a>) to Outperform from Neutral based on valuation and growth expectations. </li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-black-and-decker-corporation/bdk/nys">Black &amp; Decker</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-black-and-decker-corporation/bdk/nys">BDK</a>) and <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lennar-corporation/len/nys">Lennar</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lennar-corporation/len/nys">LEN</a>) were upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS based on valuation.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/kroger-co-the/kr/nys">Kroger</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/kroger-co-the/kr/nys">KR</a>) and <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/public-storage-inc/psa/nys">Public Storage</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/public-storage-inc/psa/nys">PSA</a>) were added to Goldman's Conviction Buy List. </li>
    <li>CIBC upgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">Biovail</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">BVF</a>) to Sector Performer from Sector Underperformer. </li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/abercrombie-and-fitch-co/anf/nys">Abercrombie &amp; Fitch</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/abercrombie-and-fitch-co/anf/nys">ANF</a>) was raised to Neutral from Underperform at Cowen.</li>
</ul>
<strong>Analyst downgrades:</strong><br />
<ul>
    <li>Merrill downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/campbell-soup-company/cpb/nys">Campbell Soup</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/campbell-soup-company/cpb/nys">CPB</a>) to Neutral from Buy and expects marketing and promotional spending to limit earnings growth in 2009 and 2010. The firm lowered their target to $35 from $42. </li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/mechel-oao/mtl/nys">Mechel Steel</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/mechel-oao/mtl/nys">MTL</a>) was cut to Underweight from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley to reflect declining coal demand. <br /></li>
    <li>Friedman Billings downgraded shares of <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/legg-mason-inc/lm/nys">Legg Mason</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/legg-mason-inc/lm/nys">LM</a>) to Underperform from Market Perform on liquidity concerns given the Legg Mason's leveraged balance sheet and falling EBITDA. The firm lowered their target to $7 from $11.</li>
</ul><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/25/analyst-calls-rbc-bdk-kr-len-kr-cpb-mtl-lm-pir-aapl-a/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Analyst calls: RBC, BDK, KR, LEN, KR, CPB, MTL, LM, PIR, AAPL, AVP ...</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/25/analyst-calls-rbc-bdk-kr-len-kr-cpb-mtl-lm-pir-aapl-a/">Analyst calls: RBC, BDK, KR, LEN, KR, CPB, MTL, LM, PIR, AAPL, AVP ...</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:41:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/25/analyst-calls-rbc-bdk-kr-len-kr-cpb-mtl-lm-pir-aapl-a/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1382695/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/11/25/analyst-calls-rbc-bdk-kr-len-kr-cpb-mtl-lm-pir-aapl-a/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>AAPL</category><category>Abercrombie Fitch</category><category>AbercrombieFitch</category><category>American Water Works</category><category>AmericanWaterWorks</category><category>ANF</category><category>Apple</category><category>Avon Products</category><category>AvonProducts</category><category>AVP</category><category>AWK</category><category>BDK</category><category>Biovail</category><category>Black Decker</category><category>BlackDecker</category><category>Blackstone</category><category>Blackstone Group</category><category>BlackstoneGroup</category><category>BVF</category><category>BX</category><category>Campbell Soup</category><category>CampbellSoup</category><category>CPB</category><category>ESEA</category><category>Euroseas</category><category>inthenews</category><category>KR</category><category>Kroger</category><category>Legg Mason</category><category>LeggMason</category><category>LEN</category><category>Lennar</category><category>LM</category><category>Mechel Steel</category><category>MechelSteel</category><category>MOT</category><category>Motorola</category><category>Pier 1 Imports</category><category>Pier1Imports</category><category>PIR</category><category>PSA</category><category>Public Storage</category><category>PublicStorage</category><category>RBC</category><category>Regal Beloit</category><category>RegalBeloit</category><category>Titan International</category><category>TitanInternational</category><category>TWI</category><category>ULTA</category><category>Ulta Salon</category><category>UltaSalon</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Pasternack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another new CFO for Biovail]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/21/another-new-cfo-for-biovail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/21/another-new-cfo-for-biovail/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/21/another-new-cfo-for-biovail/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/management/" rel="tag">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a></p><img width="331" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="102" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/08/21117.jpg" /><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">Biovail</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">BVF</a>), a poster child for accounting fraud and the "blame it on short sellers!" diversion strategy, has hired <a href="http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/11990950/c_11964773?f=home_todayinfinance">yet another chief financial officer</a>, announcing that Peggy Mulligan will take over for interim finance chief Adrian A. De Saldanha, who had held the position since March.<br /><br />In March, Biovail paid $10 million to the SEC to settle charges related to improper accounting and false and misleading statements. Former CFOs Brian Crombie and Kenneth G. Howling were implicated in that mess. So Ms. Mulligan has a tough act to follow: she'll have to produce results <em>legally</em>!<br /><br />Shares of Biovail are trading near their lowest price of this millennium, understandable given that phony accounting and vast conspiracy theories are no longer there to prop up the stock price.<br /><br />Biovail plans to spend more than <span id="lingo_span" class="lingo_region">$600 million on research and development over the next five years, in an effort to create <em>real</em> shareholder value.<br /></span><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/21/another-new-cfo-for-biovail/">Another new CFO for Biovail</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:29:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/11990950/c_11964773?f=home_todayinfinance>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/21/another-new-cfo-for-biovail/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1291384/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/21/another-new-cfo-for-biovail/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Biovail</category><category>BVF</category><category>CFO</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Naked Short</category><category>NakedShort</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zac Bissonnette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[High-dividend yield in a down market]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/high-dividend-yield-in-a-down-market/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/high-dividend-yield-in-a-down-market/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/high-dividend-yield-in-a-down-market/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/canada/" rel="tag">Canada</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/stock-screen/" rel="tag">Stock Screen</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/israel/" rel="tag">Israel</a></p>Yesterday's announcement by <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/federal-home-loan-mortgage-corporation/fre/nys">Freddie Mac</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/federal-home-loan-mortgage-corporation/fre/nys">FRE</a>) to <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/06/why-is-freddie-paying-any-dividend-at-all/">cut but not eliminate its dividend payment</a> got me wondering if there were other companies out there with absurdly high dividend yields that hadn't cut their payments. High-dividend yields are an old-fashioned way to look at companies and one that's fallen out of fashion as tech companies plowed their profits into research. But a 10% yield -- hey even a 7% yield -- is something we'd all be happy to find these days.<br /><br />Traditionally, companies with high-dividend yields were those with low-growth potential, like utilities. Like Freddie, many of the current high-yield companies were created by a falling stock price. And like Freddie, they could always cut the dividend to keep the yield from getting out of whack. But, if they think the stock will rebound, maybe they won't cut it for fear the dividend cut would be yet another thing to drive off investors.<br /><br />The highest yielding big company I found was <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">Biovail</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">BVF</a>), Canada's biggest drug maker. The company was hit with an <a href="http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-50.htm">SEC complaint that key executives were lying</a> about earnings. The company and the founder just settled a fight over the future direction of the company -- with the <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&amp;sid=ayVgsJPNmC_U&amp;refer=canada">founder stepping aside</a>. The stock, at about $10, has been cut in half in the last year. In May the company declared a quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents a share, which gives it a 15% yield at the current price.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/high-dividend-yield-in-a-down-market/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>High-dividend yield in a down market</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/high-dividend-yield-in-a-down-market/">High-dividend yield in a down market</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:27:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/high-dividend-yield-in-a-down-market/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1278283/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/07/high-dividend-yield-in-a-down-market/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>biovail</category><category>BVF</category><category>communications</category><category>deutche</category><category>deutchetelekom</category><category>dividend</category><category>dividend investing</category><category>DividendInvesting</category><category>dividends</category><category>DT</category><category>FRE</category><category>freddie mac</category><category>FreddieMac</category><category>partner</category><category>partner communications</category><category>PartnerCommunications</category><category>PTNR</category><category>t-mobile</category><category>telekom</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol Vinzant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biovail: another naked short selling poster child exposed]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/law/" rel="tag">Law</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/scandals/" rel="tag">Scandals</a></p>With the former CEO of naked short selling conspiracy theory poster child Richard Altomare <a href="http://garyweiss.blogspot.com/2008/05/richard-altomare-jailhouse-vigil-day_09.html">locked up</a>, the group Gary Weiss calls the baloney brigade is badly in need of a new commander in crap.<br /><br />Well it looks like they can forget about <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">Biovail Corporation</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corp-canada/bvf/nys">BVF</a>). <em>Fortune's</em> Roddy Boyd <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/19/news/companies/boyd_biovail.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008052004">reports that</a>, a couple months after the company settled an SEC complaint for $10 million, "The big Canadian drug company agreed Friday to plead guilty to U.S. kickback and conspiracy charges ... Biovail and a New Jersey-based subsidiary will pay a $24.6 million fine to avoid a court case that could have cost them future business with federal agencies."<br /><br />Gradient Analytics -- which had published negative research about Biovail and head cry baby <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/overstock-com-inc-del/ostk/nas">Overstock.com, Inc.</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/overstock-com-inc-del/ostk/nas">OSTK</a>) and was subsequently sued by both companies -- appears to have been right on the money in its criticisms of Biovail.<br /><br />Moral of story: when a company starts suing people and lashing out at its critics, sell the stock. That philosophy would have saved people a ton of money on Biovail.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/">Biovail: another naked short selling poster child exposed</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 20 May 2008 16:28:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/19/news/companies/boyd_biovail.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008052004>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1200403/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/05/20/biovail-another-naked-short-selling-poster-child-exposed-as-an/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Biovail</category><category>BVF</category><category>Naked Short</category><category>NakedShort</category><category>Short</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zac Bissonnette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 16:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst downgrades: O'Reilly Automotive, Corning, Lincoln National ]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/23/analyst-downgrades-orly-glw-and-lnc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/23/analyst-downgrades-orly-glw-and-lnc/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/23/analyst-downgrades-orly-glw-and-lnc/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-reports/" rel="tag">Analyst Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-upgrades-and-downgrades/" rel="tag">Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/glw/" rel="tag">Corning Inc (GLW)</a></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/04/fly-logo-(aol).gif" alt="" /></a>MOST NOTEWORTHY:</strong> O'Reilly Automotive, Corning and Lincoln National were today's noteworthy downgrades:</p>
<ul>
    <li> William Blair downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/o-reilly-automotive-inc/orly/nas">O'Reilly Automotive</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/o-reilly-automotive-inc/orly/nas">ORLY</a>) to Market Perform from Outperform following weak Q1 results, citing the potential for further downward EPS revisions. <br /></li>
    <li>Thomas Weisel downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/corning-incorporated/glw/nys">Corning Inc.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/corning-incorporated/glw/nys">GLW</a>) to Market Weight from Overweight citing balanced risk/reward given the backdrop of a maturing LCD penetration and generational upgrade cycle, and the challenging environment. <br /></li>
    <li>Wachovia downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lincoln-national-corporation/lnc/nys">Lincoln National Corp.</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lincoln-national-corporation/lnc/nys">LNC</a>) to Market Perform from Outperform as they believe the weak Q1 market weakness will impact profitability.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>OTHER DOWNGRADES:</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/smith-international-inc/sii/nys"> Smith International</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/smith-international-inc/sii/nys">SII</a>) was cut to Perform from Outperform at Oppenheimer. <br /></li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/delphi-financial-group-inc/dfg/nys">Delphi Financial</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/delphi-financial-group-inc/dfg/nys">DFG</a>) was downgraded at Friedman Billings to Market Perform from Outperform. <br /></li>
    <li>CIBC downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys">Biovail</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys">BVF</a>) to Sector Performer from Sector Outperformer. </li>
</ul><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/23/analyst-downgrades-orly-glw-and-lnc/">Analyst downgrades: O'Reilly Automotive, Corning, Lincoln National </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:52:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/23/analyst-downgrades-orly-glw-and-lnc/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1175414/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/23/analyst-downgrades-orly-glw-and-lnc/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>analyst</category><category>biovail</category><category>bvf</category><category>corning</category><category>delphi financial</category><category>DelphiFinancial</category><category>dfg</category><category>downgrade</category><category>glw</category><category>lincoln national</category><category>LincolnNational</category><category>lnc</category><category>oreilly</category><category>orly</category><category>sii</category><category>smith international</category><category>SmithInternational</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Buscemi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Market highlights for next week: HAL, T, LMT and MSFT reporting earnings]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/18/market-highlights-for-next-week-hal-t-lmt-and-msft-reporting/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/18/market-highlights-for-next-week-hal-t-lmt-and-msft-reporting/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/18/market-highlights-for-next-week-hal-t-lmt-and-msft-reporting/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/earnings-reports/" rel="tag">Earnings Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/conventions-and-conferences/" rel="tag">Conventions and Conferences</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/annual-meetings/" rel="tag">Annual Meetings</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/msft/" rel="tag">Microsoft (MSFT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/yhoo/" rel="tag">Yahoo! (YHOO)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/amzn/" rel="tag">Amazon.com (AMZN)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/gm/" rel="tag">General Motors (GM)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/t/" rel="tag">AT and T (T)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/hal/" rel="tag">Halliburton (HAL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bac/" rel="tag">Bank of America (BAC)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/hsy/" rel="tag">Hershey Co (HSY)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/mat/" rel="tag">Mattel, Inc (MAT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/wen/" rel="tag">Wendy's Intl (WEN)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ups/" rel="tag">United Parcel'B' (UPS)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/lmt/" rel="tag">Lockheed Martin (LMT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/dal/" rel="tag">Delta Air Lines (DAL)</a></p><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2008/04/fly-logo-(aol).gif" /></a>Monday, April 21<br />
<ul>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/mattel-inc/mat/nys">Matte</a>l (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/mattel-inc/mat/nys">MAT</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 8:30am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/halliburton-company/hal/nys">Halliburton </a>(NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/halliburton-company/hal/nys">HAL</a>) reports Q1 earnings; conference call at 9:00am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-toronto-dominion-bank/td/nys">Bank of America</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-toronto-dominion-bank/td/nys">BAC</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 9:30am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-toronto-dominion-bank/td/nys">Toronto-Dominion</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-toronto-dominion-bank/td/nys">TD</a>) t o hold conference call about the acquisition of Commerce Bancorp (CBH) at 11:00am.</li>
</ul>
Tuesday, April 22<br />
<ul>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/wyeth/wye/nys">Wyeth </a>(NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/wyeth/wye/nys">WYE</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 8:00am.</li>
    <li>The Federal Reserve to host a meeting regarding the <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/countrywide-financial-corporation/cfc/nys">Countrywide Financial</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/countrywide-financial-corporation/cfc/nys">CFC</a>) takeover by Bank of America at 9:30am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/atandt-inc/t/nys">AT&amp;T </a>(NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/atandt-inc/t/nys">T)</a> to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 10:00am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lockheed-martin-corporation/lmt/nys">Lockheed Martin</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lockheed-martin-corporation/lmt/nys">LMT</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 11:00am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/yahoo-inc/yhoo/nas">Yahoo (</a>NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/yahoo-inc/yhoo/nas">YHOO</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 5:00pm.</li>
</ul>
Wednesday, April 23<br />
<ul>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys">Biovail</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys">BVF</a>) PDUFA date for NDA of BVF-033 for the treatment of depression.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/united-parcel-service-cl-b/ups/nys">UPS </a>(NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/united-parcel-service-cl-b/ups/nys">UPS</a>) to report quarterly earnings; conference call at 8:30am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/general-motors-corporation/gm/nys">General Motors</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/general-motors-corporation/gm/nys" />) to hold conference call on 1Q08 global sales at 9:00am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/delta-air-lines-inc-del/dal/nys">Delta</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/delta-air-lines-inc-del/dal/nys">DAL</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 10:00am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/amazon-com-inc/amzn/nas">Amazon.com</a> (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/amazon-com-inc/amzn/nas">AMZN)</a> to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 5:00pm.</li>
</ul>
Thursday, April 24<br />
<ul>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-hershey-company/hsy/nys">Hershey</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/the-hershey-company/hsy/nys">HSY</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 8:30am.</li>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/microsoft-corporation/msft/nas">Microsoft </a>(NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/microsoft-corporation/msft/nas">MSFT</a>) to report Q3 earnings; conference call at 5:30pm.</li>
</ul>
Friday, April 25<br />
<ul>
    <li><a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/wendy-s-international-inc/wen/nys">Wendy's</a> (NYSE:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/wendy-s-international-inc/wen/nys">WEN</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 9:00am.</li>
</ul><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/04/18/market-highlights-for-next-week-hal-t-lmt-and-msft-reporting/">Market highlights for next week: HAL, T, LMT and MSFT reporting earnings</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:31:00 EST.  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According to the SEC's complaint:<br /><em><br />The SEC's complaint alleges that present and former senior Biovail executives, obsessed with meeting quarterly and annual earnings guidance, repeatedly overstated earnings and hid losses in order to deceive investors and create the appearance of achieving earnings goals. When it ultimately became impossible to continue concealing the company's inability to meet its own earnings guidance, Biovail actively misled investors and analysts about the reasons for the company's poor performance.</em><br /><br />The SEC adds that former chairman and chief executive officer Eugene Melnyk, former chief financial officer Brian Crombie, current controller John Miszuk; and current chief financial officer Kenneth G. Howling still face charges.<br /><br />Biovail's allegations of a naked short selling conspiracy and menacing antics intimidated analysts, convincing Banc of America Securities, which had been negative about the company, to drop coverage of the stock. <a href="http://garyweiss.blogspot.com/2008/03/sec-nails-biovail-will-60-minutes-issue.html">On his blog</a>, financial journalist Gary Weiss writes that "Despite all the post-Enron rhetoric about the sanctity of independent analysts, the SEC has done woefully little against companies like Biovail and Overstock that want analysts to be obedient little puppies."<br /><br />It seems like every few weeks, another naked short selling poster child is exposed as a securities fraud. Back in 2006, then-CEO Eugene Melnyk<a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/24/60minutes/main1438812.shtml"> told 60 Minutes</a> that "When you've got these companies, these people out there trying to bring you down, we're lucky we survived."<br /><br />Moral of story: when a company starts complaining about naked short sellers conspiring to drive down the share price, sell the stock and ask questions after.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/03/24/biovail-settles-charges-with-sec/">Biovail settles charges with SEC</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:41:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2008/2008-50.htm>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/03/24/biovail-settles-charges-with-sec/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1147824/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/03/24/biovail-settles-charges-with-sec/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Biovail</category><category>BVF</category><category>Gary Weiss</category><category>GaryWeiss</category><category>inthenews</category><category>naked short</category><category>naked short selling</category><category>NakedShort</category><category>NakedShortSelling</category><category>short</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zac Bissonnette]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Stocks for 2008: Biovail (BVF) for capital gains and yield]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/26/best-stocks-for-2008-biovail-bvf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/26/best-stocks-for-2008-biovail-bvf/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/26/best-stocks-for-2008-biovail-bvf/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/newsletters/" rel="tag">Newsletters</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/canada/" rel="tag">Canada</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/stocks-to-buy/" rel="tag">Stocks to Buy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/best-stocks-for-2008/" rel="tag">Best Stocks for 2008</a></p><p><em>For 25 years, Steven Halpern, editor of </em><a href="http://www.thestockadvisors.com/ccount/click.php?id=1583"><em>TheStockAdvisors.com</em></a><em>, has surveyed the leading financial newsletter advisors asking for their favorite stocks for the coming year. This article is one of 100+ ideas in the </em><a href="http://money.aol.com/investing/top-stocks-2008/top-100-stocks"><em>Best Stocks for 2008</em></a><em> report.</em></p>
<p>"My favorite speculative stock for 2008 is Toronto-based <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">Biovail</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">BVF</a>)," says <strong>Nilus Mattive</strong>, editor of <a href="http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/Experts.aspx?BiographyId=72">Dividend Superstars</a>. </p>
<p>"The company makes branded and generic drugs that are delivered orally. It used to concentrate on research &amp; development for other companies, but lately it's become more of a fully integrated pharmaceutical concern. </p>
<p>"Some of its products are marketed and sold by other companies -- a good example is its pain medication Ultram ER, which is marketed by Johnson &amp; Johnson.</p>
<p>"Investors have punished Biovail because of development setbacks in BVF-033, one of the company's most promising compounds. The FDA issued a non-approval letter, and more recently said it would not be examining newly submitted data until April. Biovail is also dealing with intensifying generic competition in other product lines.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/26/best-stocks-for-2008-biovail-bvf/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Best Stocks for 2008: Biovail (BVF) for capital gains and yield</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/12/26/best-stocks-for-2008-biovail-bvf/">Best Stocks for 2008: Biovail (BVF) for capital gains and yield</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST.  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conference call at 10am.<br />* <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lawson-software-inc-new/lwsn/nas">Lawson Software</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/lawson-software-inc-new/lwsn/nas">LWSN</a>) to report Q1 earnings; conference call at 4:30pm.<br />* <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/research-in-motion-limited/rimm/nas">Research In Motion</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/research-in-motion-limited/rimm/nas">RIMM</a>) to report Q2 earnings; conference call at 5pm.<br /><br />Friday October 5<br /><br />* PDUFA date for <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/bristol-myers-squibb-company/bmy/nys">Bristol Myers Squibb's</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/bristol-myers-squibb-company/bmy/nys">BMY</a>) Abilify for the treatment of schizophrenia and manic episodes associated with Bipolar I Disorder.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/28/market-highlights-for-next-week-rimm-to-report-q2-earnings/">Market highlights for next week: RIMM to report Q2 earnings</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/28/market-highlights-for-next-week-rimm-to-report-q2-earnings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1000721/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/09/28/market-highlights-for-next-week-rimm-to-report-q2-earnings/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beijing med-pharma</category><category>BeijingMed-pharma</category><category>biovail</category><category>bjgp</category><category>bmy</category><category>bristol myers squibb</category><category>BristolMyersSquibb</category><category>bvf</category><category>conference</category><category>constellation brands</category><category>ConstellationBrands</category><category>depo</category><category>depomed</category><category>earnings</category><category>f</category><category>ford</category><category>general motors</category><category>GeneralMotors</category><category>Glufosfamide</category><category>glumetza</category><category>gm</category><category>highlight</category><category>inthenews</category><category>kg</category><category>king pharmaceutical</category><category>KingPharmaceutical</category><category>lawson</category><category>lwsn</category><category>pdufa</category><category>preview</category><category>research in motion</category><category>ResearchInMotion</category><category>rimm</category><category>sales</category><category>stz</category><category>thld</category><category>threshold</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Buscemi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analyst downgrades 7-23-07: BVF, COP, COSI and RIG]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/07/23/analyst-downgrades-7-23-07-bvf-cop-cosi-and-rig/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/07/23/analyst-downgrades-7-23-07-bvf-cop-cosi-and-rig/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/07/23/analyst-downgrades-7-23-07-bvf-cop-cosi-and-rig/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-reports/" rel="tag">Analyst Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-upgrades-and-downgrades/" rel="tag">Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/bad-news/" rel="tag">Bad News</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/cop/" rel="tag">ConocoPhillips (COP)</a></p><strong><a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/07/aol-fly-logo.gif"  alt="" /></a>MOST NOTEWORTHY: </strong>ConocoPhillips (COP), Transocean (RIG), LifePoint Hospitals (LPNT), EOG Resources (EOG) and Quicksilver Resources (KWK) were today's noteworthy downgrades: <br />
<ul>
    <li>Banc of America cut <a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL">ConocoPhillips </a>(NYSE: <a href="http://www.theflyonthewall.com/splashPage.php?source=AOL">COP</a>) to Neutral from Buy on valuation and the lack of upstream catalysts. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li>Deutsche Bank cut <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/transocean-inc/rig/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">Transocean </a>(NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/transocean-inc/rig/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">RIG</a>) to Hold from Buy based on the GlobalSantaFe (GSF) merger. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li>Raymond James downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/transocean-inc/rig/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">LifePoint Hospitals</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/transocean-inc/rig/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">LPNT</a>) to Market Perform from Strong Buy following the company's cut in guidance. Merrill Lynch downgraded LifePoint Hospitals to Neutral from Buy. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li>Citigroup downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/eog-resources-inc/eog/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">EOG Resources </a>(NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/eog-resources-inc/eog/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">EOG</a>) and <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/quicksilver-resources-inc/kwk/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">Quicksilver Resources</a> (NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/quicksilver-resources-inc/kwk/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">KWK</a>) to Sell from Hold as both trade above the sector averages for NAV and cash flow and neither is well protected in the likely event commodity prices deteriorate... </li>
</ul>
<strong>OTHER DOWNGRADES</strong>: <br />
<ul>
    <li>BMO Capital downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">Biovail </a>(NYSE: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/biovail-corporation/bvf/nys?tabs=quotesandnews">BVF</a>) to Market Perform from Outperform. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li>Brean Murray cut <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/spectrum-pharmaceuticals-inc/sppi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">Spectrum Pharmaceuticals</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/spectrum-pharmaceuticals-inc/sppi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">SPPI</a>) to Sell from Buy. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li>Wedbush downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cosi-inc/cosi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">Cosi Inc</a> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/cosi-inc/cosi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">COSI</a>) to Hold from Buy. </li>
</ul>
<ul>
    <li>RBC Capital downgraded <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/ventana-medical-systems-inc/vmsi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">Ventana Medical </a>(NASDAQ: <a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/ventana-medical-systems-inc/vmsi/nas?tabs=quotesandnews">VMSI</a>) to Sector Perform from Outperform.</li>
</ul>
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