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...Defense analyst Paul Nisbet of JSA Research in Newport, R.I., cautions, however, that "investors shouldn't expect any dramatic change in the growth or earnings of these companies." Recent appreciation in defense stocks, he says, only marks a climb back from their 10% drop following the Pentagon's blocking of further defense-industry mergers earlier this year...
...surrounding Mark McGwire's new major league home run record, the sages of the national pastime are unanimous on one thing. McGwire, they say, has saved baseball. Writing in Sports Illustrated, Tom Verducci declared that McGwire "has rekindled the country's interest in baseball." Peter Gammons, the normally reserved analyst for ESPN and The Boston Globe, wrote yesterday that "in this season...baseball regained one generation and gained another that some felt never would turn its MTV/Nintendo eyes...
When the giants agreed to an alliance, Psion became the Cinderella of the mobile-phone world. Analysts figured that if it won 15% of the mobile-phone market projected for 2003, Psion's share of Symbian alone could be worth $430 million a year. The deal also meant that Psion's computers might find more customers. Psion's depressed shares soared as a result, from $3.36 to $12 on the London Stock Exchange. "For a while it looked like Psion was finished, but by getting together with the dominant players in the telecom industry and partnering with them, they have...
...time-consuming to debug. Globalstar is betting on a network of satellites that will act as simple repeaters with all call-setup and processing accomplished in its 60 ground stations. "If you look at the two companies, they're really taking quite different strategies," says Tom Watts, a satellite analyst for Merrill Lynch. "Iridium is taking a global approach. Globalstar is focusing on a few key countries." The total cost to build and launch Globalstar's system? A mere $2.6 billion, half of Iridium's cost. The consortium's Qualcomm-manufactured handsets are slated to cost less than $750, only...
Hardly a day goes by when some Wall Street analyst doesn't knock the oil-services industry. These companies, which help the oil giants explore and drill for crude and natural gas, were market darlings from 1995 to 1997, but now have more detractors than anything west of Indonesia. Though many oil-service firms are already trading near two-year lows, analysts' earnings estimates for them will soon be revised further downward. No brokerage will want the likes of Halliburton or Schlumberger on its "recommended" list. The gloom around these stocks is only deepening. And I am buying them hand...