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The Day Ahead: Mixed Bag For IPO Quiet Period Pops
News Underwriters JP Morgan and UBS Warburg dutifully carried out their buy ratings, but Lehman Brothers started Avici with a neutral. After 25-days underwriters of an initial public offering predictably roll out their buy ratings.
[August 30, 2000, 12:17]
The Day Ahead: Ixia Has A Lot To Talk About
News Commentary: Ixia's post-IPO quiet period expires this week, and the firm's underwriters will predictably issue a host of buy ratings. When underwriters Merrill Lynch, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and Dain Rauscher Wessels talk up Ixia, you should...
[November 13, 2000, 11:46]
The Day Ahead: Genuity's Big Float Sinks Shares
News Of course, all of these analysts worked for underwriters of the Genuity IPO. That's why some analysts (all underwriters by the way) are projecting that Genuity shares could double in 12 months as investors start looking at the company's positives.
[August 2, 2000, 13:05]
The Day Ahead: Wall St Research Versus PR
News I have a hunch Transmeta may have penned the research reports for underwriters Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Deutsche Banc Alex. And it wasn't just the underwriters that couldn't stop glowing. Any remaining doubt that many sell-side analysts are...
[December 5, 2000, 11:54]
The Day Ahead: End Of Palm's Quiet Period Should Cheer Investors
News All four of the blue-chip brokerages were underwriters for the Palm IPO. ABN Amro is another brokerage that picked up coverage of Palm before its underwriters could. For investors that bought into hype-driven shares on the first day of trading...
[March 24, 2000, 12:05]
Nasdaq Wins Google's Trade
News Google's lead underwriters are Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston. Investors will need to have an account with one of the underwriters. Google has registered to be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange for its upcoming $2.7bn initial...
[July 13, 2004, 8:40]
The Day Ahead: Can Pets.com's Sock Puppet Save Its Stock?
News After all, if these underwriters loved the Pets.com IPO at $11 in February, they must be pounding the table on the stock now, especially with a potential sock puppet bonanza on deck. Intrigued that a sock puppet could single-handedly save a $2...
[June 6, 2000, 11:23]
The Day Ahead: Cabletron's IPO Kids Are All Right
News Riverstone is selecting underwriters now and plans to begin the IPO process within 30 days. Most analysts will play nice as Cabletron picks its IPO underwriters. Way back in February, Cabletron announced plans to transform itself, sell lagging...
[June 29, 2000, 12:16]
The Day Ahead: What Happens When Analysts Stop Cheering
News The first two analysts interested in Theglobe.com happened to work for the two firms (Bear Stearns and the former Volpe Brown Whelan) that were the IPO underwriters. The analysts, who mostly worked for underwriters, propped up companies that...
[August 4, 2000, 13:39]
Windows Raises Hacking Insurance Prices
News Bruce Schneier, Counterpane Internet Security's co-founder and chief technical officer, said it makes sense for underwriters to differentiate premiums based on the type of software and hardware that's used.
[May 29, 2001, 11:00]
The Day Ahead: Drkoop.com Goes Critical
News Despite an auditor's report questioning its viability, Drkoop.com's two primary underwriters -- Bear Stearns and Chase H&Q -- were clinging to "buy" ratings ahead of the company's latest diagnosis. Will the underwriters finally be forced to...
[April 26, 2000, 12:07]
Time Computers Denies Tales Of Woe
Talkback Does anybody who worked there or anyone else know who the Underwriters of the TotalCare insurance warranty are? We can all go to them if so and get our money back as they are insured for this type of thing!
[February 28, 2006, 14:45]
NowDocs Case Study: Canada Life
White Papers The corporate underwriters in the US division of Canada Life regularly used their in-house copy center to produce thousands of booklets each month. Canada Life is an international life insurance company with over eight million individual and...
[October 2, 2004, 0:00]
Investors Sue Vonage Over IPO
News The suit filed on Friday in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by the Atlanta-based law firm Motley Rice asserts that the Internet telephony provider, its officers and the IPO's underwriters misled investors.
[June 5, 2006, 9:15]
Royal Specialty Improves Workflow And Increases Productivity With Avaya Mobility Solution
White Papers The challenge was to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace by implementing a converged messaging system that would allow its underwriters to improve response times, and better organize and respond to phone, fax or e-mail messages.
[April 28, 2007, 1:00]
Glatfelter Insurance Group Connects Home-Based Sales Executives With UTM-1 Edge
White Papers GIG needed a faster, more cost-effective, and, above all, secure way for sales executives to get sales-support information and communicate with underwriters and claims professionals. The Glatfelter Insurance Group (GIG), is an all-lines, full...
[August 4, 2008, 19:08]
Royal & SunAlliance Boosts Intranet With Google
News The intranet is used by the company's underwriters to pull up information when dealing with brokers' enquiries. Underwriters require information, such as rates or company policy guidelines, that is stored on the intranet.
[July 19, 2007, 9:29]
Mutual Of Omaha Reduced Claims Processing Time From Two Weeks To Two Days
White Papers By putting electronic documents at the fingertips of the underwriters, the company would be able to increase their productivity equating to better service for customers. Founded in 1909, Mutual of Omaha is a leading U.S.financial services company...
[May 27, 2004, 0:00]
The Day Ahead: Will Palm's Palm Reading Rattle Investors?
News On Monday, Palm's quiet period ended and underwriters talked up the stock. What a difference a few days makes. Optimism was everywhere. And now you'll be hearing a lot from Palm execs. The problem? You might want that quiet period back.
[March 29, 2000, 12:54]
Insurers Scramble To Offer E-crime Protection
News Marie-Louise Rossi, chief executive of the International Underwriters Association, said on Monday that interest in cybercrime protection is growing within the insurance community. With e-crime estimated to be costing Britain billions of pounds per...
[February 25, 2004, 16:45]
