Education Management plans IPO Sep 24, 2009
Co-managers are Robert W. Baird & Co., BMO Capital Markets, Signal Hill, William Blair & Co., , Stifel Nicolaus and Barrington Research. Education Management is the second Pittsburgh-area company to announce its intention to go public this month. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Why Do We Call Galileo Galilei by His First Name? Aug 20, 2009
This is probably why we don't refer to Johannes Kepler, Galileo's colleague and regular correspondent, or Nicolaus Copernicus, who pre-dated Galileo, as Johannes and Nicolaus. Got a question about today's news. (Slate)
Stocks could pull back as earnings end Aug 18, 2009
"I think it's too late to ride the 'we came back from the brink of disaster' rally," said Joseph Battipaglia, a market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus in Yardley, Pennsylvania. "Investors would be wise to take profits here.". (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
FCC: Landline number move should take 1 day, not 4 May 14, 2009
Stifel Nicolaus analyst Blair Levin said the order is likely to benefit wireless carriers and cable companies, while imposing new costs on smaller, rural phone companies like Little Rock, Ark. -based Windstream Corp. and Monroe, La. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Skepticism arises over rural broadband stimulus Feb 21, 2009
Blair Levin, managing director and analyst at brokerage Stifel Nicolaus, believes smaller phone companies will benefit more than larger, but the money won't make a major difference. "I don't think it will affect the competitive dynamic much," he said. (Yahoo News)
Sprint loses $1.6B but investors see rays of hope Feb 21, 2009
"While we believe the stock's rally today is largely because the quarter did not appear to be a complete disaster, we see very little in the fourth quarter results to be positive about," Stifel Nicolaus analyst Christopher King said in a research note. Rick Franklin, an analyst for Edward Jones, said Sprint Nextel continues to generate sufficient cash to pay its debt obligations for the next two years. (Yahoo News)
Coke bottler CCE beats Wall Street estimates Feb 12, 2009
In a note to investors, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Mark Swartzberg said several factors likely led to the spike in stock price. CCE beat consensus estimates, commented in the conference call that North America trends were improving in January and also said initial work was going well with Coca-Cola on a new pricing model for concentrate. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Merger of music concert leaders would test U.S. policy Feb 8, 2009
But in the more narrow view of just concerts, Ticketmaster's market share was closer to 70 percent, according to Scott Devitt, an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus. Devitt estimates that Live Nation, as a promoter of concerts, is three times the size of its next nearest competitor, Anschutz Entertainment Group. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
