MIRANT notes from Briefing.com...
Dec 20 2001 Warnings MIR warns Dec 20 2001 Warnings MIR warns Dec 20 2001 In Play Mirant (MIR) 14.00 -2.07 (-12.9%): -- Update -- Announces that... Dec 20 2001 Up/Down MIR: Merrill cuts to NT NEUTRAL/LT BUY Dec 20 2001 Up/Down MIR: Salomon SB cuts to NEUTRAL Dec 20 2001 In Play Mirant (MIR) 16.07: -- Update -- Salomon Smith Barney downgrades... Dec 20 2001 In Play Mirant (MIR) 16.07: -- Update -- Company's conference call... Dec 20 2001 In Play Mirant (MIR ) 16.07: Co announces that it is taking immediate action to strengthen... Dec 19 2001 Story After Hours Wednesday Changes vs the 4pm close: A few warnings, a few earnings... Dec 17 2001 Up/Down MIR: B of A Sec cuts to BUY Dec 14 2001 In Play Mirant (MIR) 16.40 -1.95 (-10.6%): Energy co expects to end this yr with over $1... Dec 12 2001 In Play NRG Energy (NRG) 11.23 -1/49 (-11.7%): One of several energy company's under heavy... Dec 10 2001 In Play Power Downgrade : Unregulated power sub-sector under pressure this morning after... Dec 10 2001 Up/Down MIR: MSDW cuts to NEUTRAL Nov 29 2001 Shorts Impact of ENE Demise : -- Before Open -- The termination... Nov 20 2001 Up/Down Legg Mason starts at BUY Nov 14 2001 In Play Mirant (MIR) 28.13 -0.77 (-2.7%): Banc of America believes that MIR should be one... Nov 14 2001 Up/Down Banc of America Sec reits STRONG BUY Nov 14 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers reits STRONG BUY Oct 30 2001 Up/Down Salomon Smth Brny reits BUY Oct 30 2001 Up/Down CSFB reits BUY Oct 29 2001 In Play Earnings Movers : Amarin Corp (AMRN +10.2%) reported Q3... Oct 29 2001 Shorts Mirant (MIR) 27.90 +0.45: -- Before Open -- Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings... Oct 29 2001 Warnings MIR upside preannouncement Oct 29 2001 Earnings MIR beats by $0.04 Oct 15 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers reits STRONG BUY Oct 15 2001 Up/Down CSFB reits BUY Oct 12 2001 Up/Down Banc of America Sec reits STRONG BUY Sep 28 2001 Up/Down First Union Sec starts at BUY Sep 28 2001 Up/Down Bear Stearns starts at BUY Sep 27 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers reits STRONG BUY Sep 19 2001 Up/Down Deutsche Bc Alex. Br starts at BUY Sep 17 2001 Shorts Mirant (MIR) 24.41 -0.84: Company issues upside preannouncement... Sep 17 2001 Warnings MIR upside preannouncement Aug 2 2001 Up/Down CSFB reits BUY Jul 31 2001 Shorts Mirant (MIR) 30.93 -0.75: Reports Q2 earnings of $0.52 a share, $0.06 Jul 31 2001 Warnings MIR warns Jul 31 2001 Earnings MIR beats by $0.06 Jul 2 2001 Up/Down Banc of America Sec reits STRONG BUY Jun 28 2001 In Play Lehman Uncommon Values : Briefing.com is hearing from sources at Lehman... Jun 26 2001 Shorts Mirant (MIR) 31: Announces that it expects to meet its previously... Jun 19 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers reits STRONG BUY Jun 18 2001 Shorts FERC Price Controls : Dow Jones reporting that FERC (Federal Energy... Jun 6 2001 Up/Down Raymond James reits STRONG BUY Jun 1 2001 Shorts Mirant (MIR) 38.57 -0.73: Company announces a commitment for a $3 mln investment... May 16 2001 Up/Down USB Piper Jaffray reits STRONG BUY May 16 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers reits STRONG BUY Apr 26 2001 Story Mirant (MIR) 39.50 +5.10: MIR shares are enjoying a 15% ride fueled by a strong... Apr 26 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers reits STRONG BUY Apr 26 2001 Up/Down Merrill Lynch ups to LT BUY Apr 25 2001 Earnings MIR beats by $0.04 Apr 10 2001 Up/Down Goldman Sachs reits RECOMM LIST Apr 6 2001 In Play Pacific Gas Exposure : Morgan Stanley puts the exposure of each generator... Apr 6 2001 In Play California Power : Contrary to a CNBC report, nothing in Gov Davis's speech... Mar 28 2001 Up/Down Friedman Billings starts at BUY Mar 28 2001 In Play S&P 500 Changes : Fiserv Inc. (FISV) will replace Old Kent Financial (OK)... Mar 27 2001 Story Tuesday After Hours : Apparently, one earnings warning isn't enough these days...... Mar 27 2001 Shorts S&P 500 Changes : FIserv Inc. (FISV) will replace Old Kent... Mar 27 2001 In Play Sector Watch: Utility : One of the best performing sectors today with new... Mar 22 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers reits STRONG BUY Mar 16 2001 Story Mirant (MIR) 29.49 -0.35: Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham made an appearance... Mar 15 2001 Up/Down Banc of America Sec reits STRONG BUY Mar 15 2001 Up/Down CSFB reits BUY Mar 15 2001 Story Mirant (MIR) 28.86 +3.80: This energy company is getting a boost today after it... Mar 15 2001 Up/Down Salomon Smth Brny reits BUY Mar 14 2001 Story After Hours Wednesday : Not a terribly exciting after hours session but... Mar 14 2001 Shorts Mirant (MIR) 25.06 -0.69: Company issues upside preannouncement... Mar 14 2001 Warnings MIR upside preannouncement Mar 13 2001 Up/Down Lehman Brothers starts at BUY Jan 26 2001 Up/Down CSFB resumes at BUY Jan 19 2001 Shorts Southern Energy (SOE) 23 3/8: Reports Q4 earnings of $0.20 a share, $0.05... Jan 19 2001 Shorts Southern Co (SO) 27 5/8: Reports Q4 earnings of $0.21 a share, $0.03 Jan 19 2001 Earnings SOE beats by $0.05 Jan 10 2001 In Play California Energy Crisis : Goldman Sachs believes that there is significant... Jan 10 2001 Shorts Energy Stocks : Goldman Sachs advises investors to buy ahead of... Dec 18 2000 Up/Down Banc of America Sec reits STRONG BUY Dec 7 2000 Up/Down Banc of America Sec ups to STRONG BUY Oct 26 2000 Shorts Southern Energy (SOE) 24 1/8 -15/16: Merrill Lynch initiates coverage... Oct 26 2000 Up/Down Merrill Lynch starts at NT ACCUM/LT ACCUM Oct 24 2000 Shorts Southern Energy (SOE) 28 -7/8: -- Update -- Goldman Sachs initiates... Oct 24 2000 Shorts Southern Energy (SOE) 28 5/16 -9/16: Salomon Smth Brny initiates coverage... Oct 24 2000 Up/Down JP Morgan starts at BUY Oct 24 2000 Up/Down ABN AMRO starts at OUTPERFORM Oct 24 2000 Up/Down Mrgn Stnly Dn Wttr starts at STRONG BUY Oct 24 2000 Up/Down Banc of America Sec starts at BUY Oct 24 2000 Up/Down Salomon Smth Brny starts at BUY Oct 24 2000 Up/Down CSFB starts at BUY Oct 24 2000 Up/Down Goldman Sachs starts at MARKET OUTPERFORM Oct 20 2000 In Play Quiet Period Expirations : The post-IPO quiet period ends for the following... Sep 27 2000 Shorts Southern Energy (SOE) 28 5/8 +3/8: Global energy company opens at... Sep 27 2000 In Play Southern Energy (SOE) 28 1/4 +5 1/4: Shares of energy services company trade up... Sep 27 2000 IPO's SOE opens at $28.25 Sep 26 2000 IPO's SOE prices at $23 May 30 2000 Shorts American Power (APCC) 30 7/8: Company to be added to the S&P 500 replacing... May 30 2000 In Play American Power Conversion (APCC) 30 7/8: Designer of protection and management solutions... May 2 2000 Up/Down Wasserstein Perella starts at HOLD Apr 28 2000 Shorts Starwood Hotels (HOT) 26 7/16: Company to sell their historic... Apr 20 2000 Up/Down Prudential cuts to HOLD Apr 19 2000 Earnings MIR beats by $0.07 Apr 18 2000 Story MGM Grand (MGG) 28 9/16 +2 3/8: The positive earnings news today is not just limited... Apr 10 2000 Shorts MGM Grand (MGG) 27 1/16: DLJ raises estimates based on strong Q1... Mar 6 2000 Shorts MGM Grand (MGG) 19 3/8 +3/8: Prudential upgrades to STRONG BUY from ACCUMULATE... Mar 6 2000 Up/Down Prudential cuts to ACCUMULATE Mar 6 2000 Story MGM Grand Inc. (MGG) 20 1/2 +1 1/2: The behind the scene maneuvering has paid off... Mar 6 2000 In Play MGM Grand Inc (MGG) 19: According to the WSJI this casino and hotel operator has... Mar 1 2000 Story Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 15 3/4: The much anticipated response from this casino... Feb 29 2000 Story Tuesday - After Hours: Plenty of news after the close... We'll begin with the expected:... Feb 29 2000 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 15 3/4 +3/16: Board of casino and hotel operator says that... Feb 25 2000 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 14 11/16 +1/2: Robertson Stephensdowngrades from LT... Feb 25 2000 Story Mirage Resorts (MIR) 14 3/16: Two days after this casino and hotel operator received... Feb 25 2000 Up/Down Robertson Stephens cuts to MKT PERFORMER Feb 25 2000 In Play Mirage Resorts (MIR) 14 3/16: WSJ reporting that Park Place Entertainment Corp.... Feb 24 2000 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 14 1/16 -7/16: Schroder & Co. downgrades from OUTPERFORM... Feb 24 2000 Up/Down Schroder & Co cuts to PERFORM-IN-LINE Feb 23 2000 Story Mirage (MIR) 13 7/16 +2 9/16: It has been a brutal two years for Mirage shareholders... Feb 23 2000 Story MGM Grand Inc. (MGG) 40 -3/8: When stocks fall far enough, they become targets for... Feb 23 2000 Shorts MGM Grand (MGG) 39 1/4 -1 1/8: Casino and hotel operator makes $17 per share bid... Feb 23 2000 In Play MGM Grand (MGG) 40 3/8: Casino and hotel operator makes $17 per share bid for Mirage... Feb 4 2000 In Play Gaming Stocks : Prudential upgrades the following casino and gaming stocks... Feb 4 2000 Briefs 10 Non-Tech Growth Alternatives [BRIEFING.COM - Robert Walberg] Exhausted by the... Jan 25 2000 Up/Down Deutsche Bc Alex. Br ups to BUY Jan 24 2000 Up/Down Robertson Stephens cuts to LT ATTRACTIVE Jan 24 2000 Earnings MIR beats by $0.02 Jan 21 2000 In Play Earnings Monday : Before the open Monday, the following companies will report... Jan 21 2000 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 15 7/16 - 1/2: CIBC World Markets upgrades casino and... Jan 21 2000 Up/Down CIBC Wrld Mkts ups to STRONG BUY Dec 7 1999 Shorts Mirage (MIR) 14 1/2 +15/16: Lehman Bros upgrades casino/hotels operator from... Dec 7 1999 Up/Down Lehman Brothers ups to BUY Dec 3 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 13 1/2 +5/8: BancBoston Robertson Stephens upgrades... Dec 3 1999 Up/Down Robertson Stephens ups to BUY Nov 11 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 11 15/16 -9/16: hotlel and gaming company downgraded... Nov 11 1999 Up/Down Bear Stearns cuts to NEUTRAL Oct 19 1999 Story Mirage Resorts, Inc. (MIR) 13 1/2 -3/8: One can never question the fact that Mirage... Oct 19 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 13 5/16 -9/16: --UPDATE-- CIBC World Markets cuts... Oct 19 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 13 7/8: CSFB downgrades casino-based entertainment... Oct 19 1999 Up/Down CSFB cuts to HOLD Oct 18 1999 Earnings MIR misses by $0.04 Oct 13 1999 Story Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 14 7/16 +9/16: After investing $1.6 billion in the Bellagio... Oct 13 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 14 9/16 +11/16: JP Morgan upgrades casino company... Oct 13 1999 Up/Down JP Morgan ups to BUY Oct 6 1999 Up/Down Salomon Smth Brny starts at NEUTRAL Sep 29 1999 Briefs Trader's Edge - Casino Industry Due to the addition of four, new major properties... Sep 16 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 14: Bear Stearns upgrades casino and gaming company... Sep 16 1999 Up/Down Bear Stearns ups to ATTRACTIVE Sep 7 1999 Up/Down Robertson Stephens cuts to MKT PERFORMER Sep 7 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 12 1/8 -5/8: CFO Dan Lee has resigned at the request... Sep 3 1999 Briefs PPE & MIR: A Study in Contrast Both Park... Aug 13 1999 Shorts Mirage Corp. (MIR) 14 1/8 +1: Banc of America upgrades gaming company from... Aug 13 1999 Up/Down Banc of America Sec ups to BUY Aug 5 1999 Earnings MIR in line Jul 8 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 15 3/16 -7/16: Ladenburg Thalmann downgrades casino... Jul 8 1999 Up/Down Ladenburg Thalmann cuts to HOLD Jul 7 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 15 7/16 -5/16: BancBoston Robertson Stephens maintains... Jul 2 1999 Up/Down Banc of America Sec cuts to HOLD Jul 2 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 16 3/4 delayed: --UPDATE-- Banc of America Securities... Jul 2 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 16 3/4 delayed: --UPDATE-- shares of this casino/resort... Jul 2 1999 Up/Down DLJ cuts to MARKET PERFORM Jul 2 1999 Story Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 16 3/4 Closed. If you're a gambler, forget the Internet... Jul 2 1999 Up/Down Deutsche Bc Alex. Br cuts to MKT PERFORM Jul 2 1999 Up/Down Bear Stearns cuts to NEUTRAL Jul 1 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 16 3/4 unch: gaming company is warning that it... Jul 1 1999 Warnings MIR warns May 27 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 19 5/16 unch: casino operator is upgraded by BancBoston... May 27 1999 Up/Down Robertson Stephens ups to LT ATTRACTIVE May 20 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 21 -1/8: DLJ is lowering estimates for Q2 from... May 10 1999 Earnings MIR beats by $0.01 Apr 27 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 23 3/8 -1/8: Prudential Securities downgrades owner... Apr 27 1999 Up/Down Prudential cuts to ACCUMULATE Mar 19 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 21 5/8 -3/8: Schroder & Co. downgrades owner... Mar 19 1999 Up/Down Schroder & Co cuts to OUTPERFORM Feb 23 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts (MIR) 20 -11/16: --UPDATE-- McDonald & Co. upgrades... Feb 23 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 20 1/8 -9/16: Raymond James downgrades owner and... Feb 22 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 19 3/4 +1: --UPDATE-- NB Montgomery Securities... Feb 22 1999 Up/Down NB Montgomery ups to BUY Feb 22 1999 Earnings MIR misses by $0.02 Feb 22 1999 Up/Down BT Alex. Brown ups to BUY Feb 19 1999 Story CIRCUS CIRCUS (CIR) 17 1/4 +1 9/16: Casino stocks are back in vogue, at least this... Feb 10 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 15 1/4 +15/16: DLJ upgrades owner and operator... Feb 10 1999 Up/Down DLJ ups to TOP PICK Jan 22 1999 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 14 -3/4: Merrill Lynch downgrades hotel and casino... Jan 22 1999 Up/Down Merrill Lynch cuts to NT NEUTRAL Dec 29 1998 Briefs Exposing & Fine Tuning the Core Dec 15 1998 Briefs Stock Brief Dec 11 1998 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 14 3/8 -3/8: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter initiates... Dec 11 1998 Up/Down Mrgn Stnly Dn Wttr starts at NEUTRAL Dec 9 1998 Up/Down NB Montgomery starts at HOLD Nov 10 1998 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 18 11/16 delayed: Goldman Sachs downgrades owner... Nov 10 1998 Up/Down Goldman Sachs cuts to MKT OUTPERFORM Nov 10 1998 Up/Down Robertson Stephens cuts to MKT PERFORM Nov 9 1998 Earnings MIR misses by $0.04 Oct 23 1998 Up/Down CSFB cuts to BUY Sep 22 1998 Up/Down JP Morgan starts at MKT PERFORMER Aug 25 1998 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 17 3/8 +5/16: Lehman Brothers initiates coverage... Aug 25 1998 Up/Down Lehman Brothers starts at NEUTRAL Aug 21 1998 Briefs Stock Brief Aug 4 1998 Story MIRAGE RESORTS (MIR) 21 1/2. They "lost" money this quarter at the baccarat... Aug 4 1998 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 21 1/2: hotel and casino operator posts a Q2 net of $0.18... Aug 3 1998 Earnings MIR misses by $0.04 May 13 1998 Shorts Applied Graphics Technologies Inc. (AGTX) 46 1/8 -1/4: provider of digital pre-press... May 13 1998 Shorts Mirage Resorts Inc. (MIR) 22 7/8 -1/8: Jefferies & Co. initiates coverage... May 13 1998 Up/Down Jefferies & Co starts at BUY May 4 1998 Earnings MIR misses by $0.05 Apr 6 1998 Shorts Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) 92 +4 5/16: Merrill Lynch initiates... Apr 6 1998 Shorts Casino Stocks : Wasserstein Perella initiates coverage of MGM Grand (MGG 34 13/16... Apr 6 1998 Up/Down Wasserstein Perella starts at HOLD Feb 17 1998 Up/Down Bear Stearns cuts to ATTRACTIVE Feb 13 1998 Up/Down BA Robertson Stephens starts at BUY Feb 12 1998 Earnings MIR in line |