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Daily Archives: November 8, 2006

Telecom Goes To The Movies (VZ)(T)(FTE)(GOOG)

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 8:16 am

It is not enough that companies like Verizon and AT&T are cutting deals with studios, TV networks, and even YouTube to get programming for their fiber-to-the-home IPTV initiatives. The deals ...
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Media Digest 11/8/2006 Reuters, Wall Street Journal, New York Times

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 7:54 am

Stocks: (GOOG)(MRK)(MSFT)(NOVL)(BZH)(TOL)(BA)(FDX)According to Reuters, Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives and were on the verge of talking a majority in the Senate.Reuters reports that Big Oil will be ...
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Asia Markets 11/8/2006 Yahoo Japan, Softbank Off Sharply; PCCW, China Netcom, Toyota Up

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 7:38 am

Asian markets were off sharply.The Nikkei was 1.1% to 16,216. Canon was down .8% to 6260. Credit Saison was down 5.5% to 3940. Daiwa Securities was down 3.4% to 1273. ...
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Cheap Oil Takes On New Meaning (XOM)(COP)(BP)

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 7:36 am

Big oil has figured our a new way to get prices up. Don't invest in projects that will increase oil production.According to a new study from The Internation Energy Agency, ...
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Intel Moves Into Software (INTC)

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 7:10 am

Maybe Intel is so down on the chip market that it hopes that if it moves into software sales it can improve its revenue picture. The chip giant announced yesterday ...
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Google Takes To The Airwaves (GOOG)(CCU)

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:52 am

Following Google's announcement that it would make a misguided move into newspaper ad space buying, late news comes that the search giant may buy $1 billion in radio inventory.The clear ...
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James Chalmers Discloses 5.3% Stake in FX Energy (FXEN), Working With Management/Other Investors on Changes

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:49 am

From 13D TrackerIn a 13D filing on FX Energy, Inc (Nasdaq: FXEN), James Shawn Chalmers discloses a 5.29% stake (1.92 million shares). The investor also disclosed past meetings with the ...
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Steel Partners Raises Stake in Brink’s Company (BCO) By 110K Shares

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:47 am

From 13D TrackerIn an amended 13D filing on The Brink's Company (NYSE: BCO), Steel Partners disclosed an 8% stake (3.88 million shares) in the company. This is up from the ...
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Riley Investment Raises Takeover Offer for NetManage (NETM) to $5.50/Share

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:46 am

From 13D TrackerIn a 13D filing on NetManage, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETM) late Monday, 5.6% holder Riley Investment Management, LLC disclosed a letter sent to the company increasing its offer to ...
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LaGrange Capital Raises Stake in 1-800 CONTACTS (CTAC), Changes Filing Status to 13D Reflecting Recent Events

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:44 am

From 13D TrackerIn a 13D filing on 1-800 CONTACTS, INC. (NASDAQ: CTAC) LaGrange Capital/Frank LaGrange Johnson disclosed a 12.6% stake (1.69 million shares) in the company. This is up from ...
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Quick Analysis On Microsoft’s Mobile Market (MSFT)

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:42 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasA reader asked me a question pertaining to recent MSFT progress in the mobile market field. Luckily I had discussed this topic over ...
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Duke Energy’s (DUK) Guidance & Updates

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:40 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasDUK reported 3Q EPS of $0.45 vs The Street's $0.56. Disappointing results point to moderately lower earnings, but from a long-term view the ...
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Another Golden Opportunity in Citrix Systems

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:38 am

By Chad Brand of Peridot CapitalistSoftware maker Citrix Systems (CTXS) was one of the ten stocks I highlighted on the 2006 Peridot Capital Select List (which, by the way, has ...
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Cisco Earnings Preview

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:36 am

Cisco Systems (CSCO) reports earnings after the close tomorrow, and expectations are $0.29 EPS and $7.9 Billion in revenues. The large jump in year-over-year revenues is largely because of the ...
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Cramer Prefers Research-in-Motion Over Garmin

Posted: November 8, 2006 at 6:35 am

Cramer also went over his favorite gadget play. He said tech has outperformed the market in Q4 in 14 of the last 15 years.Cramer said the gadget he would normally ...
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