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Daily Archives: November 9, 2006

Pre-Market Stock Notes (Nov. 9, 2006)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 11:35 am

(ACET) Aceto $0.10 EPS vs $0.09e.(ASTM) Aastrom -$0.03 EPS vs -$0.04e.(BDN) Brandywine Realty filed to sell 2.5M shares for shareholders.(BMC) BMC Software $0.37 EPS vs $0.32e.(BRCM) Broadcom delayed quarterly filing ...
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Cablevision Results Shake The Telecoms (CMCSA)(TWX)(T)(VZ)(CVC)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 11:32 am

Cablevision revenues were no great stuff. Revenue rose to $1.41 billion from $1.24 billion in the same quarter a year ago. The company's net loss was a bit improved to ...
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Select Analyst calls (Nov. 9, 2006)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 11:26 am

AAWW cut to Hold at Jefferies.CSCO raised to Buy at UBS; multipl price target upgrades.CXR cut to Underperform at Credit Suisse.FE cut to Hold at Jefferies.FOXH cut to Neutral at ...
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News Corporation And The MySpace Fiction (NWS)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 11:06 am

News Corp released earnings for its latest quarter. Revenue rose 4.1% to $5.91 billion. The company made a nifty profit of $843. It has a loss the year earlier. Operating ...
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Europe Market Report 11/9/2006 Vodafone Up: GlaxoSmithKline, BT Down

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 10:59 am

Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(UL)(VOD)(DCX)(DB)(BT)(SI)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were narrowly mixed at 7:50 AM New York time.The FTSE was down .3% to 6,220. Barclays was down .4% to 711.5. BP was up .2% to ...
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GM Fakes A Price Hike (GM)(TM)(F)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 10:15 am

GM says that it will raise prices on some of its models due to rising costs. Somehow the reason does not seem to ring true. Although component parts, like plastic, ...
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Sirius Is Still A Dog (SIRI)(XMSR)(AAPL)(INTC)(S)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 9:53 am

The market seemed pleasantly surprised by the Sirius quarterly report. But, it is now clear that it will be almost impossible for the company to hit its year-end subscriber targets.Sirius ...
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McDonald’s: The Hamburger Economy Lives On (MCD)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 9:47 am

Wall St. would think that with 36,000 stores worldwide that McDonald's sales would begin to slow. But, McDonald's is not Wal-Mart. Same-store sales at the big food chain rose October ...
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Microsoft Zune Finds An iPod Killer (MSFT)(AAPL)

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 9:05 am

Count on Microsoft to be as clever as the devil. The new Zune business model will turn Apple on its ear. Microsoft will give Universal Music a cut of the ...
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Media Digest 11/9/2006 Reuters, Wall Street Journal, New York Times

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 8:24 am

Stocks: (NYT)(NVDA)(SI)(MSFT)(TRB)(CSCO)According to Reuters, Lenovo, the largest Chinese PC company posted disappointing earnings with a 16% slide in net income.Reuters writes that Siemens quarter beat forecasts by new orders dropped.Reuters ...
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Asia Markets 11/9/2006 Yahoo Japan, Japan Air, KDDI Up; Nomura, Sharp Down

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 8:23 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei was off .1% to 16,199. Bridgestone was down .6% to 2430. Canon was up .5% to 6290. Daiwa Securities was down 1.5% to ...
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Icahn Gets Okay to Boosts Lear (LEA) Stake

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 7:46 am

From 13D TrackerAccording to reports from Dow Jones News, Carl Icahn has received antitrust OK to boost his stake in Lear (NYSE: LEA). Ichan currently holds an 11.995 million share ...
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Gyrodyne (GYRO) Holder Opportunity Partners LP Plans to Nominate Directors, Wants Poison Pill Terminated

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 7:45 am

From 13D TrackerIn a 13D filing after the close on Gyrodyne Company of America, Inc. (NASDAQ: GYRO), Opportunity Partners LP disclosed a 17.58% stake (218K shares) in the company.The firm ...
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Gazit-Globe Ltd Raises Stake in The Mills Corp (MLS), Seeks to Force an Annual Meeting

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 7:44 am

From 13D TrackerIn a 13D filing on The Mills Corporation (NYSE: MLS), Gazit-Globe Ltd. disclosed a 9.7% stake (5.5 million shares) in the Company. This is up from the 5.1 ...
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On Overstock’s Terrible Third Quarter

Posted: November 9, 2006 at 7:39 am

By Geoff Gannon of Gannon On InvestingI did not expect to learn anything significant about Overstock.com (OSTK) until the fourth quarter results were in, because the Christmas season is so ...
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