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Daily Archives: November 13, 2006

IBM’s Role in the Chinese Banking Sector

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 12:25 pm

Citigroup's (C) bid for China's Guangdong Development Bank has taken an interesting turn: IBM (IBM) has reportedly joined the bidding process for a 5% stake in Citigroup's venture to acquire ...
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Key IPO Watch for This Week

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 11:34 am

Stock Tickers: HTZ, FSLR, KBR, HAL, NMXHertz Global Holdings (HTZ) 88+ million share IPO at $16.00 to $18.00 range. lead underwriters are Goldman Sachs, Lehman, and Merrill Lynch. WEDNESDAY NIGHT ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (Nov. 13, 2006)

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 11:17 am

(CCU) Clear Channel indicated up as bids for company ar reportedly due today.(CHINA) CDC Corp announced sale of $168 million in convertible notes.(CSCO) Cisco Systems is acquiring private Greenfield Networks ...
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Select Analyst Calls (Nov. 13, 2006)

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 11:08 am

AET removed from Goldman Sachs' conviction buy list.ATK raised to Buy at Thomas Weisel.BBBB raised to Buy at B of A.BLL started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs.CCK started as Buy ...
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MSFT Zune Puts More Pressure On iPod (MSFT)(AAPL)

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 9:12 am

After Microsoft w=has adopting a business model that may cut music companies in on the sale of its Zune hardware along with the traditional cut of content fees, the big ...
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Europe Market Report 11/13/2006 Deutsche Telekom,Prudential Up

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 8:55 am

Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UL)(VOD)(BAY)(DB)(DCX)(BT)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were slightly higher at 6 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .3% to 5,228. Barclays was up .7% to 714.5. BP was off .8% to ...
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Detroit Ostrich Farm: GM Hybrid

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 8:46 am

GM will spend a lot of time and effort promoting its new hybrid technology. The problem is that cars built using the new tech won’t be out for a few ...
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Detroit Ostrich Farm: Hallucinations At Buick

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 8:41 am

Stocks: (GM)(TM)(HMC)Someone put LSD into the drinking water at GM. The big car maker’s Buick unit announced that it believes that it can get up to 40% of its new ...
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Media Digest 11/13/2006 Reuters, Wall Street Journal, New York Times

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 8:11 am

Stocks: (CCU)(IBM)(C)(GCI)(TRB)(NYT)(TM)(SUNW)According to Reuters, bids for Clear Channel are due today and two private equities firms are likely to bid on the largest radio network in the USReuters writes that ...
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Asia Markets 11/13/2006 Yahoo Japan, China Netcom Up

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 7:51 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were down.The Nikkei was off .6% to 16,022. Bridgestone was down 1% to 2460. Canon was down 1.8% to 6150. Fuji Film was down 2% to ...
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Dubai Dumps Chrysler (DCX)

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 7:45 am

It is never good news when one of your largest and smartest shareholders decides to sell and tell the news media about it before they begin.Dubai International Capital said that ...
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The Big 20 Financial Websites Jockey For Wampum (Part II): Yahoo!Finance Dominates

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 7:43 am

Stocks: (YHOO)(GOOG)(TWX)(MSFT)(TSCM)(GCI)ComScores ratings of the financial news sites show that the three large internet portals (AOL, Yahoo! and MSN) dominate the category, but web research firm NetRatings may give a ...
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Pfizer Breaks Some More Rules (PFE)(TEVA)

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 7:30 am

Every time Wall St. turns around, Pfizer has something new, and not necessarily good, going on. The turmoil at the company cost the CEO his job. The company is now ...
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KKR: No Vivendi, How About Comcast? (CMCSA)(V)

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 7:29 am

The large private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis approached French entertainment and telecom company Vivendi with a proposal to take it private. The number on the table was over $50 billion. ...
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TI Goes Down Market (TXN)(NOK)

Posted: November 13, 2006 at 7:17 am

The shares in Texas Instruments have hit a down draft over the last several days. The shares hit $30.19 in November 7 intraday trading. Three days later, they hit $28.38.TI ...
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