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Daily Archives: November 16, 2006

Cramer Goes Back for Sears Holdings Again

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 9:20 pm

Stock Tickers: SHLDTonight on CNBC's MAD MONEY Cramer also went over one of his long-standing favorite retail plays: Sears Holdings (SHLD).He implied that SHLD stock is no different than investing ...
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Cramer Backs Nike and Under Armour

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 9:06 pm

Stock Tickers: NKE, UARMTonight on CNBC's MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer reviewed two stocks in the same sector that are both buys. He said which one you should own depends on ...
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Genetech Wins FDA Approval For Herceptin For Breast Cancer

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 9:05 pm

Genentech (DNA) announced that the FDA approved its Herceptin cancer treatment for an expanded use for adjuvant treatment of HER2-positive node-positive breast cancer. The studies showed a 52% reduction in ...
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Autodesk Up and On Auto Pilot (updated)

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 8:01 pm

please ignore the previous ADSK first line as it improperly said "above"Autodesk (ADSK) just reported record quarter revenues of $457 million, just under the $457.25 million consensus estimate. It is ...
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Starbuck’s Decaf (SBUX)

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 7:33 pm

Starbuck's missed Wall St.'s revenue target and had poor earnings to boot. Some was due to changes in the company's accounting practices. Investors wanted revenue of $2.02 billion and the ...
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Market Wrap (Nov. 16, 2006)

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 7:25 pm

DJIA 12,305.82; Up 54.11 (0.44%)NASDAQ 2,449.06; Up 6.31 (0.26%)S&P500 1,399.76; Up 3.19 (0.23%)10YR-Bond 4.655% Up 0.04NYSE Volume 2,738,514,000NASD Volume 2,031,971,000Today was another record high on the DJIA. We had another ...
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HP Earnings: Revenue Growth Light (HPQ)

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 7:12 pm

HP announced earnings after the close. Revenue rose only 7% to $24.6 billion. Non-GAAP operating income rose from $1.5 billion in the quater a year ago to $1.9 billion. Desktop ...
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Cramer Thumbs Down on Pepsi (PEP); Positive on NYMEX IPO Again

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 5:46 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer started on the snack topic.Cramer said he is still anti-Pepsi (PEP) because of the snackfood business. Cramer said that Pepsi did ...
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A Tribute to Milton Friedman

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 3:51 pm

There are numerous media reports today of the passing away of Milton Friedman, perhaps the greatest and most influential economist of the modern era.There are genuinely too many ways to ...
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How Many Times Will Applied Materials Call the Bottom?

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 3:08 pm

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatLast month we wrote a piece asking someone (anyone) to tell Applied Materials (AMAT) CEO Mike Splinter there’s a slowdown coming for semiconductor ...
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Bogeying Hewlett-Packard Earnings; Dell’s Problems Act As A Gift

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 2:38 pm

Stock Tickers: HPQ, DELLHewlett-Packard (HPQ) was given a gift with all of the problems at Dell (DELL) as far as what they have to show today. As for earnings, the ...
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Evergreen Solar’s $250 Million Securities Shelf; Why Did They Wait So Long?

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 12:54 pm

Evergreen Solar (ESLR) has made a filing with the SEC to sell up to $250 million in mixed securities, otherwise known as a shelf offering. The stock has fallen 2% ...
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Will The Companies Bought By Private Equity Get Turned Back To The Shareholders

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 12:41 pm

A novel class action suit is brewing. Shareholders in several public companies take private by big private equity firms like Blackstone and KKR say that these firms conspired to get ...
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Another Problem For Dell: Acer (DELL)(HPQ)(WMT)(AMZN)

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 12:24 pm

Unlike most other PC manufacturers Acer is in high-growth mode. Acer's shipments last year went up 22%, a rate more than double the industry's. Acer's growth in the third quater ...
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A Tale of Two IPO’s: Hertz Versus KBR

Posted: November 16, 2006 at 12:16 pm

Hertz Global (HTZ) and KBR (KBR) are two very different IPO's, although both come out from under a cloud.Hertz (HTZ) priced its 88.2+ million share IPO at $15.00 per share, ...
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