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Daily Archives: November 28, 2006

51job (JOBS) CEO Buys 633K Shares

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 9:42 am

From 13D TrackerIn an amended 13D filing on 51job Inc. (Nasdaq: JOBS) CEO Rick Yan disclosed he raised his stake in the company to 30.1% (17.1 million shares).633,118 additional Common ...
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Second Analyst Cautions on Sirius (SIRI) Numbers

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 9:13 am

Stock Tickers: SIRI, XMSRYesterday Banc of America's satellite analyst Jonathan Jacoby issued a cautionary statement on Sirius Satellite Radio (SIR) stating that there was a weakening of Sirius compared to ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (Nov. 28, 2006)

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 8:26 am

(AMWD) American Woodmark $0.57 EPS vs $0.58e.A(PPB) Applebees said NOV s-s-s were -3.1%.(BA) Boeing won another multi-billion dollar order valued at $5.7 billion in Germany.(BRL) Barr Pharma's Pliva received final ...
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Select Analyst Calls (NOV. 28, 2006)

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 8:18 am

by Jon C. OggAAPL tght raised to $108 at UBS.ARP added to JPMorgan Focus List.BIIB started as Mkt Perfor at Piper Jaffray.BCE started as Outperform at CIBC.CMLS & CXR cut ...
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Cell Phone Nation: China’s Rural Market

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 6:41 am

Stocks:  (CHL)(TXN)(NOK)(ERIC)(MOT)While 60% of the Chinese who live in a major city have cell phone service, this is only true for 12% of the Chinese in rural areas. China Mobile, ...
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Europe Market Report 11/28/2006 GlaxoSmithKline Up, SAP Down

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 6:15 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(TRTSY)(UL)(VOD)(BAY)(DC)(DT)(DB)(SI)(SAP)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were narrowly mixed at 6.15 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .1% to 6,053. Barclays was was down .1% to 687.5. BP was up .8% ...
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Fifteen Most Overvalued Stocks: Cablevision

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 5:49 am

Stocks:  (CVC)(DISH)(DTV)(BBY)(CC)Cablevision is an interestin company. It is controlled by the Dolan family and they try to buy the company from its public shareholders from time to time. They also ...
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YouTube Phones Home (VZ)(GOOG)

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 5:27 am

The YouTube operations of Google have cut a deal with Verizon Wireless to provide content for its cell phones. The arrangement is viewed as "a selling point for its subscription ...
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Nasdaq Short Interest For November 2006

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 5:15 am

Below is the short interest in key Nasdaq stocks for November 15 compared to October 13, 2006.Largest Short PositionsRankNOV 15OCT 13Change1 Nasdaq-100 Trust186,235,439161,363,71824,871,721 2 Sirius Satellite148,301,811142,439,2945,862,517 3 Microsoft Corp144,315,13297,393,09046,922,042 4 ...
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Media Digest 11/28/2006 Reuters, WSJ, NYT

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 5:11 am

Stocks:   (MOT)(VZ)(GOOG)(F)(INTC)(MSFT)(PALM)According to Reuters, a misappropriations suit against Motorola ended in a mistrial, The $10 billion case was brought by SPS Technologies. Reuters writes that Verizon will begin to offer ...
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Asian Markets 11/28/2006 Softbank, Yahoo Japan Up China Mobile Down Sharply

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 4:53 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(NIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)(HMC)Asian markets were down with the Hang Seng off sharply.The Nikkei was down .2% to 15,855. Bridgestone was off.8% to 2420. Canon was off .2% to 5980.Casi was off ...
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Intel’s Troubling Price Cuts

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 4:33 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe have written many times on both the general oversupply condition building in the semiconductor industry and in particular the battle between Intel ...
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Targeted Genetics Jumps 52% with No News!

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 4:30 am

From BioHealth InvestorShares of Targeted Genetics (TGEN) jumped more than 52% on Monday, ending the trading day at $5.87 a share. Over 7 million shares traded hands, which is 6900% ...
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AMS May Be Seeing A Turnaround

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 4:28 am

From BioHealth Investorby Alligator InvestorAmerican Shares Hospital Services (AMS) is a tiny company with a market cap of only 31M. The stock is thinly traded and jumps around quite a ...
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Colorado Bioscience Discovery Grant Over $2 Million

Posted: November 28, 2006 at 4:27 am

From BioHealth Investorby Adam RubensteinThe State of Colorado Bioscience Discovery Grant Program provides matching funds for proof-of-concept projects. The University Colorado Tech Transfer Office selected 13 finalists from a large ...
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