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Monthly Archives: November 2006

Pre-Market Stock Notes (Nov 30, 2006)

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 8:32 am

(AEOS) American Eagle outfitters s-s-s +14%.(ANN) Ann Taylor s-s-s -4.3%.(BEBE) Bebe Stores NOV s-s-s +5.8%.(CACH) Cache NOV s-s-s +5%.(CBK) Christopher & Banks NOV s-s-s -8%.(CTR) Cato s-s-s -6% in NOV.(DELL) ...
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Select Analyst Calls (Nov 30, 2006)

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 8:27 am

AAP reitr Buy at BB&T.AGN cut to Mkt Weight at Thomas Weisel.AMTD started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley.CKFR raised to Buy at Citigroup.CKR started as Buy at Jefferies.COGN reitr Buy ...
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Insider Trading At HP? (HPQ)

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 7:27 am

Shareholders suing Hewlett-Packard over its board room spying scandal have added a claim of insider trading. The theory behind its is that CEO Mark Hurd and other execs sold $41 ...
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As Mobile Deals Pile Up, Yahoo! Finds Relief

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 6:53 am

Stocks:  (YHOO)(GOOG)(MSFT)(TWX)With new research showing that Yahoo! has a lead in many key mobile device applications, the company is not resting to help its competitors like Google, AOL, and Microsoft ...
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AMD And Intel: Is The Faster Chip The Better Chip

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 6:26 am

Stocks: (AMD)(INTC)AMD unveiled yet another new line of chips for so-called "power computer" users. The ones who take steroids. It also dropped the price of the chips compared to earlier ...
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Europe Markets 11/30/2006 British Air, BT, Alcatel Up

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 6:07 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BAB)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UL)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DT)(DB)(SI)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were modestly higher at 6.05 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .3% to 6,100. Barclays was up .4% to 689.5. BP was up .4% to ...
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The Fifteen Most Overvalued Stocks: Schlumberger

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 5:40 am

Stocks: (SLB)(XOM)Schlumberger dominates the business of providing services to the world's largest oil and gas companies. It is currently helped by the fact that oil and gas are harder and ...
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Media Digest 11/30/2006 Reuters, WSJ, NYT

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 5:21 am

Stocks; )JNJ)(AMD)(INTC)(GM)(NYT)(F)(TIVO)(VOD)(YHOO)(AMGN)According to Reuters, the US economy was stronger that first throught for the third quarter. GDP growth was revised up to 2.2%. Reuters writes that US Air will meet ...
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Asia Market Report 11/30/2006 ChinaMobile, Daiwa Securities Up

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 4:52 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ))HMC)(HIT)(NIPNY)(NTT)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHN)(PCW)(HBC)Asian markets were sharply higher.The Nikkei was up 1.2% to 16,274. Bridgestone rose 1.8% to 2535. Canon was up .7% to 6120. Daiwa Securities was up 3% to 1327. ...
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As GM Goes Green, Toyota Questions The Market

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 4:35 am

Stocks: (GM)(TM)Toyota's sales of its Prius hybrid are lousy. The big Japanese car company blames that on the fact that the US government is not giving out incentives to buy ...
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Netlist IPO Priced at the Low End of the Range

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 4:30 am

Netlist (NLST) has been an IPO that hasn't been "on again, off again" but it has been one that has been on the IPO docket without a resounding "We love ...
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Zune Resurrection (MSFT)(AAPL)(SNDK)

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 4:19 am

Just a few days ago, the new Microsoft Zune multimedia device was dead It had fallen out of the Amazon "Top Ten" consumer electroincs sellers. Stick a fork in it.But, ...
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Best Buy On The Road To Perdition

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 4:09 am

Stocks:  (BBT)(WMT)(DELL)Best Buy's CEO has stated that he will match Wal-Mart's pricing on consumer electronics. As a matter of fact, he will match anyone's prices. The consumer electronics retailer is ...
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Audit Committees: Accountants Needed

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 3:55 am

From The Accounting ObserverHuron Consulting Group, the forensic accounting firm, has put together an interesting study on the presence of accounting types on the audit committees of publicly-traded firms. “Accounting ...
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Dynavax Hepatitis B Phase III Study Positive

Posted: November 30, 2006 at 3:53 am

From BioHealth InvestorShares of Dynavax Technologies Corp (DVAX) jumped more than 30% on Wednesday after the company announced that its Hepatitis B phase III clinical study showed positive results. The ...
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