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Monthly Archives: December 2006

Problems With The BusinessWeek Top Tech Growth List: Qualcomm (QCOM)

Posted: December 31, 2006 at 3:55 pm

Once a year, BuinessWeek publishes it Tech's Hot Growth Company list with 50 corporations making the cut. Most belong, but a few of the companies aren't candidates for a list ...
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Problems With The BusinessWek Tech Growth List: Motorola (MOT)

Posted: December 31, 2006 at 3:46 pm

BusinessWeek puts together a list of the Top Tech Growth Companies each year. Fifty firms make the list. Most of the companies belong, but a few seem decidely out of ...
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Problems With The BusinessWeek Tech Hottest Growth Companies: Sandisk (SNDK)

Posted: December 31, 2006 at 10:11 am

With the help of McGraw-Hill unit Comstat, BusinessWeek picks 50 companies for its Tech's Hottest Growth list. A computer probably does the initial screening. But, whoever reviews it ought to ...
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Problems With The BusinessWeek Tech Growth List: Sprint/Nextel (S)

Posted: December 31, 2006 at 10:05 am

BusinessWeek has an annal Tech's Hottest Growth Companies list. Fifty corporations make the cut. The initial list is probably generated by computer and then reviewed by humans, but how some ...
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Problems With The BusinessWeek Tech List: Yahoo! (YHOO)

Posted: December 31, 2006 at 9:52 am

BusinessWeek runs an annual Tech's Hot Growth Companies. The list of 50 companies is probably generated by computer and then reviewed by the editor's, but how some of the candidates ...
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Barron’s Digest January 1, 2007 Issue

Posted: December 31, 2006 at 8:42 am

Home Deport and Lowe's  (HD)(LOW) may be ready for their shares to move up. Both companies still have a great deal of cash. WIth below market P/Es any good news ...
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Wal-Mart Gets Coal For Xmas (WMT)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 6:51 pm

Wal-Mart had slightly better than expected same-store sales in December, up 1.6%. It did not matter much. The performance was dismal. Research firm Retail Metrics said that overall retail sales ...
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The Feds Case Against Jobs (AAPL)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 2:02 pm

Now that Apple's board has cleared Steve Jobs of wrong-doing in the Apple back-dating probe, the feds may want a swing at the pinata. Why? Well, for one, as Professor ...
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YouTube Bites Google (GOOG)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 11:40 am

There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. YouTube's antipiracy software is not ready. As time passes the purchase of the video-sharting site begins to look more and ...
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Chrysler Goes Low Quality (DCX)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 10:20 am

Chrysler cut a deal with Chinese car maker Chery to build small, gas efficient vehicles. Chrysler will market the cars worldwide. The deal is likely to torque off the UAW ...
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AT&T’s New Year’s Gift To Yahoo! (GOOG)(TWX)(BLS)(T)(YHOO)(MSFT)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 10:18 am

Tis the season. While AT&T got its massive merger with BellSouth cleared by the FCC, it had to promise "net neutrality" for a time. In other words, it cannot charge ...
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Media Digest 12/30/2006 (T)(BLS)(AAPL)(DCX)(GOOG)

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 9:08 am

Accordng to Reuters, AT&T closed it $86 billion to merge with BellSouth, overcoming early FCC resistance.Reuters writes that Apple restated earnings due to options backdating but stood by CEO Steve ...
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Interactive Submissions for 2007

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 8:05 am

We are encouraging our readers to contribute predictions and ideas for 2007.  Do you want to get a shot at making your own 2007 forecats,predictions, and a even get a ...
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These Stocks Could Rise Simply on New a CEO Announcement

Posted: December 30, 2006 at 7:30 am

This is a list of 10 large cap public companies where Wall Street would likely reward each stock if the CEO would either step down or if he was forced ...
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AMD Asks For Intel’s Surrender (AMD)(INTC)

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 12:03 pm

AMD is making a very big deal out of a federal court asking Intel to produce documents covering its communications with foreign PC makers.AMD is making antitrust claims against Intel ...
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