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Daily Archives: December 18, 2006

Monday Morning M&A Roundup (DEC 18, 2006)

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 9:14 am

There is a reason the term MERGER MONDAY was coined, and this Monday is certainly living up to its name.  It is likely that the year-end could be blamed for ...
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Select Analyst Calls (DEC 18, 2006)

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 8:10 am

APPB raised to Buy at UBS.ATO started as Overweight at JPMorgan.AYE raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.BBBY started as Outperform at Cowen.BHI raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs.C raised to ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (DEC 18, 2006)

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 7:57 am

(ABBI) Abraxis showed 60% gain in ABRAXANE in tumor response compared to Taxotere alone.(AGO) Assured Guaranty filed to sell 1.5M shares for holder.(AHO) Royal Ahold is in talks with private ...
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Europe Markets 12/18/2006 BT Down, VW Up

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 6:31 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UL)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SI)(ALA)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were narrowly mixed at 6.30 AM New York time.The FTSE was flat at 6,258. Barclays was up .1% to 728.5. BP was up .6% to 583.5. ...
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Poor Holiday Spending Trends Could Hurt E-commerce And Retail Alike

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 5:48 am

Stocks:  (WMT)(TGT)(FD)MasterCard Advisors says that holiday spending is growing at about half of last year's 8% increase. The news is not exactly a bright spot for companies like Wal-Mart, Target, ...
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Wal-Mart: Are You A Member Of The Communist Party? (WMT)

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 5:37 am

It is not enough that Chinese unions set up shop at Wal-Mart stores in the Asian country. Now the Communist Party has set up a branch for Wal-Mart employess. It ...
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US Telecoms Flex Muscle In Asia (VZ)(T)

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 5:30 am

Verizon and AT&T are both working on deals to set up high-speed cable between the US and Asia. The infrastructure would help handle the increased high speed internet and phone ...
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Sony Joins The iPod Race (SNE)(MSFT)(AMZN)(AAPL)

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 5:22 am

Sony has decided that it cannot stay out of the race to catch the iPod, so it joins companie like Microsoft and Sandisk in pursuing the Holy Grail of multimedia ...
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Media Digest 12/18/2006 Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, FT

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 5:16 am

Stocks: (ESRX)((CMX)(CVS)(HET)(VZ)(T)(WMT)(BMET)(LLC)(SNE)(GE)(GOOG)(VIA)(CMCSA)According to Reuters, Express Scripts offered to buy Caremark RX for $26 billion, threatening a bid by CVS.Reuters writes that Casino firm Harrah's is close to a $16.7 billion ...
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Asia Markets 12/18/2006 Yahoo Japan Up, Japan Tobacco Down

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 4:54 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(NIPNY)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CH)(PCW)(HBC)Shares in Asia were modestly higher.The Nikkei rose .3% to 16,962. Bridgestone was up .9% to 2650. Canon was up .3% to 6720. Daiwa Securities was up .2% to ...
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Indevus Buyout of Valera to Grow Earnings

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 4:36 am

From BioHealth InvestorsIndevus Pharmaceuticals (IDEV) just announced it was purchasing Valera Pharmaceuticals (VLRX). News of the $120M acquisition sent IDEV down 7%, and pushed VLRX up 60%. VLRX is a ...
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Pain Therapeutics Jumps Almost 8% on Higher Volume

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 4:34 am

From Volume Spike InvestorShares of Pain Therapeutics (PTIE) gained almost 8% on Friday as volume spiked more than 5 times the 3-month average daily volume.There were no news releases or ...
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The Monday Edition- Global Market & Economic Views- US, Eurozone, Japan China & India (in 07)

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 4:31 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasThis week I'd like to talk about issues affecting Global Market & Economic Views- US, Eurozone, Japan, China & India (in 07)The downturn ...
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Investigation May Be Unwarranted, But Still Bad for LCD Business

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 4:28 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe were the first to point out that the price-fixing investigation aimed at LCD panel makers seemed a bit silly. And at least ...
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Barron’s Digest December 18, 2006

Posted: December 18, 2006 at 4:23 am

Pressure from investors is likely to keep Citigroup's (C) stock moving up. The company is cutting investment spending.Many Gulf Coast companies recommended to bu after Katrina are up sharply. These ...
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