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Daily Archives: December 20, 2006

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SEMI Equipment Takes A Breather – Don’t Hold Your Breath Waiting For it to End

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 11:29 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSemiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has released its latest semiconductor equipment bookings and billings data.“North American semiconductor equipment bookings and billings have ...
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ETF Alert: HOLDRS Still Have All 5 Worst Performance

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 9:10 am

A couple of weeks ago we noted some performers in ETF's that were really lagging and noted that the FIVE WORST performing ETF's were all specialty sector funds from the ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (DEC 20, 2006)

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 8:30 am

(ABTL) Autobytel.com settles with Dealix & will receive $20 million in settlement.(ADBE) Adobe positive by Cramer on MAD MONEY.(AIR) AAR $0.33 EPS vs $0.32e; wins Southwest Air pact.(ALOY) Alloy pays ...
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WiMax Goes Mainstream (MOT)(INTC)(QCOM)(S)(CLWR)(WAVE)

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 8:16 am

Two WiMax companies are planning to go publc: Clearwire and NextWave. The technology is hot now. Sprint is adopting it for next generation cell infrastructure. The technology is in trials ...
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Select Analyst Calls (DEC 20, 2006)

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 8:11 am

by Jon C. OggACA started as Outperform at Credit Suisse; started as Overweight at JPMorgan.ALAB started as Overweight at JPMorgan.ALY started as Buy at AGEdwards.ASML started as Overweight at Thomas ...
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Airbus Evens The Score With Boeing (BA)

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 7:58 am

Singapore Air, one of the world's largest long-haul carriers has ordered nine Airbus A380 superjumbos and taken options on six more. The new plane has had a history of production ...
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If You Liked Suntech You May be Interested in…

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 7:50 am

From The Average Joe InvestorSuntech (NYSE: STP) has been a fun ride over the last year since it came public and there's still likely a lot more to come. For ...
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Catalysts That Make Apple Computer (AAPL) A Buy- Revisited

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 6:32 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasThis post is going to be an Apple Fiesta- I'm going to include my own take but this time also some very smart ...
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Railroaded

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 6:30 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatAfter years in the doldrums, rail carriers have had a strong couple of years. Union Pacific (UNP), for example, is up about 20% ...
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Google Pay Off PayPal Customers

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 6:25 am

Stocks:  (EBAY)(GOOG)According to The New York Times, Google's Checkout online payment system is offering customers some pretty big incentives to switch from Ebay PayPal. Google is paying for customer promotions ...
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Europe Markets 12/20/2006 Vivendi, BMW Up

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 6:13 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UL)(VD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were up modestly at 6.10 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .4% to 6,228. Barclays was 1.1% to 725.5. BP was down .1% to 572.5. BT ...
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Cramer’s Tech Picks Last Night

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 6:00 am

Jim Cramer on Last night's MAD MONEY made some new influential calls that moved shares of tech stocks:He was very positive on InnerWorkings (INWK-NASDAQ).  This one is up huge since ...
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Ericsson Chase Cisco

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 5:45 am

Stocks:  (ERIC)(CSCO)(ALU)(RBAK)(JNPR)(T)(BLS)Ericsson is buying Redback Networks, a broadbank data routing company, for $2.1 billion. The total market for IP edge routing, Redback's strenth, is forecast to be $5 billion by ...
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Media Digest 12/20/2006 Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, Barron’s, FT

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 5:30 am

Stocks: (GOOG)(YHOO)(ERIC)(EBAY)(TOMO)(GS)(RBAK)(CC)(DELL)(UNH)(MS)(PALM)According to Reuters, Ericsson will buy Redback Networks for $2.1 billion expanding the European company;s footprint in the broadbank equipment business.Reuters writes that Ebay has partnered with Tom Online ...
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Asia Markets 12/20/2006 Yahoo Japan, China Unicom, China Netcom Rise

Posted: December 20, 2006 at 5:09 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(TM)(HIT)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were rose sharply.The Nikkei was up 1.4% to 17,011. Bridgestone was up .9% to 2085.Canon was up .1% to 6690. Daiwa Securities was up 1.3% to ...
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