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Daily Archives: December 21, 2006

Cramer on Riverbed (RVBD)

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 6:21 pm

Tonight on Cramer's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer wanted to review a high-flyer to ask if you know what you own in growth stocks to see if it is too ...
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Cramer calls Jones the next Hansen

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 6:10 pm

Tonight on Cramer's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer thinks that Jones Soda (JSDA) could be the next Hansen Natural.  This stock closed at $10.65 and had a $270M Market cap, ...
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USG, Finally Back to Business…But With a Rights Plan (BAIT SHOP)

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 3:15 pm

USG (USG-NYSE) issued a press release today stating that the company has made its final payment of $3.05 BILLION as part of the settlement for reorganization into that United States ...
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Cramer on Copper, Casinos, and Google

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 2:52 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Jim Cramer noted that the Philly Fed Index is not a good reading according to Cramer, because it would always give a negative ...
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Previewing RIMM Earnings

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 1:57 pm

Research-in-Motion (RIMM-NASDAQ; RIM-CN) expectations: $0.94 EPS on revenue of $816 million, up from $0.71 and $560.6 million.  The company is expected to say that it added a net 800,000+ subscribers ...
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Scholastic Gives Shareholders an Early Christmas Gift: A New Harry Potter Novel

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 12:43 pm

Scholastic (SCHL-NASDAQ) remembered how to reward shareholders: it release the name of the new Harry potter book.  Scholastic has dubbed the 7th book in the Harry Potter series "Harry Potter ...
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Sony Says They Made the PS3 Too Expensive

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 10:50 am

From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe have commented before on how Sony’s (SNE) tried to bite off more than they could chew with the PS3 gaming system. Now, ...
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If Private Equity Likes Bankrupt Detroit Firms, How About Ford? (F)

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 9:48 am

Private equity and hedge fund money is all over Detroit, driving through the streets with trucks filled with gold. KPS Special Situations has put $23 million into Jernberg Industries. The ...
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The Market Opens Anew 12/21/2006

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 9:16 am

The GDP rose at only 2% in the late summer, with real estate putting on a damper. Tough luck for home builders and Home Depot.Bristol-Myers settled the government's beef with ...
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A Big Mistake In Internet Traffice Measurements

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 9:01 am

Stocks:  (YHOO)(MSN)(GOOG)Someone has to be wrong. One the one hand, Nielsen/NetRatings and Comscore, and on the other the head of Topix, the large online news aggregator. A survey of web ...
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Apple’s Mediocre Year

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 7:07 am

With all of the fanfare about the success of the iPod and Mac, Apple's stock is up very little this year. Rivals in the online music business including RealNetworks, Microsoft, ...
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Dell Trails Badly (DELL)(HPQ)(SUNW)

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 7:01 am

It is sometimes lost in the news, but Dell's year is worse on a chart than it is often portrayed in the media. WIth the former CEO of American Airlines ...
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Europe Markets 12/21/2006 Vodafone Off, SAP Up

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 6:44 am

Stocks: (SAP)(BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UL)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were narrowly mixed at 6.40 AM New York time.The FTSE was down .1% to 6,192. Barclays was up .2% to 722.5. BP was down .6% to ...
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Level 3, Looks Good If Investors Ignore The Compeition

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 6:24 am

Stocks:  (LVLT)(VZ)(T)Level 3 is looking good. The video revolution is filing the company's pipelines with heavy duty internet traffic. The stock is up to $5.65, making it a double over ...
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Elii Lilly Cuts It Throat, Could The Stock Drop To $40?

Posted: December 21, 2006 at 6:11 am

The New York Times hits Lilly (LLY) almost daily with a new article on how the drug company dupped doctors and patients into thinking that its drug for schizophrenia was ...
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