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Daily Archives: December 29, 2006

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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Reader Predictions For 2007

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 10:35 am

Do you want to get a shot at making your own 2007 forecats,predictions, and a even get a shot at making your own suggestions orsharing ideas?  The shot is yours ...
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Google Needs To Split Its Stock

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 9:45 am

Is Google a good or bad investment after it closed at $462.56?  Motley Fool said on December 27, 2006 that it may be the worst stock for 2007.Calling anything bearish ...
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The Market Opens, Jobs Is Set Free

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 9:07 am

The big news before the open of the market is that Apple's board has complete confidence in Steve Jobs. The fact that he seemed to know about some miss-timed options ...
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WiMax Nation: Sprint Turns To Nokia

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 8:58 am

Stocks:  (S)(NOK)(MOT)(INTC)Sprint is gunning its WiMax engines as it gets ready to spread the service across the US. Nokia is about to be selected for infrastructure equipment along with current ...
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Is GM’s Run Done? (GM)(DCX)

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 8:41 am

Maybe GM ran out of gas as 2006 closed. The stock was up over 50% for the year, but has sold off recently. It could be a breather, or it ...
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Jobs And His Options (AAPL)

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 6:35 am

A report filed by Apple with the SEC says that Steve Jobs was aware of certain option grants that had "favorable" terms and made recommendations for some of these. He ...
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Microsoft Gets Into The Car Business

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 6:29 am

Stocks:  (F)(MSFT)(SIRI)Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is from Detroit. But, the software company's plan to help Ford put services like e-mail into cars seems a bit off.The new system will allow ...
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Europe Markets 12/29/2006 BP Down, Siemens Up

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 6:19 am

Europe markets were moderately mixed.The FTSE was off .4% to 6,219. BP was down .9% to 566.5. BT was down .9% to 303.75. Reuters was flat at 443.5. Vodafone was ...
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AT&T’s Soft Offer (T)(BLS)(GOOG)(VG)

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 6:09 am

AT&T got a little scared over the FCC delay of its BellSouth merger? NopeThe big phone company said it would make certain concessions like offering stand alone DSL and 'Net ...
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Media Digest 12/29/2006 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Barron’s, FT

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 6:00 am

According to Reuters, AT&T has made a number of concessions to get the FCC to approve its merger with BellSouth. They would include offering low priced DSL service.The Wall Street ...
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Asia Markets 12/29/20006 Toyota Up, China Unicom Down

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 5:45 am

Asian markets were mixed with the Shanghai Composite up sharply.The Nikkei rose a fraction to 17,226. Hitachi rose 1.8% to 742. NTT rose 2.8% to 586000.Softbank fell 1.7% to 2315. ...
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Analyzing NYSE (NYX)

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 5:33 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasON tuesday the majority of Euronext shareholders voted to approve the Euronext's merger with the NYSE Group. Each Euronext share will be exchanged ...
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If Trucks Aren’t Carrying Anything, Who’s Buying Anything?

Posted: December 29, 2006 at 5:29 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSeveral times we have commented on the transportation names, both for their own investment merits and as an indicator of overall economic activity. ...
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