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Daily Archives: January 2, 2007

As Car Sales Slump, Can One Of The Big Three Pull Out Of A Flat Spin?

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 8:00 pm

Stocks:  (GM)(F)(DCX)(TM)(HMC)In flying, going into a flat spin is about the worst news a pilot can get. As the aviation spec books say: "It is very difficult to recover from ...
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When You Go Out Of Business, You Can Always Sue Google (GOOG)(AAPL)(MSFT)

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 7:32 pm

Intertainer, which was one of the pioneers in delivering movies over the internet has sued Apple, Google, and Napster. Intertainer was so early into the internet movie business that it ...
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Semis Surge (BRCM)(SNDK)(TXN)(ADI)

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 1:36 pm

A lot of companies in the semi portion of the market have taken a bit of beating. Texas Instruments and Sandisk are on that list.But, there may be some ...
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Citi Downgrades Amazon: Too Late (AMZN)

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 12:08 pm

Citigroup downgraded Amazon from "hold" to "sell" saying that the valuation of the company was too high and could not be sustained. The bank is also concerned that Amazon cannot ...
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Housing Prices May Not Be Getting Better

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 11:37 am

At least some of the economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal believe that problems in the housing industry will "abate" in 2007. Anecdotal information suggests otherwise.Big home builder Lennear ...
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Big Pharma Whines About Generics

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 10:00 am

If you can't beat them, cry about them. the chairman of Sanofi-Aventis of France recently complained that generic drug companies were making product in poor countries where costs were low ...
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Advice for Google Investor Relations

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 7:01 am

Is Google a good or bad investment after it closed the year out at $460.48?  Google shares closed out 2005 at an adjusted $414.86 but closed as high as $471.63 ...
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Global Auto Report: No Good News For Big Three (DCX)(GM)(F)(TM)(HM)

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 5:57 am

Scotia Economics Global Auto Report is predicting a flat 2007 for worldwide vehicle sales. Units in mature markets like Canada, the US, Western Europe, and Japan could actually attriite. Sales ...
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AT&T’s Advertising Pipe Dream (T)(BLS)(SIRI)

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 5:46 am

Perhaps the revenue that AT&T gave up in backing off charging large websites for their traffic to get the FCC to approve its BellSouth merger will be made up by ...
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Europe Markets 1/2/2007 Barclays, British Air Rise

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 5:36 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DT)(DC)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FT)(V)Markets in Europe were sharply higher at 5.30 AM New York time.The FTSE rose 1.1% to 6,290. Barclays was up 2.1% to 745. BP was up .7% to 571.5. ...
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Media Digest 1/2/2007 Reuters, FT, WSJ, NYTimes, Barron’s

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 5:19 am

According to Reuters, Korean car maket Hyundai expects it global revenue growth rate to double in 2007 based on strong foreign sales and a higher mix of luxury cars. Oerall ...
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Year End S&P Data

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 5:00 am

From Ticker SenseNow that the year is over for stocks, we updated this chart that we did last year that shows the percent of stocks in the S&P 500 that ...
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Seasonal Pattern Shifts

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 4:58 am

From Ticker SenseWith so much investor attention being focused on seasonal patterns over the last few years, we wondered what impact, if any, this had on the actual patterns themselves.In ...
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2006 Stock Performance

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 4:57 am

From Ticker SenseWith 2006 officially in the books, we analyzed the best and worst performing US stocks of the year. In the chart below,we divided the 4,000+ US stocks into ...
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Banner Year for Private Equity

Posted: January 2, 2007 at 4:54 am

Ten Busiest Industries for Private-Equity DealsThe 10 Biggest Private-Equity Buyouts of 2006Top Private-Equity Dealmakers in 2006Source: WSJhttp://www.equityinvestmentideas.blogspot.com/ ...
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