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Wal-Mart’s New Ad Campaign Sure Sounds Defensive

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 5:45 am

It sure looks like Wal-Mart (WMT) is going on the defensive rather than trying to do the right thing.  Numerous weekend reports have the company unveiling a new ad campaign ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Price Target: Cisco, $34

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 5:26 am

Over the next week 24/7 Wall St. will set mid-year price targets (June, 30, 2007) for the sixty most widely traded stocks. These targets will be based on past price ...
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Media Digest 1/8/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 5:00 am

According to Reuters, GE  (GE) will buy Vetco Gray which builds oil and gas field equipment. The price is $1.9 billion.Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) sees itself leading Sony (SNE) ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Price Target: Google, $400

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 5:00 am

Over the next week 24/7 Wall St. will set mid-year price targets (June, 30, 2007) for the sixty most widely traded stocks. These targets will be based on past price ...
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2007 Forecasts Out of CES & MacWorld

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:45 am

There is a fairly static theme coming from the 40th Annual Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas that launched this weekend and is on this week, and simultaneously Apple's (AAPL) MacWorld ...
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Asia Markets 1/8/2007 Cathay Pacific, China Mobile Down

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:37 am

Stocks:  (CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Asia markets were off with the Nikkei closed for a holiday.The Hang Seng was off .9% to 20.030. Cathay Pacific was down 2.7% to 18.28. China Mobile was down ...
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Can Microsoft Take Sony’s Game Crown

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:27 am

Stocks:  (SNE)(MSFT)Bill Gates thinks the Xbox will overtake Sony's Playstation3 as the top video game platform. Microsoft was ahead of its goal to ship 10 million Xbox units last year. ...
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Detroit Car Companies Lose Their Minds

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:19 am

Stocks:  (GM)(DCX)With the auto show in Detroit in full swing, the pronouncements from the domestic companies are all about how well they will do in 2007. Amazing.DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler unit expects ...
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December Retail Sales

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:04 am

From The Average Joe InvestorI don't know that I'm all that pessimistic about the December retail sales, and, in fact, I think it could be creating some buying opportunities in ...
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2006 Global Equity Market Returns: A Visual Perspective

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:02 am

From Ticker SenseAs we did last year, we highlight the returns of each country's major index in 2006. Of the 81 countries we analyzed, 85% were up on the year ...
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Employment Report Stronger Than Expected

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 4:00 am

From Ticker SenseNonfarm Payrolls came in stronger than expected for the second month in a row, beating estimates by 67,000.  Below is a table of historical employment reports back to ...
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The Monday Edition- US Markets- Recession, QQQQs | Commodities- Gold, Uranium | The NYX Pair Trade | Asia & Germany

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 3:57 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasIn the first Monday Edition for 07, I'd like to talk about 1) US Markets- Recession, QQQQs 2) Commodities- Gold, Mining & Uranium ...
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We Still Don’t Buy the Bear Case for Oil

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 3:55 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatDespite plummeting prices for oil in recent weeks, we still don’t buy the bear case, which calls for a slower economy to rein ...
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2007 First IPO

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 3:52 am

Posted by Bill in General the first ipo of 2007 is on deck this week with LGCY. a Complete analysis piece for this one is available in the membership section. ...
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Friday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: January 8, 2007 at 3:47 am

From Biohealth InvestorBiotechnologyNEURALSTEM INC [NRLS.OB] +9.09% POLYDEX PHARM LTD [POLXF] +8.77% MEMORY PHARMACEUTICA [MEMY] +7.32% STEMCELLS INC [STEM] +6.75% KOSAN BIOSCIENCES [KOSN] +5.78% Diagnostic SubstancesICAGEN, INC. [ICGN] +22.81% RG GLBL ...
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