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Daily Archives: January 11, 2007

Goldman Sachs Research; Hike Google; Trim Oil

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 7:41 am

Goldman Sachs raised estimates on Houston Exploration (THX), Pioneer (PXD), Verasun (VSE); Goldman Decreased estimates on Anadarko (APC), Apache (APA), Aventine (AVR), Berry (BRY), Cabot Oil (COG), Canadian Natural (CNQ), ...
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Europe Markets 1/11/2007 Prudential, Alcatel-Lucent Up

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 6:05 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BT)(BP)(GSK)(UN)(PUK)(RTRSY)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were up modestly at 6 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .4% to 6,188. Barclays rose .1% to 755.5. BP rose 1.1% to 535.5. BT dropped ...
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24/7 Wall St 2007 Price Targets: Exxon, $75.

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 5:35 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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As Sony Playstation3 Underperfroms In Japan, Prospects Fade

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 5:07 am

Sales of the Playstation3 have fallen well short of expectations in the critical Japanese market Research firm Enterbrain says that Sony (SNE) sold a little over 534,000 PS3 units from ...
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Media Digest 1/11/2007 NYTimes, WSJ, Reuters, Barron’s, FT

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 4:46 am

According to Reuters, management at Nokia (NOK) said that the sales goals for the Apple (AAPL) iPhone are not very ambitious.Reuters reports that Ebay (EBAY) is buyong online ticket broker ...
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Asia Markets 1/11/2007 Cathay Pacific Up, China Unicom Down Sharply

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 4:21 am

Stocks:  (CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were down.The Nikkei fell .6% to 16,838. The Hang Seng was down .9% to 19,390. Cathay Pacific was up 1.7% to 19.24. China Mobile was down ...
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Blockbuster Lays Out Growth Targets

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 4:09 am

By Chad Brand of Peridot CapitallistBlockbuster (BBI) CEO John Antioco, speaking at an investor conference yesterday, said his company could double its online DVD subscriber base to over 4 million ...
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Reiterating A Buy On Altria (MO)

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 4:06 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasOn Dec. 5th I talked about catalysts that make Altria a buy. Since then the stock is up 6+ and I believe the ...
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Wednesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 4:04 am

From BioHealth InvestorBiotechnologyINSMED INC [INSM] +22.33% LEV PHARMACEUTICALS [LEVP.OB] +15.11% ACCENTIA BIOPHARMACE [ABPI] +11.39% NEURALSTEM INC [NRLS.OB] +10.17% HEMOBIOTECH INC [HMBT.OB] +8.11% Diagnostic SubstancesTHRESHOLD PHARMACEUT [THLD] +8.59% REMOTEMDX INC [RMDX.OB] ...
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Cephalon: Rare Biopharmaceutical Value Play for 2007

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 4:02 am

From BioHealth InvestorIn December, biopharmaceutical company Cephalon Inc. (CEPH) made the announcement that it has reduced its debt levels by exchanging a combination of cash and stock for $337 million ...
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Genomic Health, Insmed Lead as Biotechs Gain

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 4:01 am

From BioHealth Investorby H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.comBoth the Nasdaq (^NBI) and Amex (^BTK) biotech stock indices gained on Wednesday as biopharmaceutical and medical device stocks had a generally good day on ...
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Howard Stern’s $83 million Bonus

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 3:59 am

From Contrarian EdgeBy Vitaliy KatsenelsonI have tremendous respect for The Financial Times.  It is a great newspaper and I am privileged to write for it on occasion.  But when I ...
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Cramer’s Retail Turnarounds; Plus a Visit on “Fast Money”

Posted: January 11, 2007 at 2:30 am

Last night on CNBC's MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer said he had two picks as turnaround names that are retail plays.  One was for you and me and one was for ...
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