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Daily Archives: January 16, 2007

Samsung Sales to Slow, Company Does the Right Thing

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 11:05 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSamsung posts strong Q4, drops 2007 capex - 1/12/2007 - Electronic NewsSamsung has dropped its capex for the coming year. The company said ...
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The Great Cisco Debate

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 11:01 am

The Associated Press recently went to great lengths to describe all of the reasons that Cisco (CSCO) would do well in the coming quarters. Increased traffic over the internet due ...
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False Hope For A Nokia Turnaround

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 10:42 am

Goldman Sachs this Nokia (NOK) has been bombarded by too much bad news. When Motorola guided downward for the last quarter and said that margins were under pressure from lower ...
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A Backdoor Investment In Cuba: Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc.

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 10:28 am

Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Inc. (CUBA-NASDAQ), a closed-end investment management company perceived as an investor play and trading instrument that would benefit from the ropening up of Cuba, shares are ...
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Symantec’s Bad News, And Then There’s Microsoft

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 10:11 am

Symantec, the security software company, said that it was lowering its expectation for the quarter ending December 29. The estimate for the current quarter was not so hot either. The ...
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Restaurant Mergers Abound: Landry’s Offers For Smith & Wollensky

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 9:21 am

Landry's Restaurants, Inc. (LNY) has announced today that it has sent a letter to Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group, Inc. (SWRG) offering to acquire Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group for ...
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Is the Cisco Systems Downgrade Justified?

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 9:04 am

Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Banc of America Securities, due primarily to valuation. Analyst Tim Long noted that Cisco's business might currently be as ...
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J.P.Morgan Raises Both XM & Sirius

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 8:42 am

J.P. Morgan Securities upgraded both satellite radio providers XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI) to "Overweight" ratings from "Neutral."   The report is citing subscriber ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 16, 2007)

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 8:23 am

(ALTR) Altera signed GE veteran Timothy Morse as its new CFO.(AMTD) TD Ameritrade trading up 4% pre-market as earnings rose 13%.(ANPI) Angiotech Pharm says its appeal to reverse a previous ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (JAN 16, 2007)

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 8:18 am

ATR started as Buy at Merrill Lynch.AVZ raised to Outperform at CIBC.CDWC cut to Market Weight at Thomas Weisel.CEP started as Outperform at Wachovia.CEPH raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.COF reitr ...
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The Case For PC Subscriptions For Movies

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 5:50 am

NetFlix (NFLX) will begin to stream movies and TV shows to customers as part of their DVD rental service. The market's concern is that the space is getting crowded with ...
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Europe Markets 1/16/2006 ST Micro Up Sharply

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 5:33 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BT)(BP)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DC)(DB)(DT)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were narrowly mixed at 5.30 AM New York time.The FTSE was off .1% to 6,257. Barclays was down .5% to 764. BP was up .2% to ...
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Media Digest 1/16/2006 WSJ, Reuters, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 5:05 am

According to The Wall Street Journal, Pfizer (PFE) may cut thousands of jobs and change the way it develops and market drugs. According to Reuters, Nigeria favors seeing the results ...
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Asia Markets 1/16/2006 Yahoo Japan Up, Japan Air, Cathay Pacific Down

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 4:38 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei  was down a small fraction to 17,202. Bridgestone was up 1% to 2615.Canon was flat a 6440. Fuji Film was down 1% ...
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Morningstar Analysts Seem Confused

Posted: January 16, 2007 at 4:18 am

By Chad Brand of Peridot Capitalist I'll gladly send a complimentary Peridot Capital 2007 Select List to the first person who can explain how this graphic from the Wall Street ...
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