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Daily Archives: January 18, 2007

Investors Betting Hard Against Fidel Castro’s Health

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 9:54 am

When you see diversified investment plays that are regional special situation investments going parabolic, you have to wonder how high it can go and how long it can last.Herzfeld Caribbean ...
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IPO Filing: Cellcom Israel

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 9:04 am

Cellcom Israel has filed this week to debut its shares in the US via an IPO under the NYSE ticker "CEL." Cellcom Israel is one of four providers of cellular ...
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IPO Filing: JA Solar

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 8:59 am

JA Solar Holdings has filed for an IPO this week.  It wants to come public on NASDAQ under the "JASO" ticker.  This is yet another Chinese manufacturer of high-performance solar ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 18, 2007)

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 8:19 am

(AAPL) Apple beat estimates again by far, but Mac sales were soft and then guidance was light as usual; stock down 1.25% pre-market.(ABT) Abbott Labs reportedly in talks to sell ...
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Analyst Calls (JAN 18, 2007)

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 8:14 am

AAPL target raised to $124 at Piper Jaffray, reitr Outperform at Credit Suisse; cut to Neutral at JPMorgan; reitr Overweight at Morgan Stanley.ACE raised to Outperform at FBR.AMZN maintained underweight ...
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Everyone Upgrades Apple

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 7:37 am

A number of Wall St. firms took the risk of raising price targets for Apple (AAPL). The company did have a break-out quarter, but iPod sales are slowing and the ...
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Can Blogs Save The Newspaper Industry?

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 7:26 am

It appears that blogs are becoming a major traffic driver for newspapers. The number of visitors to the blogs at the top 10 online versions of newspaper grew 210% from ...
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Google Needs To Shed Some Businesses

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 6:51 am

Google (GOOG) began offering $10 to customers who sign up for its Checkout service, a competitor to Ebay's (EBAY) PayPal. Paying to get customers seems like a bad sign, but, ...
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Europe Markets 1/18/2007 AXA, GlaxoSmithKline Up

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 6:15 am

Markets in Europe were rallying at 6.15 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .6% to 6,240. Barclays was down .2% to 747.5. BP was up 1% to 542. BT ...
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GE; The Hits Keep On Coming, Or Do They?

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 5:29 am

GE (GE) continues to try to revive its mediocre stock price by using acquisition to bulk up divisions that already have strong results. The big conglomerate is close to buying ...
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Media Digest Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, Barron’s, FT

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 5:06 am

According to Reuters, sales of Apple's (AAPL) iPod are now used to guage currency markets by measuring what consumers pay for the device in a number of markets.Reuters reports that ...
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Asia Markets 1/18/2007 Honda, Softbank Rise

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 4:34 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia staged an impressive rally.The FTSE rose .6% to 17,371. Bridgestone fell .8% to 2620. Canon rose 1.1% to 6490. FujiFilm rose 1.1% to 4770. Hitachi rose ...
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Consecutive Up and Down Days

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 4:17 am

From Ticker SenseBelow is a list of the S&P 500 stocks that have been up or down the most consecutive days.  Stocks highlighted in red have performed poorly following times ...
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Which Stocks Have Been Leading the Dow Higher?

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 4:16 am

From Ticker SenseIn the table below, we rank each Dow stock on a daily basis by its price performance versus its peers.  For example, Dupont (DD) was the best performing ...
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LRCX: Lam Research Further Validates Our Thesis

Posted: January 18, 2007 at 4:14 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatOur readers know we have been anticipating a down cycle in semiconductors for some time. In fact, last June we wrote:After denial comes ...
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