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Daily Archives: January 19, 2007

Europe Markets 1/19/2007 British Air And Alcatel Down

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 5:54 am

Markets in Europe were lower at 5.55 AM New York time.The FTSE was down .2% to 6,195. Barclays was down .3% to 743.5. BP was up .4% to 538.5. British ...
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Sandisk On Sony-Ericsson Coattails

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 5:40 am

Sandisk (SNDK) provides a lot of the guts for Sony-Ericsson (SNE)(ERIC) phones. And, Sony-Ericsson seems unstoppable in the handset market. Its net profit tripled in Q4. Most of Sony-Ericsson's strength ...
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A Burger With That Gas? McDonald’s In China

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 5:23 am

McDonald's (MCD) has cut a deal in China to build drive thru restaurants at Sinopec petrol stations. The company has 30,000 gas stations, but some are probably small and don't ...
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AT&T’s Free Call Plan Won’t Save It From Cable

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 5:11 am

At this point, Big Telecom will do almost anything to keep cable companies from taking more of their phone customers. The latest idea from AT&T is to let its cellphone ...
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Catastrophe Now The Key To Oil’s Bull Case

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 5:00 am

Wall St. players who think oil is headed back to $70 are running out of arguments. Recently, T. Boone Pickens, who made a fortune on rising oil last year, repeated ...
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Asia Markets 1/19/2007 Yahoo Japan, Cathay Pacific Up, Toshiba, China Netcom Down

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 4:48 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei fell .4% to 17,310. Bridgestone fell .2% to 2615. Canon fell .8% to 6440. Fuji Film fell 1% to 4720. Hitachi fell ...
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Media Digest 1/19/2007 FT, NYTImes, WSJ, Reuters, Barron’s

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 4:30 am

According to Reuters, the Fed is still concerned about a rise in inflation.Reuters writes that IBM's (IBM) profits rose fueled by services revenue, but its shares were pounded after hours.Reuters ...
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Analyzing IBM

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 4:01 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment AdvisorsIBM posted revenues of $26.3 billion beating The Street’s $25.7 billion. IBM's results benefited from an improvement in margins, enabled by cost cutting ...
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The Most Overbought and Oversold Russell 3000 Stocks

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 3:58 am

From Ticker SenseBelow is a list of the Russell 3000 stocks that are currently trading the furthest above and below their 50-day moving averages.  After a rough earnings report yesterday, ...
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Sector Relative Strength

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 3:56 am

From Ticker SenseWith the market taking a slight turn for the worse over the last two days, even as oil trades with a 40 handle, we thought it would be ...
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Dell pays for strategy change – 18 Jan 2007 – IT Week

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 3:55 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatJust yesterday we reiterated our concern that the prices for PCs have gotten so low that DELL’s world-famous direct selling model is no ...
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SMH: Semi Equipment Orders Up – A Turn for the Worse

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 3:53 am

By Willaim Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSemiconductor stocks, as reflected by the Semiconductor HOLDRS (SMH) ETF, were down nearly 4% yesterday following disappointing news from equipment maker LAM Research ...
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Biophan Bulks Up With FIN 46R Creatine

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 3:50 am

From AAO WeblogLittle Biophan Technologies (current market cap: $45 million) posted one of the more quirky non-reliance 8-Ks in recent history. The quirk is in the effect of the restatement ...
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Thursday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 3:49 am

From BioHealth InvestorBiotechnologyBIONOVO INC [BNVI.OB] +17.04% FERMAVIR PHARMACEUTL [FMVR.OB] +11.11% VERNALIS PLC ADR [VNLS] +9.58% CHELSEA THERAPEUTICS [CHTP] +6.77% XTL BIOPHARMACEUTICA [XTLB] +5.77% Diagnostic SubstancesASPENBIO PHARMA INC [APNB.OB] +4.45% CYTOGEN ...
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Oil Service Stocks vs. Big Oil Stocks

Posted: January 19, 2007 at 3:47 am

By Vitaliy KatsenelsonT. Boone Pickens knows oil better than most people out there, definitely better than me. However, his calling into CNBC seemed like a desperate attempt to influence oil ...
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