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Daily Archives: January 22, 2007

Cablevision (CVC): The Dolans Were Right

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 9:04 am

It turns out that investors may have made a mistake by turning their noses up at the Dolan family's $30 per share offer for Cablevision. Citi cut the company's shares ...
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Krawcheck’s Reshuffle in Citigroup

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 8:41 am

Citigroup (C-NYSE) announced the departure of Todd Thomson as Head of Global Wealth Management division to pursue other opportunities and he will be replaced by CFO Sallie Krawcheck once a ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (JAN 22, 2007)

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 8:27 am

(ALDN) Aladdin Knowledge $0.28 EPS before items versus $0.27 estimate; 2007 guidance looks a tad softon EPS but in-line on revenues.(AOS) A.O.Smith $0.62 EPS vs $0.50e; may have gains in ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (JAN 22, 2007)

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 8:24 am

ADCT cut to Neutral at Cowen & Co.AMGN reitr Outperform at Bear Stearns.AMSG cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.AMZN upgraded to buy from hold at Stifel Nicolaus; reitr neutral at ...
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Sirius And XM: The Myth Of Cutting Program Costs

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 6:22 am

Analysts who predict future price increases in Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) and XM Satellite (XMSR) come up with a "reason a week" that the firms will do better. Both stocks ...
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Hewlett-Packard Short Interest Rises

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 6:10 am

The short interest in HP (HPQ) for January rose over 5 million shares to 35 million. Concerns about CEO Mark Hurd's stock sales during the company's back-dating investigation or the ...
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Europe Markets 1/22/2006 Vivendi Up, British Air Down

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 5:58 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BAB)(BT)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SI)(SAP)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(V)Markets in Europe were higher at 5.55 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .5% to 5,266. Barclays was up .7% to 752. BP was up .9% to 548.5. ...
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Toyota’s Toy Car

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 5:44 am

Toyota (TM) has told the Financial Times that it is working on a series of processes to build cars at a much, much lower cost. The company is targeting the ...
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Media Digest 1/22/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Barron’s, FT

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 5:35 am

According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will buy the ABN AMRO Mortagage Group which makes loans in the US.Reuters writes that Philips Electronics (PHG.AS) beat estimates when its announced its most ...
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Asia Markets 1/22/2007 China Mobile Up, Yahoo Japan Down

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 5:15 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were higherThe Nikkei rose .7% to 17,424. Bridgestone rose 1.9% to 2665. Canon rose .2% to 6450. Fuji Film rose .2% to 4730. Hitachi rose 3.5% ...
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Sears Isn’t Ignoring the Retail Operations After All

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 4:59 am

From The Peridot CapitalistCritics of the Sears and Kmart turnarounds have long argued that if Sears Holdings (SHLD) Chairman Eddie Lampert ignored the retail business by cutting capital expenditures and ...
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Goldman and Its Commodity Indices: Conspiracy or Just Good Indexing?

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 4:57 am

From Ticker SenseSince oil’s initial decline last Summer, conspiracy theorists have been questioning the motives behind Goldman Sachs' move to lower the weightings of various energy components in its commodity ...
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Best and Worst Performing Stocks Year to Date

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 4:56 am

From Ticker SenseThe tables below highlight the best and worst performing stocks in the Russell 3000 over the past 5 days, the past 3 months, and year to date. http://www.tickersense.typepad.com/ ...
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TXN: What is TI Smoking To See 20 pct Handset Unit Growth? (TXN)

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 4:54 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatTI sees 2007 global cellphone unit sales up 20 pct | Technology | Technology | Reuters.co.ukGlobal sales of mobile phones are expected to ...
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The Monday Edition- Economic Outlook From Bonds – Fed Focus – Earnings – Bank of Japan

Posted: January 22, 2007 at 4:52 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasIn this week's institutional newsletter I'd like to talk about: 1) Deciphering The Economy Through Bonds, 2) Fed & Earnings Focus and 3) ...
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