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Daily Archives: January 26, 2007

Analyst Calls (JAN 26, 2007)

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 8:35 am

AG started as Overweight at JPMorgan.AHM raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.ALVR raised to Outperform at CIBC.BJS cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.BOW cut to Sector Underperform at CIBC.BYD started ...
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Halliburton Finds Gold In The Oil Business

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 7:37 am

Halliburton's (HAL) numbers were good. Very good. The company, which provides products and services to big energy companies had an increase in operating income of 36% to $1.04 billion Revenue ...
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Microsoft Will Play The Eunuch No Longer

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 7:18 am

From 1987 to 2002, Microsoft was THE American company. As its growth accelerated, it was able to get huge percentage gains in revenue, even off already large numbers. Revenue in ...
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Microsoft Screws AT&T

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 6:29 am

AT&T (T) is trying to roll out its internet TV platform. Verizon (VZ) has already made a commitment of $18 billion for fiber-to-the-home to compete with cable companies like Cablevision ...
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Europe Markets 1/26/2007 Alcatel, AXA Down

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 6:14 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V)Markets in Europe were off slightly at 6.14 AM New York time.The FTSE is down .2% to 6,256. Barclays is down .7% to 749.5. BP is down .4% to ...
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Unisys Corp. (UIS): How to Spin a Downsize

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 5:49 am

Submitted by Saul Sterman, CrossProfit.com On Tuesday 1/23/07, Goldman Sachs downgraded Unisys from hold to sell. We all know that it is indeed rare for GS, or any other Wall ...
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Short Sellers Join Debate Over Level 3

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 5:47 am

Short interest in Level 3 (LVLT) rose 6.2 million shares in January. The total short position in the company, at 108.8 million, is second only to Sirius (SIRI) among stocks ...
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Oracle Shorts May Have Seen SAP Numbers Coming

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 5:29 am

SAP's (SAP)  quarterly earnings and its plan to spend a load of money in an attempt to pick up smaller customers drove the stock down 7% on January 24. CIBC ...
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Shorts Say Goodbye To Ebay

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 5:12 am

The short interest in Ebay (EBAY) fell by 2.6 million shares to 34.5 million when its was measured on January 12. Perhaps investors with foresight worried that the big auction ...
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Short Sellers Show No Faith In Yahoo!

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 5:06 am

The short interest in Yahoo! (YHOO) for January rose almost six million shares to 84.1 million. That's a not insignificant bet that the stock may drop.Yahoo!'s new Panama advertising system ...
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Short Sellers Desert Sirius, Has It Fallen Enough?

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 4:56 am

Short sellers showed an odd sort of faith in Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) or in the already low price of its shares anyway. Short interest in the company's stock fell ...
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Media Digest 1/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Barron’s, FT

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 4:32 am

According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) net revenue beat Wall St. forecasts lead by sales of server software and Xbox game consoles.Reuters writes that the New York Stock Exchange (NYX) will ...
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Asia Markets 1/26/2007 Softbank Up, China Mobile Down

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 4:16 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were down with the Hang Seng off sharply.The Nikkei was off .2% to 17,422. Bridgestone was up .2% to 2590. Canon was down .5% to 6500. ...
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So You Want to Beat The Dow?

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 3:59 am

From Ticker SenseBeating the market in any year is tough enough, but how about beating the market eight years in a row?  Most people wish they had that kind of ...
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DJIA Member Historical P/E Charts

Posted: January 26, 2007 at 3:58 am

From Ticker SenseWe just created a new category on Ticker Sense titled Charts and Tables in which we'll provide somewhat hard-to-find historical market information.  We realize it is sometimes difficult ...
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