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Monthly Archives: January 2007

24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break Up Values: 3M $109 (Current Price $74.70)

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 6:30 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited by Douglas A. McIntyre3M Corporation (MMM - $74.70; Breakup Value $109) 3M is a company that has prided itself on ingenuity and innovation to drive earnings ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break Up Values: Ebay $28 (Current Price $32)

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 6:26 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited by Douglas A. McIntyreEbay, Inc. (EBAY) Ebay’s main property is obviously their flagship marketplace site, which generates revenues from listing fees collected on the user base, ...
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China Stock Market Bubble: An Ill Wind From The East

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 6:22 am

Even the Chinese are anxious about their surging stock markets. Officials at the Shanghai Stock Exchange are voicing concerns that their infrastructure cannot handle the rising volume and volatility. A ...
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Europe Markets 1/31/2007 Reuters, Vivendi Down, Bayer, Vodafone Up

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:44 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 down modestly at 5.45 AM New York time.The FTSE was down .2% to 6,233. Barclays fell .3% to 750. BP rose .2% to 538. BT ...
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It’s The Last Day of The Month

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:29 am

From Ticker SenseAs we have noted in the past, during the current bull market returns on the first day of the month have been extremely positive. What about the last ...
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Earnings Analysis by Sector

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:28 am

From Ticker SnnseYesterday, we highlighted how the S&P 500 as a whole is performing this earnings season.  Below we break it down by the ten major sectors.  As shown, health ...
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Analyzing Procter & Gamble’s (PG) Quarter

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:26 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasP&G reported 2Q results which were up 17% YoY with EPS of $0.84 ahead of Street estimates. The key driver appears to once ...
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Activision Deactivates 15 Years Of Financials

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:24 am

From AAO WeblogAnd they’re not the only ones setting the controls of the WABAC machine for the early 1990’s. Sherman and Mr. Peabody, the dog and his boy who went ...
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Tuesday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:23 am

From BioHealth InvestorBiotechnologyPIPEX PHARMACEUTICAL [PPXP.OB] +42.50% BIONOVO INC [BNVI.OB] +15.87% NEUROBIOLOGICAL TECH [NTII] +13.93% REPROS THERAPEUTICS [RPRX] +10.24% OBAGI MEDICAL [OMPI] +9.90% Diagnostic SubstancesLEXICON GENETICS I [LEXG] +8.50% GENELABS TECH ...
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Companies Banking on Anti-Smoking Trend

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:22 am

by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.comDuring the November elections three states, Ohio, Arizona and Nevada, passed tight smoking bans. Arizona’s anti-smoking laws will be enforced in May, Ohio is proceeding through the ...
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Media Digest 1/31/2007 Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:19 am

According to Reuters, India's Tata Steel will become the world's No.5 steel maker after buying Corus Group for $12 billion.Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) believes that it will sell twice ...
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Asia Markets 1/31/2007 Hang Seng And Shanghai Composite Fall Sharply

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 5:02 am

Stocks:  (CJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(SNE)(NTT)(DCM)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(HBC)(PCW)Markets in Asia were pounded down.The Nikkei fell .6% to 17,383. Bridgestone fell .6% to 2620. Canon fell .6% to 6350. Fuji Film rose 4% to 4980. Hitachi rose ...
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In World’s Internet Audience Rank, It’s Good To Be Microsoft

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 4:40 am

Microsoft (MSFT) lags Google (GOOG) and Yahoo! (YHOO) in search and internet advertising, but, according to Comscore, it beat both in global visitors in December 2006. Google grew a bit ...
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In Wall Street Journal Reputation Study Ranking Not Linked To Market Success

Posted: January 31, 2007 at 4:18 am

The Wall Street Journal came out with its annual ranking of the reputations of major corporations. Harris Interactive asked over 22,000 people to evaluate companies based on financial performance, social ...
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Cramer Interviews RPM International (RPM)

Posted: January 30, 2007 at 7:02 pm

One company Cramer talked about last week is RPM International (RPM), and he interviewed the CEO.  The name RPM is one he likes that has 100 brands, and Rustoleum is ...
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