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Daily Archives: February 5, 2007

Cramer Has a New Tech Exception He Likes

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 7:03 pm

On Cramer's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramer interviewed Avnet's (AVT-NYSE) CEO Roy Vallee.  Cramer said they had a blow-out quarter and he asked how a distributor does better than the ...
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24/7 Wall St. Editor On CNBC

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 5:39 pm

Jon Ogg, editor of 24/7 Wall St. was interviewed by CNBC today onhis "10 CEOs Who Must Go" piece.Click here to watch. ...
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Cramer STOP TRADING 2/5/2007 (CVX)

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 2:48 pm

The "Big C" hit the air on CNBC at 2.40 PM eastern.Cramer is angry, Very. DeutscheBank put a "sell" rating on Chevron (CVX), which is Cramer's favorite big oil. Cramer ...
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BAIT SHOP & CEO Updates

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 1:30 pm

The Bait Shop is all about potential takeover candidates.  A call for a change in management speaks for itself, and sometimes leads to a Bait Shop situation.Is it fair to ...
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Google Moves From A Stock Of Hope To A Stock Of Doubt

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 10:47 am

Google's (GOOG) stock is having a really rocky time.  On January 31, the stock hit $505. Today, it dropped below $470. A drop of 7% in such a short time ...
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Mutual Fund Derby: Franklin, T. Rowe Price, Janus, Schwab

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 10:03 am

Barron's does an annual mutual fund family survey which, of course, uses returns as a key metric.The survey has to make investors wonder why anyone would put money outside of ...
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Barron’s Break-Up Value, NYTimes $35

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 9:39 am

Barron's made the point in their current issue (February 5, 2007) and their November 13, 2006 issue that The New York Times Company (NYT) is worth $35 a share. That ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break-Up Values: Met Life $79 (Current Price: $63)

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 9:22 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McIntyreMetlife is the largest life insurance company operating in the United States, and also conducts business in home & auto insurance, reinsurance, group ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break-Up Values: Corning $35 (Current Price $21)

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 8:38 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McIntyreCorning, Inc. (GLW)Corning is the world’s largest producer of specialty glass products, the most popular use of which is in the guts of ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break-Up Values: Wash Mutual $59 (Current Price: $45.50)

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 8:34 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McIntyreWashington Mutual (WM)WaMu is the largest savings & loan operator in the U.S., with nearly $350b in assets, gained chiefly through retail banking ...
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Chrysler And Mercedes To Merger, Finally

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 8:23 am

The Detroit Free Press says that Chrysler will cut 10,000 jobs and rely on its stable-mate in DaimlerChrysler, Mercedes, to pick up most of the work on product design. The ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 5, 2007)

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 8:20 am

(ALVR) Alvarion announces that the leading Taiwanese telecom service provider Chunghwa Telecom has selected its WiMAX solution(APC) Anadarko will record a $100 million charge on taxes in Algeria.(BA) Boeing gets ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (FEB 5, 2007)

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 8:03 am

by Jon C. OggARM raised to Neutral at UBS.AXL raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.BEZ started as Outperform at Baird.BKS raised to Overweight at Prudential.BP raised to Buy at Goldman ...
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BAIT SHOP UPDATE: Triad Hospitals Acquired in Our Target Range

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 7:37 am

Triad Hospitals, Inc. (TRI-NYSE) has finally announced that it has entered into a definitive merger for an equity buyout offer at $50.25 per share in cash with affiliates of CCMP ...
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Satellite Radio Begins To Wither (SIRI)(XMSR)

Posted: February 5, 2007 at 5:29 am

The news that UBS thinks XM Radio (XMSR) will end 2007 with only 9.1 million subscribers must be depressing for owners of the stock and its rival Sirius (SIRI). That ...
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