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Daily Archives: February 9, 2007

VeriChip IPO Braces for Lower IPO Terms

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 8:45 am

VeriChip Corporation (CHIP-NASDAQ) has lowered its proposed IPO terms, so the cult following in this stock may be feeling like it is a Doomsday cult.  This is the spin-off out ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 9, 2007)

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 8:31 am

(AAPL) Apple is down 0.5% on reports that Steve Jobs was involved in options backdating to a former director at the old Pixar.(AES) AES reached a pact to sell its ...
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Recap of Cramer’s SELL BLOCK

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 8:26 am

On tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC, Cramerhad his SELL BLOCK  calls.  This is where he reviews names that canusually be sold that are based on his recent picks.Avon (AVP-NYSE) is ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (FEB 9, 2007)

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 8:20 am

AET raised to Hold at Citigroup.APLX raised to Buy at First Albany.ARM raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.BG raised to Neutral at HSBC.BLC cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.CAT started ...
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$70 Oil: A Spill Or A Skirmish Away

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 6:47 am

When oil was at $72, it had been driven up by low gas supplies and tension between the US and Iran over nuclear weapons. At about the same time, oil ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break-Up Values: Duke Energy $29 (Current Price $20.16)

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 6:34 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McInyreDuke Energy Corp. (DUK) – Price $20.16; Break-up Value $29 Duke has been a company struggling for a new identity ever since its ...
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24/7 Wall St. 2007 Break-Up Values: Cardinal Health $73.50 (Current Price $71.28)

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 6:31 am

By Ryan Barnes. Edited By Douglas A. McIntyreCardinal Health Inc. (CAH) – Price $71.28; Break-up Value $73.50 Cardinal Health is currently in the midst of a large-scale business model transition.  ...
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Cisco Gets In MySpace’s Face

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 6:22 am

Cisco (CSCO) would seem, at first blush, to be the last company that would get on the social networking bandwagon. Cisco is a router company. It sell to big telecom ...
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Saturn: GM’s Unlikely Muse

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 6:11 am

Saturn has been at the proverbial dog track with a note pinned to its shirt. "I am lost, please put me on a bus to this address" Although the car ...
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Europe Markets 2/9/2007 DaimlerChrysler, SAP Up

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 5:58 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(CT)(GSK)(RTRSY)(PUK)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V)Markets in Euope were higher at 6.00 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .6% to 6,383. Barclays was up 1.8% to 780. BP was up .8% to 539.5. BT ...
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Tech Press Wrap 2/9/2007 TechCrunch, Engadget, Gizmodo

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 5:29 am

TechCrunch reports that search firm Powerset is after Google's (GOOG) market by offering natural language search. The tech site points out that many critics see flaws in the new company's ...
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Media Digest 2/9/2007 Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, Barron’s, FT

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 5:17 am

According to Reuters, British firm FirstGroup will buy the parent of Greyhound Bus, Laidlaw (LI).Reuters writes that Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) will cut 12,000 jobs as it struggles with its merger and ...
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Asia Markets 2/9/2006 Honda, Sony Rise

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 4:54 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(SNE)(TM)(CHU)(CHL)(CN)(HBC)(PCW)Asian markets were mixed with the Nikkei rising.The Nikkei was up 1.2% to 17,504. Bridgestone rose 1.6% to 2470. Canon rose 3.6% to 6390. Fuji Film rose 3.9% to ...
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Historical S&P 500, DJIA, Growth and Value Index Dividend Charts

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 4:35 am

From Ticker SenseFor our next Charts and Tables post, we highlight the historical dividend yields of key US equity indices.  We also point out the historical spread between the 10-Year ...
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S&P 500 PE Ratios By Decile

Posted: February 9, 2007 at 4:33 am

From Ticker SenseAs small caps have outperformed large caps over the last several years, the valuations of large cap stocks relative to smaller ones have declined.  One way to illustrate ...
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