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Daily Archives: February 12, 2007

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Apple (AAPL) Upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 11:37 am

From Ticker SenseCitigroup upgraded Apple (AAPL) to Buy from Hold this morning.  Below are Citigroup's historical calls on the stock going back to the start of 2003. http://www.tickersense.typepad.com/ ...
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Semiconductor Oversupply: You Ain’t Seen Nuttin Yet!

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 11:35 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatAt Stock Market Beat we have been talking about a looming semiconductor glut for the better part of a year. Although there are ...
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Chairman Cox: The First 80 Weeks

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 11:32 am

From AAO WeblogAt the Practising Law Institute’s “SEC Speaks” series last Friday, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox delivered a speech recapping his first 80 weeks on the job, likening himself to ...
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TechCrunch Rains On “Next Google”

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 10:53 am

A lot of media attention has been paid to Poweset's "natural language search" as a potential competitor to Google. The biggest problem for Powerset would appear to be that it ...
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Starbucks: Slow Days For Mr. Coffee

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 10:38 am

Without anyone noticing, Starbucks (SBUX) has dropped from an intraday price of $40 on November 16 to $32.40 today. That's a lot in less than three months, especially for  "growth" ...
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Onyx Pharma Soars on Liver Cancer Drug

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 9:17 am

Onyx Pharmaceuticals (ONXX-NASDAQ) is probably as happy as you could imagine that it partnered with Bayer (BAY-NYSE/ADR).  ONXX shares are up 60% after they announced that an independent data monitoring ...
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AMD’s Quad Core Already Outdone by Intel

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 8:52 am

Chip processing power is almost becoming as viral as web video.  You and I are the winners, but at what point would the manufacturers actually start to benefit?AMD (AMD-NYSE) has ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 12, 2007)

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 8:02 am

by Jon C. Ogg(AAPL) Apple shares up 1.5% on Citigroup upgrade to Buy.(ADL) AMDL Inc announces key anti-cancer drug for China.(ADZA) Adeza Biomedical is being acquired for $24.00 per share ...
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Earlybird Research Notes (FEB 12, 2007)

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 7:44 am

by Jon C. OggADBE raised to Buy at Oppenheimer.ADSK started as Peer Perform at Bear Stearns.ALGN raised to Outperform at Piper Jaffray.ARIA raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.BSX cut to Peer ...
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Where Were US Companies In Essar Bidding?

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 6:36 am

Vodafone (VOD) bought a majority of India's fourth largest mobile phone operating company, Hutchison Essar. The price tag was $11.1 million. Vodafone apparently made the move because cell phone penetration ...
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More Rivals For iPhone (AAPL)

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 5:38 am

Sites like Engadget have been talking about Microsoft's (AAPL) cell phone version of the Zune multimedia players for several days. Apple (AAPL) will not launch the iPhone until June, so ...
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The Humiliation Of Google Continues

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 5:26 am

It appears that Google's (GOOG) purchase of YouTube gets more complicated by the minute. Two websites with pirated content claim that Google offered them advertising keywords including "bootleg" movie download" ...
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YouTube (GOOG) Licenses Content No One Wants

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 5:11 am

Google's (GOOG) YouTube has cut a deal with Digital Music Group (DMGI) to license 4,000 hours of video content from the golden age of TV. DMGI will receive revenue from ...
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Media Digest 2/12/2007 Reuters, NYTimes, WSJ, Barron’s, FT

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 4:55 am

According to Reuters, oil fell 1% on comments that Saudi Arabia was satisfied with current market conditions.Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) will build a new plant in India by 2010.Reuters ...
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Asia Markets 2/12/2007

Posted: February 12, 2007 at 4:32 am

Markets in Asia were mixed with the Nikkei closed for a holiday.The Hang Seng fell .4% to 20,593. Cathay Pacific was up .9% to 21.8. China Mobile was down 1.6% ...
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