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Daily Archives: February 13, 2007

Warner Music Finally Does Something Right

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 9:36 pm

Warner Music (WMG) which has been thrashed for poor earnings, announced that it would team up with Egypt mobile provider Orascom to provide music and ringtones to 60 million cell ...
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Is Yahoo! Music Management Departure A Sign Of Focus?

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 7:39 pm

The two executive who lead Yahoo! Music have left the building. For good. According to ValleyWag.Wall St. has been concerned for some time that Yahoo! is in too many businesses. ...
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Cramer’s Private Equity Trifecta Strategy

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 6:23 pm

Cramer said that private equity has a ton of money tied up, with Goldman Sachs alone raising $19 Billion.  Cramer said they can borrow up to 10-times and they are ...
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Cramer Says Viacom Has Fixed Its Stock

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 6:07 pm

Cramer first came onto CNBC’s MAD MONEY show discussing howto tell when a broken stock is on the mend: you need to something big. Viacom (VIA) is showing this by ...
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Nice To Be Wanted: The Global Climate Blacklist (XOM)(WFS)(COP)…and more

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 5:23 pm

Ceres, a group of state pension funds, has announced its climate blacklist. On the list are Wells Fargo (WFS), Exxon (XOM), Conoco (COP), TXU (TXU), Dominion Resources (DOM), Massey Energy ...
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Cramer Pick GSI Commerce Ticks Up on Earnings

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 4:17 pm

GSI Commerce (GSIC-NASDAQ) posted $0.50 EPS and revenues at $257.2 million, versus $0.43 and $243M estimates.  The stock is up 2% after the report, and traders should remember that Jim ...
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Applied Materials’ Mixed Numbers

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 4:09 pm

Applied Materials (AMAT-NASDAQ): EPS was $0.29 and Revenues were $2.28 Billion; expectations were $0.27 & $2.35B.  They posted new orders of $2.54 Billion, up 24% year over year but down ...
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Cramer Thinks KB Home Could Be Bought

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 2:46 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment on CNBC, Cramer discussed why the market is good today.  He doesn't care about executive pay nor about sub-prime.  KB Home (KBH) in one Cramer ...
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WiMax War Of The Worlds

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 1:56 pm

The CEO over at Vodafone (VOD) the massive wireless operator that just bought into India's Essar, is saying that WiMax doesn't really work. MarketWatch quotes him as saying: "To get ...
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Illumina’s Double Play (Revise)

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 1:17 pm

Shares in Illumina (ILMN), a company that makes chips and tools for testing genetic variations, are up 5% to $36.70 on 14 million shares.The company made two announcements. One is ...
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Cramer Talks Alcoa (AA)

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 12:55 pm

On today's Wall Street Confidential video on TheStreet.com Jim Cramer noted Alcoa (AA).  Cramer said this was an undermanaged company and this might not be able to be resisted; it's ...
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Zecco Slaps Wells Fargo

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 11:54 am

In a strongly worded press release, free trading company Zecco went after the new Well Fargo 100 free trade program.Zecco Disputes Wells Fargo’s Claim to be Best Commission-Free Online TradingWells ...
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Don’t Expect Express Scripts to Bow Out of Caremark Bidding

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:42 am

By Chad Brand of Peridot CapitalistPharmacy chain CVS (CVS) has increased its bid for Caremark (CMX) by $4 per share in an attempt to secure the pharmacy benefits manager. Rather ...
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SNE: Sony Wakes Up, Smells What’s Brewing for Semiconductors

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:40 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSpeaking of semiconductor overcapacity, it seems at least one major consumer electronics firm is starting to get the picture. Sony to Reduce Semiconductor ...
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EXPD: Expeditors at Odds With Economic Data

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:38 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatStock Market Beat Large Cap Watch List member Expeditors International (EXPD) reported earnings this morning, and the results would have looked really good ...
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