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Daily Archives: February 13, 2007

Newupgrade

Two Noteworthy Analyst Actions — HANS and NEW

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:36 am

From Ticker SenseAfter a torturous couple of days, there is finally some good news for NEW.  This morning, Stifel Nicolaus, the top rated analyst covering the stock, upgraded NEW from ...
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MSFT Down 8 Days in a Row

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:33 am

From Ticker SenseAs we noted in our previous post, MSFT has been down 8 days in a row.  We looked back throughout the company's entire public history to see how ...
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Consecutive Up and Down Days

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:31 am

From Ticker SenseBelow is our list of the S&P 500 stocks currently experiencing the longest winning and losing streaks.  Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) leads the list of consecutive up ...
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Bond_etfs

New Bond ETFs

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:29 am

From Ticker SenseThis weekend's Financial Times ran an article highlighting a new line of ETFs recently introduced by Barclays.  The eight new ETFs offer investors an easy way to gain ...
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Qualcomm’s PR Machine

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:28 am

To hear Qualcomm (QCOM), it welcomes the upcoming ITC hearings on patent problems between it and Broadcom (BRCM). Broadcom is asking that certain QCOM chips be banned from the US. ...
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Will Texas Instuments Low Cost Chips Chip Margins?

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 10:10 am

TI (TXN) and Infineon (IFX) are both chasing the super-low priced cellphone chip market. The TI versions are called LoCosto. That is actually the name. No one is putting you ...
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Tech Press Review 2/13/2007 The Inquirer, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 9:57 am

The Inquirer reports that AMD (AMD) is licensing some of its ATI technology to other firms including ST Micro (STM)The Inquirer also reports that Sony (SNE) will cut spending on ...
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Applebee’s: How High Will Someone Pay?

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 9:34 am

Applebee's (APPB) is up 12.5% at $27.25 right after the open on word that it has hired Banc of America as financial advisors to explore strategic alternatives.  It has formed ...
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Have Ford Common Shareholders Been Wiped Out?

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 8:14 am

Anthony Currie of web financial commentary site BreakingViews has done an analysis that say Ford's common shares may be worth nothing. Taken into account are the unfunded pension liabilities, health ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 13, 2007)

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 8:14 am

(AA) Alcoa trading up 8% on reports of a buyout by either BHP Billiton or Rio Tinto in a $40 Billion deal.(ALB) Albermarle will boost certain aluminum process prices by ...
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Analyst Notes (FEB 13, 2007)

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 8:05 am

ADP raised to Buy at B of A.AQNT raised to Outperform at RBC.BBW raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.CC cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs.CCE cut to Hold at Citigroup.CCI ...
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Life Gets Harder For Schwab And TDAmeritrade

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 7:58 am

Well Fargo (WFS) is going to offer its brokerage customers up to 100 free trades, if they keep at least $25,000 in their accounts. Bank of America (BAC) made a ...
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Alcoa Remains Higher on Bid Hopes

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 7:15 am

Last night we ran a piece on Alcoa as potentially being acquired, although the speculation has been out there and we have covered this several times.  BHP Billiton(BHP-NYSE/ADR) and Rio ...
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Viacom Makes The Case That IFILM Is Its YouTube

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 7:03 am

Management at Viacom (VIA) property IFILM is making the case that they may not need YouTube. IFILM already has video-sharing features, video blogs, films, video ads, and TV. The video ...
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Nasdaq’s Problem Is Its Share Price

Posted: February 13, 2007 at 6:50 am

Forget Nasdaq's (NADQ) failed bid for the London Stock Exchange. Wall St. doesn't like the stock. Over the last year, shares in the exchange operator are off about 10%. Shares ...
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