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Daily Archives: February 16, 2007

Soft Windows Vista Sales: An Alternative Viewpoint

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 3:07 pm

We all know that the 2% drop in Microsoft (MSFT-NASDAQ) today is the result of Steve Ballmer trying to tell analysts to reign in their expectations for the Vista launch.  ...
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Salary.com Takes a Pay Cut

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 1:03 pm

We aren't in the business of just bashing companies or just praising companies, because we like to call it like we see it.  Salary.com (SLRY-NASDAQ) is one of these IPO's ...
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IPO Filing: Wilson Holdings

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 12:44 pm

Wilson Holdings has filed to come public via an IPO.  This is not a massive IPO, because the filing lists up to $66 million raised for filing purposes, but it ...
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Earnings Preview Comparison: SIRIUS vs. XM (XMSR, SIRI)

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 8:45 am

Who will win the satellite radio wars?  SIRI reports early morning on February 27 and XMSR reports on February 26 early morning.  The past quarters are largely irrelevant.  The guidance ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (FEB 16, 2007)

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 8:13 am

APPB cut to Neutral at UBS.ALXN cut to Neutral at First Albany.AQNT cut to Neutral at Oppenheimer.AT cut to Hold at Citigroup.AVP raised to Neutral at Prudential.BFAM raised to Buy ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 16, 2007)

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 8:09 am

(AAPL) Apple has 6 more days to reach an agreement with Cisco over the iPhone trademark.(ADM) Archer Daniels Midland priced $1.15B in notes and will repurchase more than $350M in ...
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Why Would AMR Be Acquired Now?

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 7:38 am

(AMR) AMR, the parent of American Airlines, has its shares up as much as 9% pre-market after Business Week noted it could be acquired in their "Inside Wall Street" for ...
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Earlybird Research Notes (FEB 16, 2007)

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 7:13 am

APPB cut to Neutral at UBS.ALXN cut to Neutral at First Albany.AT cut to Hold at Citigroup.AVP raised to Neutral at Prudential.BFAM raised to Buy at SunTrust.BKUNA started as Outperform ...
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Google’s Revenue Per User Well Ahead Of Yahoo!’s

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 7:08 am

Comscore figures for January still show Yahoo! (YHOO) with a comfortable lead over Google (GOOG) with unique visitors of 129.2 million during the month. Google had 113.4 million.Yahoo!'s US revenue ...
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Europe Markets 2/26/2007 GlaxoSmithKline Up

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 6:29 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V)Markets in Europe were off slightly at 6.30 AM New York times.The FTSE was down .1% to 6,425. Barclays was down .5% to 780. BP was down .2% to ...
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Stock Prices Rise At Dell And Intel Despite Bribe Charges

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 5:17 am

A story at CNNMoney yesterday detailed antitrust accusations against Dell (DELL) and Intel (INTC). The suit alleges that Intel paid Dell up to $1 billion a year from 2003 to ...
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Media Digest 2/16/2006 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 5:03 am

According to Reuters, Spanish bank BBVA is taking over Compass Banschares (CBSS) for $9.6 billion. Reuters writes that Japanese beer company Sapporo Holdings has received a merger proposal from Asahi ...
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Asia Markets 2/16/2007 Canon Up, Honda Down

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 4:38 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei was down .1% to 17,876. Bridgestone was up 1.2% to 2630. Canon was up 3.6% to 6550. Fuji Film was down .8% ...
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IRBT 6 MONTH CHART

Did you forget about iRobot’s Droid Factory?

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 4:24 am

From TheStockMastersToday marks a new 52-week low for iRobot Corporation (IRBT) after the stock made a comeback late last year, it just hasn't been able to keep the momentum. Tuesday ...
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Gold and Oil Price Forecasts

Posted: February 16, 2007 at 4:22 am

From Ticker Senseln mid-December we highlighted what the consensus commodity price forecasts for 2007 were from commodities analysts.  Gold and oil were two of only three commodities that analysts expected ...
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