Daily Archives: February 21, 2007

Cramer’s Top Anti-Competitive Merger List (Part 2)

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 6:32 pm

Cramer tonight on MAD MONEY was giving out some merger ideas that he said would be VERY anti-competitive just like the XMSR/SIRI deal, but w would be great for shareholders ...
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Cramer’s Top Anti-Competitive Merger List (Part 1)

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 6:14 pm

Tonight Cramer sais he is sick of hearing about the XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) and Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI), but this sort of competition-eliminating and anti-competitive merger could spurn other ...
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S&P Favors Dell Over Hewlett-Packard (DELL, HPQ)

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 6:01 pm

It appears as though Standard & Poors is coming out more favorable on Dell (DELL-NASDAQ) than they are on Hewlett-Packard (HPQ-NYSE). Here are the S&P notes:Hewlett-Packard (HPQ-NYSE) Reiterated 3 STARS ...
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Google Stays Strong In January Search Engine Ranks

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:34 pm

Comscore came out with its monthly search engine rankings and Google (GOOG) cemented it place as a huge front-runner again. From December, the big search company moved up in share ...
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Analog Devices Sees Orders Strengthening

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:24 pm

Analog Devices (ADI-NYSE) Revenue $692 million, including $35 million technology license fee; Q1 Diluted EPS: $0.44 GAAP and $0.40 non-GAAP. Estimates were $0.41 EPS & $652 million revenues. Gross margin ...
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Whole Foods Gobbles Up Wild Oats (WFMI, OATS)

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:12 pm

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (WFMI-NASDAQ) reported the company signed a definitive merger agreement with Wild Oats Markets, Inc. (OATS-NASDAQ) under which Whole Foods Market will acquire the outstanding common stock ...
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Semis and Semi Equipment Overcapacity Not a Short Term Issue

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 4:00 pm

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe have been warning repeatedly that semiconductor makers were ordering too much equipment, a recipe for a capacity glut that is now taking ...
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Growth Rates

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 3:58 pm

From Ticker SenseBelow we highlight the 25 S&P 500 stocks with the highest forecasted long-term growth rates. The long-term growth forecast is an expected annual increase in operating earnings over ...
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Cheap solar power poised to undercut oil and gas by half

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 3:56 pm

From The Stock MastersGreat article about how solar power will be cheap enough to compete with carbon-generated electricity, even in Britain, Scandinavia or upper Siberia within 5 years. In a ...
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Apple Gets Its Mojo Back

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 3:27 pm

Apple has been a name that is harder and harder to catch big moves in, but today that isn't the case. Pre-market Prudential lifted its earnings per share from $0.64 ...
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Cramer Says to Own Sirius and XM (XMSR, SIRI)

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 2:45 pm

Today on the STOP TRADING segment on CNBC around 2:45PM EST, Cramer said he prefers SIRIUS (SIRI), but he says you can buy both SIRI & XMSR. He said the ...
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Cross Check

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 12:36 pm

From Ticker SenseOn January 29, we highlighted lists of stocks exhibiting golden and iron crosses. According to technical analysts, stock which have a golden cross will continue to rise, while ...
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NKE Up 10 Days in a Row

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 12:34 pm

From Ticker SenseNike (NKE) has been up 10 days in a row, and as shown below, this hasn't occurred any other time in the past 3 years. AOC follows NKE ...
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15 Companies That Management Can’t Fix: McClatchy

Posted: February 21, 2007 at 12:31 pm

There are certain companies that probably cannot be turned around no matter who runs them. They tend to be in industries where macro-economic trends are against them, like the buggy ...
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