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Daily Archives: February 23, 2007

Cramer Changes His Stance on Sun Microsystems (SUNW)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 6:22 pm

Cramer also said on CNBC's MAD MONEY that he has hated Sun Microsystems (SUWN-NASDAQ) for very long, but he said new management is doing the right thing.  He said he ...
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Cramer Wants To Speculate on Biosite (BSTE)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 6:07 pm

Cramer has a speculative play that could be bought: BioSite (BSTE), a medical diagnostics company that you want to be in if the democrats take over after next year.  This ...
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TXU To Be Acquired by KKR in Largest Deal of Its Type (TXU, BRK/A)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 5:43 pm

CNBC's merger star watch dog and scoop artist David Faber just announced that TXU Corp. (TXU) will be acquired by KKR over the weekend.  TXU is the Texas power plant ...
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The Week of Cramer (FEB 20-23)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 3:32 pm

This wasn't just a short week for the markets.  It was a shortened week of Cramer as well.  As usual, Cramer had some controversial calls.  Some of these calls were ...
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Sourcefire Sets IPO Terms

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 3:13 pm

Sourcefire, Inc. (FIRE-NASDAQ) has filed an amended IPO filing and the terms for the IPO have been set: It is 5.77 million shares with a price range of $12.00 to ...
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Companies Management Can’t Fix: Majesco Entertainment (COOL)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 1:06 pm

Majesco Entertainment (COOL-NASDAQ) may have a very hard time surviving if it can’t find a way to recapitalize.   It recently added Gui Karyo, former president of Marvel (MVL) publishing, as ...
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Brazilian Homebuilder IPO: Gafisa SA (GFA)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 11:14 am

Gafisa SA, a Brazilian homebuilder, has filed for an IPO in the United States.  Since it already trades on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchnage in Brazil, this isn't exactly a ...
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Would A Private Equity Firm Buy Chrysler? No.

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 10:57 am

The Financial Times is saying that several private equity firms are looking hard at buying Chrysler from its German parent DaimlerChrysler (DCX). The players apparently include Apollo Management LP, the ...
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A NEW Upgrade

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 10:45 am

From Ticker SenseUBS upgraded NEW this morning.  Although they didn't have a buy recommendation on the stock as it went from $40 to $50, they did make a good sell ...
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Earnings Season Ends

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 10:32 am

From Ticker SenseWal-Mart's (WMT) report on Tuesday marked the end of fourth quarter earnings season.  For the quarter, 67% of S&P 500 companies beat estimates while 19% missed.  The 67% ...
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Wall Street Likely to Yawn Despite Another Blowout Quarter for Chesapeake Energy

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 10:30 am

By Chad Brand of Peridot CapitalistThe hardest thing for value investors oftentimes is to stand by one's convictions, even when Wall Street doesn't seem to take notice of what you ...
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Conolog Jumps on Unquantified Orders (CNLG)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 9:44 am

This morning Conolog Corp (CNLG-NASDAQ) is up big after it issued a press release saying it sold 19 PTR Systems in various configurations from United States and Canadian electric utilities ...
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“Top Corporate Citizens” Don’t Alway Make Money For Investors

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 9:39 am

A magazine called Corporate Responsibility Officer puts out a list of the top corporate citizens. Investors should hope that some of the companies would stop being so nice and spend ...
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Yum!my Down on Rats (YUM)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 8:44 am

If you are a restaurant chain, what is the second worst thing that can happen?  A LIVE rat infestation caught on live TV.  Why is that the second worst?  Because ...
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Analyst Research (FEB 23, 2007)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 8:10 am

ARNA started as Buy at Lazard.AT cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.BIO cut to Neutral at Baird.C started as Overweight at JPMorgan.CERN started as Outperform at CIBC.CMVT raised to Outperform ...
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