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Daily Archives: February 23, 2007

Goldman Sachs Research Summary (FEB 23, 2007)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 8:00 am

Federated Investors (FII) raised to Buy, and added to America's Buy List.Monolithic Power (MOSY) downgraded from Buy down to Neutral.Earnings estimates Raised: FII, BEAS, VRGY, JCP, ESV, ENDP, HMA.Earnings estimates ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (FEB 23, 2007)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 7:42 am

(ALU) Alcatel-Lucent rose 2% overseas after winning patent case against MSFT for MP3 patents; plans to go after other suppliers as well.(BEAS) BEA Systems fell 3.5% after beating EPS targets ...
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Shorts Miss The Right Call On HP

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 7:31 am

The short interest in Hewlett-Packard fell 12 million shares in February. And, based on HP's wonderful quarter, they should have been right to get out of the stock.But, Wall St. ...
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Earlybird Analyst Research (FEB 23, 2007)

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 7:06 am

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.CSCD started as Buy at Merriman Curhan Ford.EXC raised ...
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Shorts Bet For GM, Against Ford

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 7:04 am

In February, short sellers moved out of General Motors (GM) and into Ford (F). The short interest in GM dropped 9 million shares, but at Ford shares short jumped 15 ...
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NYSE Short Interest, February 2007

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 6:28 am

Below is the short interest for selected stocks traded on the NYSE as of February 15, 2007. Changes compare to the short interest on January 12.Largest Short PostionsFord        ...
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Europe Markets 2/23/2007 BP, Alcatel-Lucent Up, Prudential, DaimlerChryler Down

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 6:12 am

Markets in Europe are narrowly mixed at 6.10 AM New York time.The FTSE is down .2% to 6,370. Barclays is up .1% to 783. BP is up 1.2% to 527.5. ...
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Hewlett-Packard Shows A Weakness

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 5:46 am

Gartner, the research group, put out its annual report on server share worldwide. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) was No.2 in worldwide market share, but its sales fell 2.3% to $14.2 billion. Leader ...
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Finally Starbucks Can Offer Something That McDonald’s Can’t

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 5:36 am

Over the last three months, shares in McDonald's (MCD) are up almost 10%. Starbucks (SBUX) shares are off almost 10% over the same period. McDonald's has been on a run ...
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Verizon Shares Lose Weight On High Fiber Diet

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 5:20 am

How does a company reverse a huge strategic decision that may have gone wrong? Perhaps it can't.Criticism of Verizon's decision to spend $23 billion to build out a fiber-to-the-home network ...
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As Concern About Chrysler Sale Increase, Daimler Shares Fall

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 5:07 am

DaimlerChrylser (DCX) executives are distributing numbers on their ailing Chrysler unit to interest buyers. But the media is already reporting the companies like Nissan and Renault are not interested, the ...
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Media Digest 2/23/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 5:02 am

According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) lost a key patent suit to Alcatel-Lucent (ALU). The court awarded the telecom equipment company over $1.5 billion.Reuters writes that H&R Block (HRB) posted a ...
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Asia Markets 2/23/2007 Softbank, Yahoo Japan Up, China Netcom Down

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 4:48 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed.The Nikkei was up .4% to 18,188. Canon was up 1.2% to 6660. Fuji Film was down .6% to 5280. Hitachi was up .5% ...
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Thursday’s Top Biotech and Medical Stocks

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 4:35 am

From BioHealth InvestorBiotechnologyPIPEX PHARMACEUTICAL [PPXP.OB] +21.70% BIODELIVERY SCI INTL [BDSI] +21.37% AURIGA LABORATORIES [ARGA.OB] +20.83% BIONOVO INC [BNVI.OB] +10.73% BIOSANTE PHARMA INC [BPA] +10.05% Diagnostic SubstancesASPENBIO PHARMA INC [APNB.OB] +12.62% ...
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MicroRx: Infectious Disease Supercluster

Posted: February 23, 2007 at 4:33 am

From BioHealth Investorby Adam RubensteinColorado State University announced MicroRx, an entity designed to ally academia and commercial enterprise to ultimately accelerate the bench-to-bedside process. Infectious Disease is the focus of ...
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