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Daily Archives: March 6, 2007

Chrysler: The Unions Watch For The Squeeze Play

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 8:00 pm

The head of DaimlerChrysler told the Financial Times that he did not like the treatment his company is getting from the UAW. Dieter Zetsche, Daimler’s chief executive, branded the unions’ ...
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Cramer’s 4% Yield Screen Stocks

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 6:52 pm

Cramer also said on CNBC's MAD MONEY tonight that he had run some stock screens out of the 4% dividend yield club and came up with 13 names, but he ...
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Cramer on Financials & A Cable Maker

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 6:25 pm

Cramer on tonight's MAD MONEY on CNBC said a rumor about insolvency at CIT (CIT) or MBIA (MBI) and Wells Fargo (WFC) were going too far.  Cramer said these have ...
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Biotech Implosion: CV Therapeutics (CVTX)

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 4:52 pm

CV Therapeutics (CVTX) just showed Ranexa study for chronic chest pain (angina) that aren't what investors were hoping for.  The Phase III clinical trial studying the drug for other uses ...
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Wal-Mart’s Free Shipping, Maybe Amazon Should Follow

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 4:38 pm

The management at Wal-Mart (WMT) has come up with something to replace fighting with its unions and firing its marketing brass. Free shipping of tons of products that consumers buy ...
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Heely’s Drops a Heel After Strong Earnings

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 4:27 pm

Heely's just posted its highlights for the qaurter and for the fiscal 2006: Net Sales Increased 377% to $71.1 million versus $14.9 million a year ago;  Net Income Increased 700% ...
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The 52-Week Low Club

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 4:15 pm

McClatchy (MNI) In the case of this big newspaper chain it is "may I have another, please, sir". A regular visitor here, the stock price hit $35.59. The 52-week high ...
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YouBet.com From The Stock Masters

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 2:56 pm

The Market is having a nice day today, the sun is out and the Bulls are out in full-effect. So with stocks moving up, who's moving down? YouBet.com (UBET) ...
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Cramer’s STOP TRADING (March 6, 2007)

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 2:48 pm

On today's STOP TRADING segment he said he couldn't help but notice the market up on Paulson's comments.  Paulson is a treasury secretary like Rubin that can calmly show that ...
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What happened to DexCom, Inc.? The Britney Spears story

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 2:45 pm

From The Stock MastersDexCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM) hit it big last summer after they received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its short-term continuous glucose monitoring ...
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Why UnitedHealth’s Filing Catch-Up Doesn’t Matter

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 2:21 pm

UnitedHealth (UNH-NYSE) has finally become current in its SEC Filings as of this morning, but this shouldn't be that big of a surprise.  The company did go back and restate ...
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Yahoo! Gets The Cart Before The Horse

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 1:45 pm

Yahoo!'s (YHOO) Terry Semel says that his company is "fixed". By that he means that the overhaul of the company's technology is done and its new advertising platform will begin ...
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Capital Research Cops Out

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 1:06 pm

From Investment IntelligencerCapital Research & Management is one of the smartest, best-run, and most successful mutual-fund management firms in the business (Capital runs the American Funds).  In yesterday's WSJ story ...
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DFA’s Davis: Why Most Mutual Funds Lag

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 1:05 pm

From Investment IntelligencerIn this summary paper, Dimensional Fund Advisors's James Davis reviews the academic research on equity mutual-fund performance from 1969 to 2001.  With some minor exceptions, the research shows ...
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Devil’s Advocate Short List: Urban Outfitters (URBN)

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 12:57 pm

If the markets revert to selling pressures again and add to losses from last week, the high-flying retailers are a group that could see increased selling pressure and short interest.  ...
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