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Daily Archives: March 6, 2007

Companies Management Can’t Fix: Gateway (GTW)

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 10:49 am

In PC-land, investors can talk Dell versus H-P all day long, but the one company that would be the absolutely hardest to fix in the sector is Gateway (GTW-NYSE).  This ...
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Topps Acquired by Eisner-led Group (TOPP, CLCT)

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 9:47 am

One merger that seems very peculiar this morning is that of Topps (TOPP-NASDAQ).  This is the baseball card and sports and non-sports card and memorabilia producer that almost all males ...
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IPO Filing: Flagstone Reinsurance

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 9:12 am

Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited has filed to come public via an IPO under the "FSR" ticker on NYSE.  It has noted $175 million in share sales to be the amount, ...
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LSTR: Landstar Accident Could Result in Charge

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 8:47 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSmall Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List member Landstar System (LSTR) Says 5-Cent, 1Q Charge Possible: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance:Landstar ...
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Now That’s Oversold

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 8:45 am

From Ticker SenseWith yesterday's additional 94 basis point decline, the S&P 500 now hangs 2.9 standard deviations below its 50-day moving average.  This ranks as the third lowest reading since ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (MAR 6, 2007)

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 8:26 am

(AQNT) aQuantive announced the acquisition of Duke, an independent interactive agency based in Paris, for its Razorfish unit.(BEAS) BEA is in strategic partnership with CA over identity and access management.(BEXP) ...
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Pre-Market Analyst Calls (MAR 6, 2007)

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 7:59 am

AES raised to Overweight at Lehman.AHG cut to Reduce at UBS.AMD raised to Mkt Outperform at JMP.ANN raised to Buya t B of A.BBEP cut to Sector Perform at RBC.BIDU ...
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Virtual Servers Taunt Intel And AMD

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 6:22 am

Imagine software that allows servers to run several programs simultaneously and use more of their chip power. Forget imagining because the software is already in the market. "Vitalization",as it is ...
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15 Companies Management Can’t Fix: Charter Communications

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 6:08 am

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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Microsoft’s Websites Keep Internet Traffic Crown

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 5:28 am

According to comScore, Microsoft's (MSFT) websites had 510 million unique visitors in January 2007. Too bad the big software company brings in so little revenue from it online activities, but ...
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Internet Usage Growth In India And Russia Outpace China

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 5:23 am

The growth rate of internet use in Russia and India is out-pacing the increase in China according to a new survey from comScore. The US remains the largest market for ...
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Europe Markets 3/6/2007 Modest Rally

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 5:14 am

Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(NU)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V)Shares in Europe were up moderately at 5.15 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .6% to 6,093. Barclay is up .8% to 716. BP is flat at 511. BT ...
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GFI Group a Play on Volatility and Derivatives

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 5:01 am

GFI Group is not your average financial company, and represents a rare stock play on growth in hedge fund assets and derivatives trading.  They act primarily as a principle or ...
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Media Digest 3/6/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, Barron’s FT

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 4:59 am

According to Reuters, management from Cerberus Capital  met with Chrysler (DCX) about potentially buying the company from Daimler.Reuters writes that Citigroup (C) has bid $10.75 billion for Japanese brokerage Nikko ...
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Asia Markets 3/6/2007 Big Rebound

Posted: March 6, 2007 at 4:39 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were up sharply.The Nikkei rose 1.2% to 16,845. Bridgestone was up 1.7% to 2445. Canon was up 1.5% to 6220. Fuji Film was up 2.6% to ...
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