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Daily Archives: March 12, 2007

HealthShares Launches 9 New ETF’s

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 8:50 am

This morning HealthShares(TM) ETF's, from XShares Advisors LLC, is launching 9 new ETF's dedicated to various aspects of healthcare.  This is in addtion to the 5 launched in January, so ...
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Ask.com Should Surrender To The Competition

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 8:41 am

Barry Diller and the folks over at IAC Interactive (IACI) should throw in the towel on Ask.com, their search engine, and sell the rights for search across their other sites ...
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Global ETF Overbought Oversold

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 8:23 am

From Ticker SenseBelow we once again look at the global equity market landscape through our overbought/oversold program.  ETFs highlighted in green are currently oversold while EWJ, the ETF representing the ...
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UST: Review of UST’s 10K – Company Looks Solid But Not Cheap

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 8:21 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatLarge Cap Watch List member UST (UST) is a leading provider of smokeless tobacco products, which it markets under the Copenhagen, Skoal and ...
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Yahoo! May Catch a Break

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 8:16 am

Yahoo! (YHOO) fell sharply Friday because of the news that AT&T (T) is considering either dropping or renegotiating the DSL pact that SBC had with Yahoo.  There was an estimated ...
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Goldman Sachs Research Summary (MAR 12, 2007)

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 7:56 am

Goldman Sach has raised RealNetworks (RNWK) from a Sell to a Neutral rating.  Amdocs Limited (DOX) was raised from a Neutral to a Buy.Secure Computing (SCUR) was downgraded from a ...
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Dollar General Acquired by KKR; Are Other Dollar Stores Next?

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 7:14 am

Dollar General (DG) is being acquired by KKR in a $7.3 Billion combined offer after the stock and debt that valued the dollar store at $22.00 per share.  This is ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (MAR 12, 2007)

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 6:51 am

(BIIB) Biogen-Idec primary endpoint met in Phase 2 trial of Daclizumab in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis with PDL BioPharma.(CCOI) Cogent Communications -$0.21 EPS vs -$0.24e.(CLMS) Calamos reported $42.9B assets ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (MAR 12, 2007)

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 6:33 am

AHII strated as Outperform at Piper Jaffray; started as Overweight at JPMorgan; started as Outperform at Baird.AIV raised to Neutral at B of A.AIZ raised to Buy at Citigroup.AMD cut ...
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Intel: The Dog Ate My E-Mails

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 5:36 am

One piece of news that has come out of the antitrust court proceedings of AMD (AMD) against Intel (INTC) is that key executives from the larger chip company did not ...
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Hollywood: Who Needs Theaters?

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 5:22 am

The Journal of Marketing will publish a study that shows films would get a 16% lift in overall revenue if they were released on DVD, in theaters, and on VOD ...
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Europe Markets 3/12/2007 Bayer, Siemens Rise

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 5:06 am

Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUL)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V)Markets in Europe were up slightly at 6.05 AM New York time.The FTSE was up .3% to 6,295. Barclays was flat at 734. BP was up .3% to 526.5. ...
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Media Digest 3/12/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 3:46 am

According to Reuters, Halliburton (HAL) will move its headquarters from Houston to Dubai.Reuters writes that Schering-Plough (SGP will buy the pharma unit of Akzo Noble for $14.5 billion.Reuters reports that ...
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Asia Markets 3/12/2007 Sharp, China Unicom Up

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 3:32 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHU)(CHL)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were higherTHe Nikkei rose .8% to 17,292. Bridgestone was up .2% to 2370. Canon was up 1% to 6350. Fuji Film was down 1.4% to 4800. ...
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New Class of Drug-Eluted Stents on the Horizon

Posted: March 12, 2007 at 3:17 am

by H.S. AyoubBioHealth Investor.comThere have been many debates over the last couple of years as to the varying degree of blood clotting events associated with the use of drug-eluted cardiac ...
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