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Daily Archives: March 14, 2007

Charles Prince 2006 Payday: A Raise For 2007

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 9:05 am

Charles Prince got $26 million for his performance as CEO of Citigroup (C). Over the course of the year, Citi's stock did rise from $49 to $56.So far in 2007, ...
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New Vonage Product For Small & Mobile Businesses

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 9:01 am

This morning Vonage (VG-NYSE) has announced an Internet Telephone adaptor with a wireless router that is co-branded with Motorola (MOT-NYSE).  This one may be the first product that can have ...
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Home Depot: Bring Back Nardelli

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 8:57 am

Home Depot's stock is down about 7% since CEO Robert Nardellit left. The Dow is off less than 3% for the same period and Lowe's is down about 1%.When Nardellit ...
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Sirius: Another 52-Week Low

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 8:37 am

Sirius (SIRI) hit another 52-week low this morning dropping to $3.25. The stock is now down $1 from its 2007 intraday high set on January 16, a drop of 23%.Douglas ...
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New Slacker Music Service Takes Aim at Apple, Microsoft, Napster & Others

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 8:26 am

There is a new service for digital music called SLACKER that is taking aim at many music formats.  They are treading right into the space of Apple's (AAPL) iTunes, Microsoft's ...
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Pre-Market Stock Notes (MAR 14, 2007)

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 7:29 am

(ABMD) Abiomed plans to sell 5 million shares in secondary.(ARXT) Adams Respiratory Therapeutics' NDA submission for prescription cough suppressant accepted by FDA.(ASTI) Ascent Solar Tech trading up 30% after Norsk ...
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Full Research Summary (MAR 14, 2007)

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 7:13 am

AEOS raised to Positive at Susquehanna.AFFX raised to Outperform at Baird.AMED started as Buy at UBS.BKUNA raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.BAK raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.CBOU started as Neutral ...
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GM Comes Through With A Vengeance

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 6:51 am

GM needed to prove to Wall St. that its cost cuts were working. It did so in spades.The big auto company reported a fourth quarter profit of $950 million, after ...
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Goldman Sachs Analyst Summary (MAR 14, 2007)

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 6:39 am

Holly Energy Partners (HEP) cut from Buy to Neutral.Time Warner Cable (TWC) started as Neutral; sets $1.10 EPS for this year and $1.50 EPS target for next year.Earnings estimates RAISED: ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (MAR 14, 2007)

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 6:16 am

AFFX raised to Outperform at Baird.AMED started as Buy at UBS.BKUNA raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.BAK raised to Overweight at JPMorgan.CBOU started as Neutral at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.CHKP raised ...
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Microsoft Begins To Invest In Catching Google

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 5:11 am

Google's (GOOG) market share in search may be so large that no one will ever pass it. The second and third place players, Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) would certainly ...
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Top 20 Financial Sites, February 2007

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 4:59 am

Yahoo! Finance was the clear winner again in February with 13.6 million unique visitors and almost 600 million page views. That works out to 44 page views per unique visitor. ...
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Europe Markets 3/14/2007 Sell-Off Continues, Barclays Down

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 4:45 am

Stocks:  (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DB)(DT)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V)Markets in Europe were down sharply at 5.45 AM New York time.The FTSE is down 1.5% to 6,069. Barclays is down 3.1% to 684. BP is off 1.1% to ...
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Qualcomm’s Rosy Forecast: Too Good To Be True?

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 4:32 am

Qualcomm (QCOM) raised its forecasts for the next quarter and the stock was one of the few large caps that rose yesterday during the market sell-off. The company said that ...
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The Subprime Market: Smart Money Versus Stupid

Posted: March 14, 2007 at 4:11 am

Most money is running from the subprime market as fast as its can. Not so Goldman Sachs. The firm's CFO indicated that the low-end home loan market may represent a ...
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