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Daily Archives: March 15, 2007

Earlybird Analyst Calls (MAR 15, 2007)

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 6:15 am

AGP raised to Hold at Stifel Nicolaus.APC cut to Sell at Goldman Sachs.BSY cut to Equal Weight at Lehman.CAL raised to Neutral at JPMorgan.CCRT raised to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.COP ...
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Vista Isn’t Helping PC Sales: Dell

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 6:06 am

Maybe Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer was right. Don't get too excited about Vista too early in the game. Microsoft's stock has not been the same since. The stock is ...
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NBC Gets Into Cell Phone TV

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 5:13 am

About once a week a traditional media company announces that its programming will be available in planes, trains, and automobiles. The latest launch is NBC's (GE) new on-demand shows which ...
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Skype Gets Hot In China, Maybe They Will Pay

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 5:00 am

No one on Wall St. raises his hand when asked the question of why Ebay (EBAY) bought Skype, the big VoIP service. It already gave away its base service, so ...
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Europe Markets 3/15/2007 Running Up Over 1%

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 4:50 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 up sharply at 5.50 AM New York time.The FTSE is up 1.3% to 6,078. Barclays is up 2.1 to 687.5 BP is up 1% to ...
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Why Shouldn’t Wal-Mart Be Your Bank?

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 4:26 am

Wal-Mart is renegotiating leases with some of its in-store banks so that the giant retailer has the right to offer mortgages, home-equity lines of credit and consumer loans.Wal-Mart has been ...
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Dow Forms Yet Another Joint Venture; Will Reliant Deal Kill Private Equity Rumors?

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 4:12 am

In the next few days Dow Chemical (DOW) is expected to announce a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture with India’s largest petrochemical producer, Reliant Industries Ltd.  While ...
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iSuppli raises 2007 LCD TV panel shipment forecast

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 4:11 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatiSuppli raises 2007 LCD TV panel shipment forecast | Reuters.comResearch firm iSuppli Corp. said on Wednesday it had raised its shipment forecast on ...
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DSL: Did Market Anticipate Decline in Downey Financial Assets?

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 4:09 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatSmall Cap Watch List and Mid Cap Watch List member Downey Financial (DSL) reported that its Assets Fell in February:Downey Financial Corp., the ...
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Media Digest 3/15/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 4:07 am

According to Reuters, Cadbury Schweppes Plc said it would split its candy and drinks businesses into two companies.Reuters writes that the boardroom spying case against former HP (HPQ) chaiman Patrcia ...
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Asia Markets 3/15/2006 Hitachi, Toshiba Up

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 3:50 am

Stocks:  (CAJ)(FUJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CN)(CHU)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia rose.The Nikkei was up 1.1% to 16,860. Bridgestone was up .7% to 2320. Canon was up 1.1% to 6210. Fuji Film was up 3% to 4750. ...
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4 Short Synopsis: Boeing (BA), Qualcomm (QCOM), Sprint Nextel (S) & Alcatel-Lucent (ALU)

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 3:36 am

By Yaser Anwar, CSC of Equity Investment IdeasBoeing (BA)Solid growth in revenue and net income. Boeing’s revenues climbed 26.2% to $17.54 billion in Q4 06 from last year. Net income ...
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Reversal_days

Positive Reversals: What Comes Next?

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 3:34 am

From Ticker SenseToday's positive reversal day helped make what was shaping up to be a bad day into a good one.  We looked back at prior reversal days to see ...
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Market Bottom? Just ask Goldman

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 3:33 am

From Ticker SenseThe Wall Street Journal's MarketBeat Blog recently highlighted how Goldman Sachs has become the market's number one 'tell'.  If you want to know where the market is going, ...
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Bowater: Yet Another Favorable 108 Correction

Posted: March 15, 2007 at 3:31 am

FRom AAO WeblogBowater, the newsprint producer, corrected a collection of previously-considered immaterial errors it was carrying on its balance sheet, noted in its 10-K filing. As has been noted in ...
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