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Daily Archives: March 27, 2007

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What Has Been Leading the Dow?

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 11:35 am

From Ticker SenseBelow we rank the 30 DJIA stocks based on their daily performance for each of the past 20 trading days.  Yesterday, AT&T (T) was the best performing stock ...
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Semiconductor Inventory Situation

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 11:34 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatAfter yesterday’s Agere (AGR) preannouncement, we decided to update our research on semiconductor industry fundamentals. This has been made easier since we received ...
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ADBE: Adobe’s Creative Suite Upgrade So Hot it Takes Down the Online Store?

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 11:31 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatBack in December we said:We recently took profits on our Adobe (ADBE) position because we have noticed the stock tends to trade down ...
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StreetInsider.com Unusual 11 Mid-Day Movers 03/27/2007

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 11:29 am

Electronic Clearing House (Nasdaq: ECHO) 37% LOWER; Has mutually agreed with Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) to terminate the merger agreement entered into by the companies on December 14, 2006.Cimatron Limited ...
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Shamrock Activist Value Fund Raises Stake in ProQuest (PQE) to 7.95%

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 11:28 am

From 13D TrackerIn an amended 13D filing after the close on ProQuest Company (NYSE: PQE), Shamrock Activist Value Fund disclosed a 7.95% stake (2.37M shares). This is up from the ...
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Large Bisys (BSG) Holder Okumus Wants a Board Seat

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 11:26 am

From 13D TrackerIn a 13D filing on Bisys Group (NYSE: BSG), Okumus Capital disclosed a 10.4% stake (12.6M shares) in the company. The firm disclosed a letter to the Board ...
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Companies That Need to Cut Jobs: Dell

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 9:24 am

As part of an ongoing look at companies that could announce workforce reductions in the near future, Dell (DELL) is a name that comes up over and over.  The end ...
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Companies That Need to Cut Jobs: Citigroup

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 8:12 am

Everyone has heard the persistent Citigroup (C-NYSE) discussion about reducing workers and streamlining costs and the coming cuts are just more undefined than they are tentative, but how many job ...
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Shorts See Qualcomm Going Down

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 8:02 am

Short sellers are betting against Qualcomm (QCOM). March short interest in the stock went up 10.7 million shares to 29.7 million.Qualcomm's litany of problems would certainly be a reasonable cause. ...
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Shorts Up Bet Against Microsoft

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 7:44 am

Maybe it was Steve Ballmer's comments about a slow start for Vista. Maybe is was the continuing poor performance of Microsoft's (MSFT) search products. Or, the launch of word processing ...
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Aruba Networks IPO Set For Trading Today

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 7:19 am

Aruba Networks (ARUN-NASDAQ) has priced its IPO for trading today.  The company priced 8 million shares at $11.00, above its $8.00 to $10.00 range.  Aruba is in the equipment for ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (MAR 27, 2007)

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 7:03 am

(AMTD) Ameritrade COO Randy MacDonald will retire on June 1, 2007 following the TD Waterhouse clearing conversion.(AKRX) Akorn signs exclusive distribution agreement with Massachusetts biologic laboratories for tetanus diphtheria vaccine.(ARXT) ...
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Pre-Market Research Summary (MAR 27, 2007)

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 6:51 am

ACS cut to Hold at A.G.Edwards.AEM cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.AMGN started as Hold at Citigroup.CHIP started as Buy at Kaufman.CHS raised to Mkt Perform at FBR.CRZO raised to ...
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Goldman Sachs Research Summary (MAR 27, 2007)

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 6:45 am

Opnext (OPXT) started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs; stock up 10% since IPO and Goldman sees 9% more upside to the stock.Earnings estimates INCREASED for Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (MAR 27, 2007)

Posted: March 27, 2007 at 6:06 am

ACS cut to Hold at A.G.Edwards.AMGN started as Hold at Citigroup.CHIP started as Buy at Kaufman.CHS raised to Mkt Perform at FBR.DNA started as Neutral at Prudential.EIX cut to Equal-Weight ...
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