Daily Archives: April 11, 2007

Dendreon Downgraded, Sort Of…..

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 6:50 am

Dendreon (DNDN-NASDAQ) is trading down more than 4% at $21.25 in early trading after JMP Securities downgraded the shares. DNDN closed down 6% at $22.15 yesterday . The “official” rating ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (APR 11, 2007)

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 6:25 am

AFR raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.AMTD raised to Outperform at FBR.AXL cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.BIG cut to Hold at KeyBanc McDonald.BWA cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank.CBL ...
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Ebay: the counterfeit capital of the world

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 6:08 am

Imagine this. Some large brand companies believe that 99% of the items sold under their names on Ebay (NASD:EBAY) are counterfeit. Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior are suing the online ...
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The Chinese Whine Like Sissy Boys

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 6:04 am

The Chinese says that US attempts to get intellectual property piracy of goods like movies and software “seriously damage” bilateral co-operation and harm business ties" according to the FT. The ...
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Shanghai Markets: What Goes Up Must Come Down

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 5:23 am

Don't look now but the Shanghai Composite is up over 15% in the last month. The S&P is up about 3% over the same period. Despite the correction in February ...
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Europe Markets 4/11/2007 BP AXA Up

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 5:15 am

Stocks: (BCS)(BP)(BT)(GSK)(PUK)(RTRSY)(UN)(VOD)(BAY)(DCX)(DT)(DB)(SAP)(SI)(ALU)(AXA)(FTE)(STM)(V)Markets in Europe were slightly higher at 6.10 AM New York time. (more...) ...
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Viacom Loves Being In Second Place

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 4:53 am

Viacom (VIA) has decided to use Yahoo! search capacity across all of its websites. According to Tech Crunch there do not seem to be any revenue guarantees for Viacom similar ...
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The Sony Playstation 3 As Global Supercomputer

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 4:30 am

Sony (SNE) has come up with the novel idea that a network of PS3s could be used in the place of large computers by companies that do not have enough ...
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Media Digest 4/11/2007 Reuters WSJ NYTImes FT Barron’s

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 4:06 am

According to Reuters Shell will pay $353 million to settle an overbooking scandal involving its reserves.Reuters writes that LG Philips results moved up more than expected in Q1.The Walls Street ...
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Asia Mrkets 4/11/2007 Shanghai Up Again

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 3:32 am

Stocks: (CAJ)(HIT)(HMC)(NIPNY)(NTT)(DCM)(SNE)(TM)(CHL)(CHU)(CN)(PCW)(HBC)Markets in Asia were up slightly. (more...) ...
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M&T Bank Preannouncement Shows Alt-A Mortgages Not Immune

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 3:10 am

By Chad Brand of The Peridot CapitalistWas anyone else surprised that news of a first quarter profit warning from M&T Bank (MTB) hardly had any effect on the market and ...
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Global Overbought / Oversold

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 3:08 am

ETFs highlighted in red are currently trading at their theoretical highs, which means they are the most overbought they have been in the past year and a half (more...) ...
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Most Volatile Stocks on Earnings

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 3:07 am

From Ticker SenseFor those traders looking for action during earnings season, below we highlight the S&P 500's 25 most volatile stocks on their earnings report days. This is calculated by ...
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Fewer Teens are stealing Music – Napster making a comeback

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 3:05 am

From TheStockMasters (more...) ...
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Sony struggling gone are the days of the Walkman

Posted: April 11, 2007 at 3:03 am