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Daily Archives: April 26, 2007

UST: UST Guides Up, But Still Falls Short of Expectations

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 11:55 am

By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat (more...) ...
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QCOM and NOK: Sound and Fury on the Conference Calls

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 11:53 am

From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market BeatWe took a different approach with our preview of Qualcomm’s (QCOM) earnings report this week. Rather than guessing whether the company would beat ...
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Can Travelzoo make going to the zoo fun again?

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 11:35 am

Travelzoo is a great website and they have 11 million fans that feel the same way too. You don't book tickets at Travelzoo.com, you click through to the travel provider ...
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Final Earnings Preview Data on Microsoft (MSFT) Q3-07

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 10:57 am

Microsoft (MSFT-NASDAQ) reports after the close today.  Street estimates for the software beast are $0.46 EPS & $13.89 Billion in revenues.The truth is that we can talk about guidance, we ...
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Comcast Results Bad For Telecoms

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 8:28 am

Comcast (CMCSA) had a break-out quarter. Net income rose 80% to $837 million. Revenue moved up 32% to $7.4 billion.Internet subscriptions rose 563,000, and VoIP customers moved up by 571,000, ...
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Level 3 Needs To Do More Than That

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 7:15 am

Level 3 Communications is a company that needs to beat and guide higher rather than "meet and reaffirm."  This morning Level 3 is trading down about 3% in initial pre-market ...
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ExxonMobil Rides The Oil Wave

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 7:15 am

ExxonMobil (XOM) did well. Almost too well.From MarketWatch: Exxon Mobil Q1 total revenue $87.2B vs $88.98B Exxon Mobil Q1 earnings $1.62 vs $1.37Exxon Mobil Q1 net income $9.28B vs $8.4BAlways ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (APR 26, 2007)

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 7:01 am

(AAPL) Apple shares traded up 10% after beating earnings hand over fist.(ABI) Applied Bio $0.36 EPS vs $0.35e.(AEP) American Electric Power $0.68 EPS vs $0.71 estimates.(AET) Aetna indicated slightly after ...
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Earlybird Analyst Calls (APR 26, 2007)

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 6:24 am

AG raised to Mkt Perform at Wachovia.APU raised to Outperform at Wachovia.CHH raised to Outperform at CIBC.CNS raised to Buy at UBS.DOV raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.EIC cut to ...
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Ford Drives Better Earnings

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 6:16 am

Wonder of wonders. Ford (F) had and increase of revenue from $40.8 billion in the first quarter a year ago to $43 billion this year. The company's loss fell to ...
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GE’s Dead Stock: A Board In A Bind

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 5:45 am

Jeff Immelt, GE's (GE) CEO, recently said that he was "frustrated" by the performance of the company's shares. According to The New York Times: "Shares of G.E. have declined 5.8 ...
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Europe Markets 4/26/2007

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 5:13 am

Markets in Europe were up modestly at 6.10 AM New York time.The FTSE rose .4% to 6,485. Barclays (BCS) was down .2% to 722.5. BP (BP) was down .3% to ...
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Qualcomm: Concerns Continue

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 4:55 am

Qualcomm (QCOM) turned in some very impressive numbers. Net income rose 22% to $726 million. The company raised the high end of its fiscal year revenue forecast from $8.6 billion ...
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Is Apple’s Stock Peaking?

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 4:37 am

The quarter was a blow-out success. Revenue rose 20% to $5.26 billion, and gross margins hit 35%. The company said, however, that these margins could not be sustained. NAND flash ...
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Media Digest 4/26/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: April 26, 2007 at 4:11 am

According to Reuters, ABN Amro (ABN) will open its books to the Royal Bank of Scotland and two other banks that have made a $98 billion bid.Reuters writes that Apple's ...
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